Category: sports/the_princeton_packet

  • Monday special for Princeton community

    Pete Young Games bring hundreds to courts By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Monday was already going to be special for P.J. Young.    Young was still getting updates on the birth of his nephew — expected on his deceased mother’s birthday — when he came to the Community Park basketball courts to take in some…

  • PU grad Venable is an eager Beaver

    Outfielder in position for call-up By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    The San Diego Padres rank last in baseball in runs scored, and overall are statistically among the very worst offensive teams in the majors.    Will Venable would like to help, and he is phone call away from that chance.    The Princeton University graduate is…

  • Kids rule in Montgomery Adult Basketball League

    Recent MHS graduates capture summer crown By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    The kids did all right in Montgomery this year.    Playing in the Montgomery Adult Summer Basketball League for the first time, the On Paper Champs got it done on the court, capturing the league championship with a 40-31 win over National Pools.    This was…

  • Column: Nuse Sense

    A clinic worth the effort By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    On Monday, they’ll have the kind of community gathering in Princeton that tends to bring people together.    Joint Effort-Princeton will present the 2008 Safe Street Basketball Games and Youth Clinic at the Community Park basketball courts. It’s a day-long event that will showcase some of…

  • McNulty shifts efforts to triathlon

    North grad is junior winner By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Sean McNulty returns to the University of Kentucky next week to begin practice with the men’s cross country team.    McNulty, though, spent the summer getting a jump on his real athletic future — in the triathlon.    ”In high school, I wanted to do a…

  • PU football anxious to prove poll is wrong

    Pre-season projection has Tigers fifth in Ivies By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    While the pre-season Ivy League football poll means little to Princeton University, its release carries significance.    It means that the start of the season is that much closer.    Princeton’s players report to campus next Friday with pre-season practice beginning next Saturday. At…

  • Games and more for locals

    Games and more for locals

    Harel, Rubin on defending champion hoops team By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Ethan Harel and A.J. Rubin are hoping to repeat as basketball champions at the JCC Maccabi Games in Detroit.    More than that, they are hoping to repeat the total experience they enjoyed together last summer in Los Angeles.    ”I know last year…

  • Games and more for locals

    Games and more for locals

    West Windsor-Plainsboro High North’s Ethan Harel (left) and Princeton Day School’s A.J. Rubin will travel to Detroit to defend their basketball title at the Maccabi Games. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • Savage’s return helps deliver hoops title

    Savage’s return helps deliver hoops title

    Mark Aziz of George’s Roasters/Ivy Inn goes in for a layup while be´ing covered by Northwestern Financial’s Christian Burns during Fri´day’s championship game at Community Park. Staff photo by Frank Wojciechowski