Category: sports/the_princeton_packet

  • WEST WINDSOR: Epee squad leads improving North fencing

    Trio helps Knights open with narrow win By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    Now in its fourth year as a varsity program, fencing at West Windsor-Plainsboro High North has been steadily improving.    To date, the biggest accomplishment for the Knights was a first place finish at districts and a ninth place finish at states for the…

  • PRINCETON: Fencing growth abounds

    Column: Nuse Sense By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    The fencing programs at Princeton Day School and the Hun School have been around for a while.    At Montgomery High, West Windsor-Plainsboro North and WW-P South, the programs are relatively young.    But all five of the programs have one thing in common – they’re set up for…

  • MONTGOMERY: An indescribable feeling for Voigt

    MONTGOMERY: An indescribable feeling for Voigt

    Senior guard is newest member of Montgomery’s 1,000-point club By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Usually stoic, Marcia Voigt couldn’t hide how much the milestone meant.    The Montgomery High School senior is the picture of calm and collected even in the biggest game moments, but her voice cracked just a bit as she talked about…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Frank Mitchell, athlete of the week

    HILLSBOROUGH: Frank Mitchell, athlete of the week

    HHS junior Frank Mitchell leads his team with a 19.2 scoring average. Photo by Elane Coleman (fstop1.com)

  • PRINCETON: Schroeder earns big minutes in win

    Junior guard part of Tiger men’s first home victory By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Princeton University men’s basketball coach Sydney Johnson stopped Marcus Schroeder as he walked off the court with barely three ticks left on the clock.    Schroeder’s numbers may not have looked like those deserving of a curtain call after the Tigers’…

  • PRINCETON: Cornell-bound Marsh hoping for big year

    Princeton High senior has lofty wrestling goals By Rich Fisher, The Packet Group    As his final season of high school wrestling gets underway, Corey Marsh has little to stress about and plenty to celebrate.    Which could mean an even greater season on the mats for the Princeton High senior, as he can totally focus on…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Defense big for Knights

    Strober scores game-winner By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    A couple of first-timers and their surrounding veterans delivered for the West Windsor-Plainsboro North ice hockey team in a 2-0 win over rival West Windsor-Plainsboro South on Friday.    It was one of the defense’s finest showings in front of goalie James Komianos, who stopped 36 shots…

  • PRINCETON: Hebert making a splash in pool

    Freshman aids fast PHS start By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Addison Hebert heard that the Princeton High School boys swim team was going to be pretty good this season.    No one, however, told the freshman from Cranbury what a big part of it he would play.    ”I didn’t know,” Hebert said. “I had heard…

  • MONTGOMERY: Cougar girls, Pirate boys tourney winners

    Late-game heroics earn victories By Bob Nuse and Justin Feil, Staff Writers    Their best competition yet wasn’t enough to stop either the Montgomery High School girls or West Windsor-Plainsboro South boys basketball teams.    Both remained unbeaten and came way with holiday tournament championships on Monday.    The Cougar girls stayed close to home for the holidays,…