Category: sports/the_princeton_packet

  • Parisi helps Knights fulfill early dreams

    North softball takes Valley lead By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Danielle Parisi used to dream of playing in the WNBA.    Basketball, however, has taken a back seat to softball, and the biggest benefactor is the West Windsor-Plainsboro North softball team. Parisi seems to have made the right choice.    ”Since freshman year, I wanted to…

  • MHS baseball finds a new kind of streak

    Cougars advance to SCT semifinal By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    Peter Mueller had a feeling it would just take that first win to get the Montgomery High baseball team turned around.    It appears the Cougars’ head coach was right.    ”Our kids got a little confidence out of that first win,” Mueller said of the Cougars…

  • Lone Cougar reaches finals

    Silver at SCT for Nuzzaci By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Mike Goldman and Vince Chang were confident that the Montgomery High School boys’ tennis team would be good this season despite the graduation of its singles lineup.    Dan Nuzzaci admits he was not as sure.    ”We lost our top three and they were phenomenal,”…

  • Area trio enjoys night at Penn Relays

    Tigers’ Costello, Higginson go back-to-back By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    PHILADELPHIA — West Windsor-Plainsboro South junior Katie Kellner got her first taste of running the Penn Relays on Thursday night.    Princeton University’s Liz Costello and Ashley Higginson already considered running there special, and their back-to-back wins later Thursday night made for two more reassuring…

  • Charan solid in encore

    Charan solid in encore

    Soph improves Knights’ golf By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    An extra year of experience on the golf course has made a big difference for Simran Charan.    ”I feel much more confident now when I am over my shot,” the West Windsor-Plainsboro North sophomore said. “I still have to work on my putting and I have…

  • Charan having solid encore

    Sophomore improves Knights’ golf By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    An extra year of experience on the golf course has made a big difference for Simran Charan.    ”I feel much more confident now when I am over my shot,” the West Windsor-Plainsboro North sophomore said. “I still have to work on my putting and I have…

  • Knights post best MCT tennis finish

    PHS boys third; Hun fifth By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    The West Windsor-Plainsboro North boys’ tennis team set a goal this season of being the best in school history.    The Knights’ fourth-place finish at the Mercer County Tournament on Wednesday is a good start.    ”This is our best year yet,” said Knights head coach…

  • Same story for South tennis

    Same story for South tennis

    West Windsor-Plainsboro South’s Leland Richardson reach the finals at first singles to help the Pirates to a fifth straight Mercer County Tournament title. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • Improved Fuhrman helps PDS start new win streak

    Improved Fuhrman helps PDS start new win streak

    Panthers baseball bounces back to top Hun By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    The Jimmy Fuhrman that has become one of the top pitchers for the Princeton Day School baseball team as a sophomore isn’t the same player who was on the mound as a freshman last year.    ”Last year he had a little bit of…