Author: BOB NUSE, Sports Editor

By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor The West Windsor-Plainsboro High South girls track and field team flashed its depth in winning the team title at the Mercer County Relays. The Pirates picked up contributions from a number of different performers to win six events and outdistance Lawrence, 79-64, for the team title. “We put it all…

By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Patrick Warren started to get a sense last year that he could be one of the better long jumpers in the state. For DeAndre Thomas, the feeling that he was one of the better triple jumpers came just last week. Both of the Montgomery High seniors are among the top…

By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor The Princeton High baseball team hopes some late-inning heroics can lead to the start of some late-season success. The Little Tigers pulled out a dramatic 11-inning win last Saturday when they topped New Brunswick, 2-1, on a base hit by Matt Lambert. Princeton had let a 1-0 lead slip away…

By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor While the first game of the season is still months away, Bob Surace finds something special about spring practice. “It is such a great time of the year from an individual standpoint,” said Surace, who will be entering his seventh season as Princeton University’s head coach. “There is such a…

By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor The West Windsor-Plainsboro High North golf teams appear to have picked up right where they left off a year ago. After successful seasons in 2015, both the boys and girls teams at North have started 2016 with some success. In addition, WW-P South’s Byron Chin is off to another great…

By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Mike Santoro was hoping for a solid outing from Alex Mitchell and the junior delivered on Wednesday. Mitchell picked the win and Mack Palmer notched the save as West Windsor-Plainsboro High North topped WW-P South, 4-2, in the first of back-to-back games between the two teams. “Our pitching hasn’t really…

By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Jonah Tuckman had been looking forward to a week like this since he was playing lacrosse in the middle school at Princeton Day School. Now a senior captain for the Panthers, Tuckman looked at a three-game stretch where his team faced Germantown Academy, Lawrenceville and Hun as the ultimate challenge.…

By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Luke Merrill wanted to make sure what was possibly his last game against his rival turned out for the best. Merrill, a senior at West Windsor-Plainsboro High South, scored a pair of goals and assisted on three others as the Pirates topped WW-P North, 7-5, last Saturday for their first…

By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor This season has started out quite well for James Werosta and the Hun School baseball team. Werosta opened the season on March 31 by tossing a no-hitter in the Raiders’ 16-0 win over Lawrenceville. He came back a few days later to limit Blair to two runs in a 5-2…