Category: sports/the_princeton_packet

Little Tigers set for playoffs By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    The turnaround for the Princeton High School football team now has an exclamation point.    The Little Tigers can officially put last year’s 0-10 season in the rearview mirror after topping West Windsor-Plainsboro North, 47-21, to improve to 8-1 and capture the Valley Division championship of…

Sarathy sees motivated boys XC By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Ajay Sarathy is hoping to see the same progress he made as a freshman this year as a sophomore at sectionals.    The sophomore is the youngest runner in an experienced top seven for the Montgomery High School boys team that will race in the…

By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    The Hun School and Stuart Country Day School girls tennis teams showed promise as they wrapped up their seasons in their respective prep circles.    Hun closed the year with a second-place finish in the Mid-Atlantic Prep League tournament. The Raiders used their balanced lineup to finish with 24 points,…

Reimitz’s big week lifts PHS soccer to MCT crown By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Laurenz Reimitz’s soccer career hasn’t quite gone the way he had anticipated on the field or off, but he and the Princeton High School boys team has been thrilled with the way things have developed.    The senior never expected to…

MHS, PHS open with state victories By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    The West Windsor-Plainsboro High North boys soccer team won enough close games to feel good about their chances in Monday’s Central Jersey Group IV opening round game against Freehold Township.    The Knights were battling through a scoreless tie before Freehold Township’s Jason Czajkowski scored…

PHS girls soccer advances in CJ III By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    Just when it looked like the West Windsor-Plainsboro North girls soccer team might be heading to overtime in its Central Jersey Group IV tournament opener against East Brunswick, the Bears pulled off a last-second goal to end what turned out to be a…

Hun team effort rewarded in win By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    The groundwork for winning a state Prep A girls soccer championship started last year for the Hun School girls soccer team.    After beginning last season 0-7, the Raiders went 6-4-1 over the final 11 games and reached the Prep A final, where they dropped…

PDS girls soccer claims Prep B crown By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Kirsten Kuzmicz is retiring from soccer at the age of 17, and she’s going out a winner.    The Princeton Day School senior’s year did not begin ideally, but it ended as well as she could have imagined as she assisted on Madison…

By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Paula Tessein knew that she had a motivated team to begin the field hockey state tournament.    Her fourth-seeded West Windsor-Plainsboro High North squad has a lot of experience and they have a lot of seniors, a combination that bodes well.    ”We have 10 seniors,” said the Knights head coach.…