Category: sports/the_princeton_packet

  • Champs on kicks by Cook

    PDS wins Prep B soccer By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor  In the end, Erin Cook’s concussion worked out for the best for the Princeton Day School girls’ soccer team.    Without Cook in the lineup in the early portion of the season, the Panthers struggled out to a 4-3 record that prompted a team meeting…

  • WW-P North XC repeats in record run

    WW-P North XC repeats in record run

    Knight boys break scoring mark By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor   HOPEWELL — Tyler Corkedale finished his final Mercer County Championship race with a furious kick to give the West Windsor-Plainsboro North boys four of the top five cross country finishers.    The Knights did not need the mad dash Friday as they repeated as champions…

  • Phillips shines early for PDS girls’ soccer

    Phillips shines early for PDS girls’ soccer

    Princeton Day School’s Marissa Davila (right) heads the ball while being defended by Rutgers Prep’s Stephanie DiNicola during the Panthers’ 3-1 win on Wednesday. Staff photo by Frank Wojciechowski

  • Column: Nuse Sense

    Online version growing By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    Maybe we’re a dying breed, but there are still some of us left that prefer to read a printed newspaper page rather than going onto the computer and reading stories online.    But even the diehards have to admit that life online offers advantages the print version can’t.…

  • Sports News and Notes

    CHEER/GYMNASTICS    A Cheer/Gymnastics Clinic will be held Nov. 6-7 at Montgomery High School for children in grades 1-8. Campers will divide their days learning the skills and techniques of a gymnast with cheers, dances and stunts of a cheerleader. Children of all abilities and experiences are welcome. Emphasis will be based more on fun game…

  • Field hockey tournaments over as trio of prep schools ousted

    Higher seeds stop Hun, Stuart in states, PDS in MCT By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Higher seeds were tough to upset for three area prep field hockey teams Wednesday.    In the Prep A tournament semifinals, third-seeded and co-defending champion Stuart Country Day lost, 1-0, at second-seeded Peddie. The Tartans fell to 15-5.    ”We played…

  • PHS boys outlast North in overtime

    PHS boys outlast North in overtime

    Little Tigers reach MCT final By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    They’ll play the Mercer County Tournament boys’ soccer final tonight at Mercer County Community College.    But for those who braved the cold and were on hand for Wednesday’s semifinal, it certainly had the feel of a championship game.    ”As Trevor (Warner) and I just agreed,…

  • PU tries to snap streak

    Tigers’ finish key at Cornell By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    The Princeton University locker room was a tough place to stay after Saturday’s 24-20 loss to Harvard for their second Ivy League defeat.    Princeton had done everything but close out the game with a victory, and the disappointment and frustration hung in the air.…

  • Running for best in county

    Zhou confident Pirate girls ready By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Ting Ting Zhou didn’t join the West Windsor-Plainsboro South girls’ cross country team until her junior year, but she had a feeling that she’d like it.    Her success in spring track was a big hint.    ”Coach started putting me in a lot of two…