Category: sports/the_princeton_packet

  • North boys’ lacrosse falls short in states

    Knights push No. 1 seed West Morris By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    For the second straight season, the West Windsor-Plainsboro North boys’ lacrosse team’s season was ended by West Morris Central.    But the Knights had a far different look to them this year when they fell to the Group II top seed Saturday than…

  • Pirate boys reach volleyball quarterfinals

    Callahan, South stop Colts Neck By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Liam Callahan isn’t bashful in his assessment of his first year of volleyball.    ”I was awful sophomore year,” said the West Windsor-Plainsboro South senior. “I never played.”    Callahan, who played baseball as a freshman, was determined to stick with the sport despite his slow…

  • Cougars’ Papsin fills role

    MHS lacrosse reaches semis By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Over the first two seasons of his senior year, Mike Papsin stood out on the soccer field and then at the ice hockey rink.    In the spring, he took a back seat as a role player on the Montgomery High School boys’ lacrosse team, except…

  • Knights baseball bows out of tourney

    North suffers one-run loss again By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    You couldn’t blame West Windsor-Plainsboro High North baseball coach Bob Boyce if he felt like he had been through this same scenario before — several times.    ”We didn’t make some basic plays and we didn’t hit much,” said Boyce, whose team was eliminated from the…

  • Knights have hard time with Middletown South

    Softball offense comes up short By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    Jason Petrone knew it wasn’t going to be easy for his West Windsor-Plainsboro North softball team in its Central Jersey Group III tournament opener against Middletown South.    ”They were a good team,” Petrone said. “They came out and looked real sharp. Their pitcher was one…

  • PHS baseball earns first win in tough year

    Little Tigers stick together to end By Jamie Peretzman, Special Writer    In a poignant microcosm of its season, the Princeton High School baseball team was beaten by 10 runs when it played Allentown recently.    The team’s record at that point was 0-20, the 0 more eye catching than anything else.    ”It has definitely been a…

  • MHS girls win sectional track

    Cougars’ magical season continues By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    The spring continued to be colored Green.    Winners of their first Somerset County Championship less than three weeks ago, the Montgomery High School girls’ track and field team earned its second sectional crown in four years Saturday. In 2005, the Cougars won the North Jersey…

  • Pirate boys’ tennis beaten by the best

    Seniors split sets before Westfield closes out semis win By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    The West Windsor-Plainsboro South boys’ tennis team bowed out of the Group IV state tournament on Thursday, but it took the best to finally beat the Pirates.    For the second straight season, the Pirates were knocked out by Westfield, this…

  • Deeper Knights claim CJ III title

    Boys win first outdoor sectional track crown By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Evan Mitos knew it was a big jump, but he had no way of knowing it would win the Central Jersey Group III track meet.    ”I could tell right as I landed,” said the West Windsor-Plainsboro North senior. “Normally I don’t fall…