Category: sports/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: Group effort lifts Princeton 10s

    Baseball advances at districts By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    HAMILTON SQUARE — There is a lot to like about the Princeton 10-year-old all-star baseball team.    Princeton has some solid pitching, plays good defense and can hit the ball. Those ingredients added up to the team being one of four left in the District 12 Little…

  • WEST WINDSOR: WW 11s pull out a thriller

    WEST WINDSOR: WW 11s pull out a thriller

    Michael Radey (center) is congratulated by players and coaches after his sixth-inning grand slam lifted West Windsor past Robbinsville on Wednesday night. Photo by Diane Kooker

  • WEST WINDSOR: Wildcats softball heads to nationals

    By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    There are so many softball tournaments to participate in that they could very easily blend together for the West Windsor Wildcats 16U team.    One, however, stands out to top off its summer.    The Wildcats will travel to Sioux Falls, SD, for the 2009 ASA/USA Nationals that runs July 26…

  • WEST WINDSOR: WW 11s notch big win

    Top Nottingham in bracket play By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    Everything set up just right for the West Windsor 11-year-old baseball all-stars in their District 12 tournament opener of bracket play.    The team got the starting pitching it expected from ace Kevin Murphy, played flawless in the field, and got the hits it needed to…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Bats keep WW-P alive in playoffs

    Legion team needs three wins By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    After opening the New Jersey American Legion state tournament with a 19-9 loss to Freehold Township in the District 3 sectional, West Windsor-Plainsboro knew it had a tough road back to qualify for a berth in the state finals.    WW-P made it through the first…

  • PRINCETON: Princeton 10s feeling good

    PRINCETON: Princeton 10s feeling good

    Phil McAuliffe Princeton pitcher Joaquin Burt delivers a pitch during Saturday’s District 12 tournament game against Nottingham. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe

  • MONTGOMERY: Putting is difference for golfer

    Motherway keeps working on game By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    Brian Motherway has been busy on the golf course this summer.    The Montgomery resident has already played in a number of Junior tournaments, has a club championship on the horizon, and faces some of his stiffest competition when he goes out to play with his…

  • PRINCETON: Princeton 10s feeling good

    PRINCETON: Princeton 10s feeling good

    Baseball all-stars alive in District 12 tournament By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    Matt Frawley hopes this year is the start of something to build on for the Princeton Little League 10-year-old baseball all-stars.    Princeton went 4-0 in pool play of the District 12 tournament, then split its first two games of bracket play this past…

  • WEST WINDSOR: WW 12s come up one win short

    Nottingham captures District 12 crown By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    West Windsor pushed Nottingham to the limit, but in the end fell just short.    The 12-year-olds from West Windsor forced a winner-take-all final against Nottingham with a 9-8 win Tuesday night in the District 12 Little League tournament. But one night later, the Nottingham bats…