Category: sports/the_princeton_packet

New goalie backs hockey’s start By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Travis “Diesel” Pelke has been playing goalie for so long that he doubts he could even skate on player skates.    The new Hun School goalie started manning the pipes when he was 7, not long after his older brother started using him for target…

West Windsor-Plainsboro High North’s Pati Dziekonska captured her second straight indoor Meet of Champions title in the 55-meter hurdles. Photo by John Blaine

By Bob Nuse and Justin Feil, Staff Writer    The 2014 calendar year brought with it more success for the athletes and coaches in the Princeton Packet coverage area.    There was success at the individual level and team level, reaching as far as the Winter Olympic Games, where local athletes made their presence felt.    Here is…

By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    With one month of games behind them, the Princeton University men’s basketball team was still searching for consistency. The Tigers have some youth — they start a freshman at point guard, three sophomores and senior Hans Brase. And with youth comes inconsistency, just as Princeton had in its upset…

Ashley Maziarz (left) and the Hun School girls soccer team broke through with a pair of wins over Pennington this season and ended a long championship drought. Photo by John Blaine

Phil McAuliffe Sports and coaching are a big part of the lives of the members of the Johnson family. Left to right are Rashone, R.J. Mary and Ella Johnson. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe

By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Christmas comes every year on the heels of the Garden State Invitational, the first big meet of wrestling season for Princeton High School head coach Rashone Johnson.    Wrestling doesn’t slow down for the holidays. Johnson has held practice on Christmas Eve every year in his 15 years as head…

Panthers hockey tops veteran PHS By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    A quick 2-0 start to the season had the Princeton High School girls ice hockey team feeling optimistic about their early-season matchup with Princeton Day School.    The Little Tigers opened the season with wins over Pingry and Summit before falling to Portledge and Morristown-Beard. The…

Pirates hoops has new coach By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    Mike Sheehan enters his first season as West Windsor-Plainsboro High South boys basketball coach feeling like he is well prepared for what lies ahead.    Sheehan spent the last two years as an assistant for the Pirates under former head coach Bob Schurtz. When Schurtz stepped…