Category: sports/the_princeton_packet
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HILLSBOROUGH: Li eyes repeat at Cryan tennis
By Justin Feil, Packet Media Group Gina Li returned to the James E. Cryan Memorial Tennis Tournament for the third time in a row this week, but her first as a defending champion. The Rutgers University senior teamed with former Scarlet Knights teammate Lindsay Balsamo to open defense of their women’s open doubles championship with…
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WEST WINDSOR: Strand surprises at NJ State Triathlon
By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor Nicole Strand stuck around after finishing the New Jersey State Triathlon at Mercer County Park on Sunday. She figured she’d done well in her age group. It turns out the Robbinsville homemaker was the best in the Olympic distance division not just in her age group, but of all…
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PRINCETON: Area five unite to help launch pro-am basketball league
By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor They grew up as successful athletes on the courts and playing fields of Princeton. Now the quintet is back together on the business side of life and enjoying a different type of success. Princeton High graduates Bram Reynolds, John Thompson and Mike Riddick started their netWORK Consulting Group, LLC and…
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Area five help launch pro-am
The Princeton connection of (left to right) Mike Riddick, Kirk Webber, Paul Johnson, Bram Reynolds and John Thompson has come together to form Princeton Elite Management Group.
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PRINCETON: Aria team hopes to run to rec hoops win
By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Later this summer Tim Guers will head to St. Anselm College with hopes of a successful college basketball career. But before Guers heads off to college he’ll do all he can to help bring Aria Health its first title in the Princeton Recreation Men’s Summer Basketball League. Guers scored a…
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WEST WINDSOR: WW-P Legion exits district tourney on final day
By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor The West Windsor-Plainsboro Legion baseball team played until the last day of the District 4 state tournament. Hopewell Post 339 eliminated WW-P with an 11-2 defeat Wednesday in their fourth game in the tournament. WW-P opened the tournament with a 9-5 win over Cherry Hill Post 372 Saturday. They…
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WEST WINDSOR: Babe Ruth 15s edged for state crown
By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Maybe sometime later this summer, before the players all head back to school, the Ewing-Hopewell and West Windsor-Plainsboro 15-year-old Babe Ruth all-star baseball teams can get together and play a deciding game seven. The two teams met six times over the course of the Babe Ruth District One tournament and…
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WEST WINDSOR: Softball takes second in district 10s level
By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor The West Windsor 10-year-old softball team would love to still be playing Little League games this summer, but a familiar roadblock kept them from advancing from the District 12 tournament. Robbinsville stopped West Windsor twice to win the championship and they have gone on to win the Section 3…
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PRINCETON: Baseball team reaches 10s district final
By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor Ken Harlan and his Princeton 9/10-year-old all-star baseball team never stopped believing that they would win the District 12 Little League banner. The Princeton crew had every reason to believe it could after a 4-0 start to the district bracket play put them in the title game, and twice…
