Category: sports/the_princeton_packet

PHS, MHS also win on gridiron By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    Jordan McGriff is a perfect example of the turnaround for the Hun School football team this season.    A year ago McGriff played just defense for the Raiders, as he struggled to get on the field with the offense. But after a summer of working…

By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    JAMESBURG — When Nikhil Pulimood finished second to teammate Tom Vinci at last year’s Mercer County cross country championship meet, he knew his time would come a year later.    ”It’s a tradition here that the top senior wins and Tom did it last year,” said Pulimood, a senior at West…

Doubles sweeps for South girls tennis By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    The depth that helped to carry the West Windsor-Plainsboro High South girls tennis team to its first Group IV state championship in 15 years also helped the Pirates come within a match of the Tournament of Champions final.    Following the Pirates’ win over…

Brothers Bryan Fisher and Jeff Fisher embrace after their West Windsor-Plainsboro South and Robbinsville boys soccer teams played to a 1-1 tie Tuesday. Photo by Ellen Schwartz

Murphy’s passing lifts North football over Notre Dame By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    Kevin Murphy has not had to throw the ball as much this year, but that’s fine with him.    Murphy, a senior quarterback at West Windsor-Plainsboro North, has the luxury of playing in an offense that has been producing great results in the…

West Windsor-Plainsboro High South’s Margaret MacArthur teamed with Kim Wong to pick up a win in their doubles match during a 3-2 loss to Holmdel in the Tournament of Champions semifinals on Tuesday. Photo by Dennis Symons

Oey is frontrunner for North cross country By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    No one on the West Windsor-Plainsboro High North girls cross country team knows better than Yuzki Oey what to expect today.    The senior will toe the line for her final Mercer County Championships, though it won’t be at Washington Crossing Park that…

Kevin Murphy… WW-P North football

Pirates, Ravens soccer teams stalemate for brother coaches By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    While the players and coaches weren’t quite sure what to think, nobody was happier than Mckenna Fisher when the West Windor-Plainsboro South and Robbinsville boys soccer teams played to a 1-1 tie on Tuesday.    ”She said to me last night, ‘Daddy, why…