Category: sports/the_princeton_packet

  • WEST WINDSOR: Change revives Pirates

    WEST WINDSOR: Change revives Pirates

    West Windsor-Plainsboro South’s Mike Nestel (left) battles Lawrence High’s Tim Finnerty for the puck during the Pirates’ 8-2 win on Monday. Photo by Dennis Symons (dennissymons.com)

  • PRINCETON: Recreation Basketball Results

    PRINCETON DILLON     Malik Thompson scored six points and Sam Serxner added five as the Suns topped the Jazz, 17-11, in the Boys 4th/5th Grade Division of the Princeton Recreation Dillon Youth Basketball League. Owen Smith scored six points and Owen Lindenfelder added five in the loss.    In other games in the division, the Kings topped…

  • MONTGOMERY: Talented field for best of Cougars

    Column: Nuse Sense By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    Settling on a field of 32 athletes for the Montgomery High’s Greatest Athlete contest was hard enough. Good luck to the voters as we narrow that field down to one.    With the help of Montgomery coaches and administrators, as well as former coaches and administrators, the initial…

  • MONTGOMERY: Cougars’ Lydzinski making impact

    MONTGOMERY: Cougars’ Lydzinski making impact

    Megan Lydzinski…Montgomery swimming

  • WEST WINDSOR: Change revives Pirates

    WEST WINDSOR: Change revives Pirates

    Cangelosi aids ailing offense By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    The veterans on the West Windsor-Plainsboro South ice hockey team sensed a growing urgency in a three-game losing streak.    So did Joe Cangelosi.    ”We knew we had to change a couple things,” said Pirates head coach Brian McGurney. “Cangelosi is the only underclassmen who came…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Knights turning around season

    Allen leading boys hoops resurgence By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    At 1-7, it would have been easy for the West Windsor-Plainsboro High North boys basketball team to assume this year was going to be a lot like last year, when the Knights finished 3-21.    But with a solid group of seniors and some talented newcomers…

  • WEST WINDSOR: South girls make noise with victory

    Yuen swims to bests in first Pirate Invitational By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Jocelyn Yuen had never heard anything quite so loud, and never swum quite so fast.    There’s a good chance the two are connected.    Yuen was just one of the standouts at the girls Pirate Invitational on Sunday. The Pirates freshman was…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Knights girls’ hoops capture narrow win

    Egan helps North overcome hurdles By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    Injuries and inexperienced have kept the West Windsor-Plainsboro High North girls’ basketball team from getting off to a better start.    But a win like Friday night’s 46-45 triumph over Lawrence helps to ease some of the pain.    ”We needed the win,” said senior Erin Egan,…

  • PRINCETON: Sydlo’s scrappy play boosts PDS hockey

    PRINCETON: Sydlo’s scrappy play boosts PDS hockey

    Pair of assists help girls top PHS By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Stephanie Sydlo is sometimes overlooked on her line for the Princeton Day School girls ice hockey team.    Paired with high-scoring Georgia Travers and standout freshman Megan Ofner, Sydlo doesn’t put up the same sorts of numbers as her linemates. But she helps…