Category: sports/the_princeton_packet

Berloco making an impact as a freshman By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Abbey Berloco draws an audience for her races.    It wasn’t long into the Princeton High School freshman’s career that she showed she could be something special. In her first individual race for the Little Tiger girls swim team, she broke the school…

North wins state tourney openers By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    A couple of new swimmers to the West Windsor-Plainsboro North program helped the boys and girls swim teams come off a solid Mercer County Championships to advance past the first round of the state tournament Tuesday.    Abdallah Gendia won the 50 freestyle and 100…

Princeton High freshman Abbey Berloco is the Princeton Packet Athlete of the Week. Photo by John Blaine

PHS girls swim cruises in county By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Jess Bai and the Princeton High School girls swim team already had a great deal of confidence after an unbeaten regular season.    Their confidence rose a bit more when they added their third straight Mercer County Championship title Saturday at West Windsor-Plainsboro North.…

Cougars set for district tournament By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Sahib Singh enjoys hip-hop dancing when he’s not busy with school, Boy Scouts or fencing commitments.    Once the Montgomery High School senior’s final winter season ends with the boys fencing team, he intends to get back into competitive dancing. For now, it’s helping his…

Schoenauer is counties MVP By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Kathryn Schoenauer was still figuring out her strengths in track and field last year after she switched sports.    The West Windsor-Plainsboro South junior has returned with a year of experience and is fast approaching the marks she set last year in the 55-meter dash, 55-meter…

Williams, Raiders stop Mercersburg By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    Eric Williams has been through the adjustment period before with the Hun School boys basketball team.    As a four-year member of the program, Williams has seen plenty of players come into the program and take a while to adjust. This year, Williams is the lone returning…

Kara Lydzinski…Montgomery swimming

South boys basketball uses monster game to start streak By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    The West Windsor-Plainsboro High South boys basketball team made its first win of the season a memorable one.    After eight straight losses, the Pirates broke into the win column last Friday night with a 107-93 overtime win over Steinert. The Pirates…