Category: sports/the_princeton_packet

Princeton faces must-win against Yale By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    There are no playoffs for the Princeton University football team, but the final two weekends might as well be playoff games.    The Tigers will travel to Yale for a 12:30 p.m. kickoff on Saturday in New Haven, Conn. The following Saturday, they host Dartmouth…

MHS, PHS football eye first-round foes By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    Both Chris Chick and Brian Tien have been part of building something successful for their respective football teams.    Chick, a senior captain at Montgomery High, has been a solid force on the offensive line for a Cougar team that has averaged 37 points a…

Luther returns in back for PHS boys soccer By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    Peter Luther hade to sit and watch as his Princeton High School boys soccer teammates won two dramatic games to capture the Mercer County Tournament championship.    But since returning from an injury that kept him out of the MCT semifinals and finals,…

Raiders go unbeaten in MAPL By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    After a promising opening win over Wyoming Seminary, the Hun School football team got a possible dose of reality with a 34-7 loss to Poly Prep in its second game of the season.    But that loss would be the last the Raiders would suffer as…

Sharp impresses in Hun football finale By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    When he took over as head coach at The Hun School, Todd Smith already knew Chris Sharp was a talented football player.    What he also knew was the potential was there to be even better.    Smith saw that potential realized over the course of…

PU men’s basketball hosts Rider tonight in season opener By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Mitch Henderson nodded approvingly as Princeton University forward Hans Brase ended a practice session by catching the ball close to the basket and finishing the layup after a nifty move.    ”That’s good,” said Henderson, the fourth-year head coach of the…

PHS, South win girls sectionals By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    The Princeton High School and West Windsor-Plainsboro South girls cross country teams used unmatched balance to win their respective sectional championships.    Montgomery High School and West Windsor-Plainsboro North had great efforts to extend the seasons of their seniors by placing in the top five…

WW-P South, PHS, North boys teams are moving on By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Area boys runners garnered every sort of metal among the medals handed out at sectional cross country meets Saturday at Thompson Park.    There was gold from West Windsor-Plainsboro South’s Nikhil Pulimood, silver from a now healthy Princeton High School team,…

Little Tigers eliminate Hopewell By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    With less than 10 minutes to play in the first half of Princeton High School’s Central Jersey Group III quarterfinal matchup with Hopewell on Friday, Chris Harla took a ball off the goal line to preserve the Little Tigers lead.    It was another reminder of…