Category: sports/the_princeton_packet

  • WEST WINDSOR: Success catching on for Pirates

    WEST WINDSOR: Success catching on for Pirates

    Junior Jack Dennehy is one of a trio of receiving threats for the West Windsor South football team this season.

  • Girls’ Soccer Player of the Year

    Girls’ Soccer Player of the Year

    Ally Mancino capped her four-year varsity career by helping the Montgomery High girls’ soccer team to a Somerset County Tournament title. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • Girls’ Soccer Player of the Year

    Girls’ Soccer Player of the Year

    Nothing much got past MHS’ Mancino By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Ally Mancino doesn’t remember exactly how young she was when she became a goalkeeper, but she remembers why.    ”I was the only one who wasn’t afraid to get hit by the ball,” Mancino said. “It kind of stuck with me.”    Now it only…

  • PRINCETON: Frosh is making impact

    Pallis is part of PU’s fast start By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    The Princeton University men’s ice hockey team relied on a number of freshmen defensemen in a breakout season that saw them reach the NCAA Tournament last year.    This year, they are using just one, but Derrick Pallis has fit right into a…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Success catching on for Pirates

    WEST WINDSOR: Success catching on for Pirates

    Football looks to return to RU By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    Jeff Riemann had already burst on the scene last year, catching 11 touchdown passes as the West Windsor-Plainsboro South football team reached the Central Jersey Group IV championship game.    Max Merkovitz was on the scene last year, but in a limited role that saw…

  • PRINCETON: A season filled with moments

    Column: Nuse Sense By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    On Saturday, the West Windsor-Plainsboro South football team will be playing for a return trip to the Central Jersey Group IV final at Rutgers Stadium.    On the same day, the WW-P North boys’ cross country team will finally run head-to-head with Don Bosco at Holmdel Park in…

  • WW-PN falls short in Group III soccer

    WW-PN falls short in Group III soccer

    West Windsor-Plainsboro High North’s Alex Cadar moves the ball past a Moorestown defender during the Knights’ 2-1 loss in the state Group III semifinals on Tuesday. Photo by Dennis Symons Jr.

  • PU basketball falls in OT

    Tigers lose late lead to Maine By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    Sydney Johnson can see his team getting closer to where it needs to be every game.    What he’d like to see is the progress get to the point where it pulls out a win at the end of the game.    The Princeton University men’s…

  • Davis has big night in PU loss

    Hun grad nets 25 in season-opener By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    With substantial point production lost to graduation, the Princeton University men’s basketball team found a new source.    New point guard Doug Davis scored a freshman debut game record 25 points, but the Tigers needed more than a one-player outpouring as Central Michigan held…