Category: sports/the_princeton_packet
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WEST WINDSOR: Heroes aplenty for Pirates
West Windsor-Plainsboro High South senior Austin Witter scored 20 points, including the game-winning basket in overtime, against Hillsborough on Wednesday night. Photo by Dick Druckman/www.goldmedalimpressions.com
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WEST WINDSOR: A special title for Lewinson
Junior helps Pirates capture state crown By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor Rebecca Lewinson already has won an individual swimming title in each of the last two seasons at the Meet of Champions. ”It’s so much different,” Lewinson said of an individual win. “You can’t just win every race. Second and third equals more than…
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MONTGOMERY: Cougars upset Colts Neck in states
Montgomery High boys basketball coach Kris Grundy shares a moment with seniors (left to right) AJ Shadrach, Andy Singley and Misha Miljanic following Tuesday’s 38-36 win over Colts Neck. Photo by Robert Gleason
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WEST WINDSOR: Heroes aplenty for Pirates
South boys basketball rallies to edge ‘Boro By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor They took turns being the hero at West Windsor-Plainsboro South on Wednesday. First it was Jack Dennehy, whose three-point shot with 7.1 seconds left gave the Pirates life. Then it was Dan Balevski, who calming sank a three-point shot as time expired, sending…
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WEST WINDSOR: Defense dominant for North hockey
Knights move on, South hockey ousted in states By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor The West Windsor-Plainsboro North ice hockey team knows it only gets tougher from this point on. The Knights, the No. 8 seed in the NJSIAA A Division tournament, opened with a 9-0 win over Old Bridge on Tuesday at Mercer County…
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WEST WINDSOR: Pirates fall in MCT hoop final
By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor The West Windsor-Plainsboro High South boys basketball team had been in this position before. Trailing by four points early in the fourth quarter, the Pirates seemed poised to close with a flurry and rally to beat Pennington in Friday’s Mercer County Tournament championship game. But this time there would be…
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PRINCETON: Luck changing for PU’s Strittmatter
By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor Mike Strittmatter understands better than most that it’s not where you start, but where you finish. The Princeton University forward has started the last three games for the men’s basketball team after an injury-laded beginning to his senior year. ”I honestly doubted I’d get back and have a chance…
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MONTGOMERY: Harshman, Cianfrocca advance in MHS Greatest contest
Brian Harshman and Nancy Cianfrocca have advanced to the quarterfinals of the Montgomery High’s Greatest Athlete contest. Harshman, a standout cross country and track star, received 54 percent of the vote to defeat Tori Sensi. Cianfrocca defeated Johnny Rooney in the highest voter turnout yet, receiving 54 percent of the over 2,100 votes cast. The…
