Category: sports/the_princeton_packet

  • PU grad back to sidelines at MCCC

    PU grad back to sidelines at MCCC

    Levy is new basketball coach By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    Even during his year away from coaching college basketball, Howard Levy never strayed too far from coaching the game.    ”Last year I was coaching my son and my daughter a little bit,” said the former Princeton University assistant coach, who on Monday was named the…

  • Column: Justin Time

    Golden girl is humble By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Though Rebecca Soni’s accomplishments are something she has been working toward since growing up in Plainsboro and swimming for Scarlet Aquatics in Piscataway, she is still coming to grips with winning three medals at the Beijing Olympics.    ”It felt kind of surreal,” said the Plainsboro…

  • Tigers seeking scoring

    Women’s soccer has questions By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    The Princeton University women’s soccer team could watch arguably its best player over the last four years playing in the Beijing Olympics.    ”That’s pretty amazing,” said PU head coach Julie Shackford.    Diana Matheson played for the Canadian national team that qualified for the Olympics for…

  • Serverson takes over PHS field hockey

    Experiences key for Little Tigers’ head coach By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Heather Serverson has seen field hockey from every angle.    She played in high school and college, officiated for a couple of years, coached at the college level and was a high school head coach and then an assistant. Serverson plans to put…

  • Life on links is fine for Urbanek

    WW-P grad is caddie for Wi By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Mark Urbanek ended his pursuit of golf as a professional player, but didn’t get out of the game.    The West Windsor-Plainsboro High graduate (before the school district split) has been caddying for Charlie Wi on the PGA Tour for more than a year.…

  • Ohlendorf adjusts to latest changes

    Ohlendorf adjusts to latest changes

    PU grad starting with new club By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Ross Ohlendorf was happy when the New York Yankees told him that they were planning on keeping him in their Triple-A affiliate Scranton/Wilkes-Barre’s starting rotation rather than the bullpen.    Later that same day, the Yankees traded him to Pittsburgh.    ”I had a feeling…

  • South assistant returns as head coach

    Cabarle back with Pirates By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Christine Cabarle was coaching at West Windsor-Plainsboro South two years ago, and she has returned as the new head coach of the field hockey team.    In between, Cabarle didn’t get away from field hockey. It would have been impossible.    ”I can’t imagine my life without…

  • Legend exiting PHS duties

    Longtime coach Jones is ready to move on By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    There aren’t many certainties in high school sports. But for years, one of those was that Joyce Jones would be coaching at Princeton High.    That’s no longer the case.    After more than 30 years as the head field hockey and girls’ lacrosse…

  • Ohlendorf adjusts to latest changes

    Ohlendorf adjusts to latest changes

    Princeton University graduate Ross Ohlendorf has settled nicely into the starting rotation for the Indianapolis Indians after his trade from the New York Yankees organization to the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. Photo by Bill Gentry