Category: sports/the_princeton_packet

  • MONTGOMERY: Bergida fits right in wrestling team

    MONTGOMERY: Bergida fits right in wrestling team

    Freshman David Bergida (top) placed second in his first varsity wrestling tournament for Montgomery High on Saturday.

  • MONTGOMERY: Local pair on national champion Richmond

    MONTGOMERY: Local pair on national champion Richmond

    West Windsor-Plainsboro South graduate Drew Lachenmayer is a redshirt sophomore for the Spiders.

  • PRINCETON: Girls Basketball Previews

    Montgomery     Head Coach: Kevin Kretschy, third year    Last year: 18-8    Key returning players: Laura Coletti (Sr.), Allie Pedinoff (Sr.), Marcia Voigt (Sr.), Jen Wysocki (Sr.), Carlee Rosenthal (Jr.), Taylor Zahn (Jr.).    Top newcomers: Karlee Comollo (Jr.), Katie Hadinger (Jr.), Kelsey Jacobson (Jr.), Rachel Martin (Jr.), Ivana Miljanic (Jr.), Julie Smith (Jr.), Ashanti Bess (So.).…

  • PRINCETON: Hun’s Ellis provides spark off bench

    PRINCETON: Hun’s Ellis provides spark off bench

    Raider girls remain unbeaten after latest big win By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Sporting one red sock and one white sock, Jah-Leah Ellis checked in for the Hun School girls’ basketball team in its Mid-Atlantic Prep League opener against Lawrenceville on Tuesday.    In an instant, the senior forward’s socks were a whir of pink.…

  • PRINCETON: Hun’s Ellis provides spark off bench

    PRINCETON: Hun’s Ellis provides spark off bench

    Hun School senior Jah-Leah Ellis drives to the basket for two of her 13 points during the Raiders’ 75-27 win over Lawrenceville on Tuesday. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • COLUMN: On the job (ice) training

    Nobody needs player development more than PHS girls hockey By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Jeff Schneider was surprised to learn that all four of the captains on his Princeton High School girls ice hockey team were new to the sport as freshmen.    It’s the norm, however, rather than the exception for the Little Tigers.…

  • PRINCETON: WRESTLING PREVIEWS

    Montgomery      Head Coach: Kevin Jacoutot, third year     Last year: 15-7     Key returning wrestlers: Will Bacon (Sr.), Giovanni Balena (Sr.), Nick Cassar (Sr.), Kevin Kerod (Sr.), Tommy Reynolds (Sr.), Alex Sottile (Sr.), Erik Biago (Jr.), Matthias Cassar (Jr.), Kevin Lisanti (Jr.),Chung-Yang Yeh (Jr.), Tyler Bobal (So.), John Moyle (So.).     Top newcomers: Alex Rook (Sr.), Kevin…

  • WEST WINDSOR: A quick study in pool

    McCarthy gives Knights depth By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    Consider Christine McCarthy a quick learner.    The West Windsor-Plainsboro North sophomore didn’t start taking competitive swimming seriously until she was in eighth grade. And now, just a short two years later, she’s a key member of a Knights’ team that has started the season 3-0.    ”I…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Palermo excited about Pirates

    New mat coach can see promise By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    Jesse Palermo wasn’t sure what to expect as a first-year coach of a wrestling program that went 0-16 last year.    What he found at West Windsor-Plainsboro South was a pleasant surprise.    ”We have 40 guys and I’ve been pleased with their level of talent,”…