Category: sports/the_princeton_packet

  • WEST WINDSOR: Knights stop Hun in MCT

    Bachner wins pitchers’ duel By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    HIGHTSTOWN — The outcome of this one was anticipated once David Bachner and Mike Ford took to the mound.    With Bachner pitching for West Windsor-Plainsboro North and Ford on the mound for the Hun School, this was not going to be your ordinary No. 3 seed…

  • PRINCETON: Carey is golden in Patriot debut

    Leads Stuart track to second By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    The Patriot Conference Championship field can be intimidating to a freshman, but to Amethyst Carey was inspiring.    The Stuart Country Day School freshman won the shot put and captured the discus as well with a school record 97-feet-9 as the Tartans finished second overall.…

  • PRINCETON: North boys, Graham second at MCT golf

    PHS sophomore shoots 72 By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    It took a record-setting performance to keep Fraser Graham from winning a Mercer County Golf Tournament title.    Graham, a sophomore at Princeton High School, shot a 72 on the East Course at Mercer Oaks on Wednesday. Most years that would have been enough to at least…

  • PRINCETON: Athlete of the Week

    PRINCETON: Athlete of the Week

    Princeton Day School softball player Jen Auerbach is the Princeton Packet Athlete of the Week. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • PRINCETON: Tigers earn share of Ivy title

    PU men’s lax to host UMass in NCAA opener By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Josh Lesko never looked back on his end-to-end burst for a transition goal in the second quarter.    Neither did the Princeton University men’s lacrosse team as it erupted for a 7-0 halftime lead on the way to an 11-7 win…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Junior’s pitching is relief

    DeSimine earns North MCT win By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    The last time that the West Windsor-Plainsboro North softball team faced Hamilton, Sara DeSimine came on in relief for the win.    The junior provided relief of a different sort in firing her third shutout of the year for a 9-0 win over the Hornets…

  • PRINCETON: Presepe becomes boys lax leader

    Defenseman aids MCT win By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Dario Presepe is an inspiration to newcomers on the Princeton High School boys lacrosse team.    The PHS senior’s example could even help the Hamilton High team that the Little Tigers knocked off, 16-0, in the opening round of the inaugural Mercer County Tournament on Saturday.…

  • MONTGOMERY: O’Connor starts SCT rally

    MHS softball is into semifinals By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    The Montgomery High softball team was not in the position it thought it would be in entering the bottom of the fifth of Saturday’s Somerset County Tournament game against Mount St. Mary’s.    Instead of playing with a comfortable lead, the second-seeded Cougars trailed the No.…

  • MONTGOMERY: Athlete of the Week

    MONTGOMERY: Athlete of the Week

    MHS’ Prosinski nears no-no By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    For three innings Jon Prosinski wasn’t thinking about a no-hitter.    But by the time the fourth inning rolled around, the Montgomery High senior starting feeling like it might just happen.    ”It was by far the best day of the season so far to pitch,” Prosinski said.…