Category: sports/the_princeton_packet

  • WEST WINDSOR: Pirate boys back on course

    WW-P South soccer secures shutout of Hopewell By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    There were a couple bumps in the road to start the season, but it looks like the West Windsor-Plainsboro High South boys soccer team has itself straightened out right now.    The Pirates won their third straight game, topping Hopewell Valley, 3-0, on Tuesday.…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Princeton Packet Athlete of the Week

    MCT three-peat for Norris By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Lesley Norris had every reason to feel that her third Mercer County Tournament title would be a given. She hadn’t lost a high school match at third singles, and hadn’t even dropped a set since sophomore year.    If Norris ever believed it, that confidence disappeared…

  • PRINCETON: PHS football answers North

    PRINCETON: PHS football answers North

    Princeton High running back Josh Gordon attempts to elude the tackle of West Windsor-Plainsboro High North’s Len Bellezza during the Little Tigers’ 41-20 win on Saturday. Photo by Stephen Goldsmith

  • PRINCETON: Frieders lift PDS ‘D’

    PRINCETON: Frieders lift PDS ‘D’

    Sisters share in Panther girls soccer shutouts By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Allison and Jessica Frieder make up almost one-fifth of the Princeton Day School girls soccer starting lineup.    The twins — Ali is one minute older than Jess — are not identical, but are identical in filling key roles for the Panthers. The…

  • PRINCETON: PHS football answers North

    PRINCETON: PHS football answers North

    Rally helps Little Tigers improve to 3-0 By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    With a senior-laden roster, there are two things Princeton High football coach Steve Everette doesn’t need to worry about.    One, he knows his team isn’t going to panic if it falls behind in a game — as it has done in each of…

  • PRINCETON: Frieders lift PDS ‘D’

    PRINCETON: Frieders lift PDS ‘D’

    Sisters Jessica (left) and Allison Frieder have helped the Princeton Day School girls soccer team get off to an impressive start to the season.

  • MONTGOMERY: Five alive

    Cougar boys soccer rebounds from opening loss with win streak By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    If the Montgomery High boys soccer team needed a wakeup call, they got it with a season-opening 5-1 loss to Watchung Hills.    Since that loss, the Cougars have been a different team, winning five in a row before a narrow…

  • PRINCETON: Passano enjoys first run at hockey

    Senior’s scoring boosts Hun By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Alex Passano scored her second goal in three games for the Hun School field hockey team in Saturday’s 5-1 win at Mercersburg.    Not bad for a senior rookie who never expected to get on the field this year.    ”I played in sixth grade for a…

  • PRINCETON: Tigers football evens record

    Defense leads Princeton in win over Lehigh By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Saturday’s display at Lehigh was more what the Princeton University football team had in mind from its defense.    The offense — that will have to wait until this Saturday’s Ivy League opener at Columbia.    Lehigh fumbled four times and…