Category: sports/the_princeton_packet

  • Knights soccer back to winning

    Alesio guiding North in middle By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Sarah Alesio’s senior season of soccer may not have started the way she hoped, but she is determined to help it finish strong.    West Windsor-Plainsboro North spent the summer running and training together, attended a pair of soccer camps, and went through the preseason…

  • Young Cougars get on-the-job training

    Young Cougars get on-the-job training

    MHS gymnastics team rebuilding By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    You can’t fault Johanna Snedeker if she feels a little like Yogi Berra.    For the Montgomery High gymnastics coach, this year truly is like deja vu all over again.    It wasn’t all that long ago that Snedeker had a young roster filled with gymnasts with plenty…

  • New Knight first in XC meet

    Callahan wins senior division By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Kelly Callahan found herself in an unfamiliar position in front of everyone at the Old Bridge Classic on Saturday.    When she crossed the finish line first in the senior division, it was even more shocking to the West Windsor-Plainsboro North harrier.    ”I really had no…

  • Louden kicks PU to last-second win

    Tigers top Lehigh in home opener By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor Two pre-teens lined up on Powers Field at Princeton Stadium on Saturday night to practice the same game-winning field goal they had seen an hour before from the Tigers’ Connor Louden. Louden, whose first field goal was blocked to set up Lehigh’s lone…

  • PU football wins home opener

    Last-second field goal tops Lehigh By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor The Princeton University football team evened its 2008 record at 1-1 with a 10-7 win over Lehigh on Saturday on Powers Field at Princeton Stadium. Connor Louden’s 32-yard field goal as time expired provided the difference for the Tigers, who bounced back from an…

  • Pirates top all at MCT

    Pirates top all at MCT

    West Windsor-Plainsboro South’s Lesley Norris captured her second straight Mercer County Tournament third singles title on Wednesday. Staff photo by Frank Wojciechowski

  • Pirate is forward thinking

    Echeverri’s goals lift South field hockey By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Carolina Echeverri is doing a good job of making two transitions in one.    The sophomore is in her first year of varsity with the West Windsor-Plainsboro South field hockey team after jumping from playing on the Pirates freshman team last year. Echeverri is…

  • North, South volleyball gaining experience

    Pirates prevail in rivals matchup By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Both the West Windsor-Plainsboro North and WW-P South girls’ volleyball teams have shown the trademark inconsistencies of youth.    Both have also shown promise.    In the early season and in their first matchup of the season, the Pirates have gotten the better of the Knights.…

  • Zimmerman leading way as blocker for PU

    New fullback prepared for Tiger home opener By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    It took a little bit of an adjustment, but Matt Zimmerman realizes that a move to fullback got him on the field a lot quicker for the Princeton University football team.    ”I was more of a tailback type in high school,” said Zimmerman,…