Category: sports/the_princeton_packet

  • Savage’s career high not enough for PU

    Savage’s career high not enough for PU

    Tiger men’s basketball swept at home By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor   It was the kind of game that could have wiped away a lot of disappointment for Noah Savage and the Princeton University men’s basketball team.    Instead, it turned into yet another frustrating defeat.    On a night when Savage scored a career-high 35 points —…

  • South is repeat swim champ

    South is repeat swim champ

    Members of the West Windsor-Plainsboro South girls’ swim team celebrate their Central Jersey A Division championship with the team trophy. Photo by Dennis Symons Jr.

  • Cougars best not enough in CJ A swim finals

    Hillsborough tops boys in rematch By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    NORTH BRUNSWICK — Sometimes you swim your best and it just isn’t quite good enough to win.    The Montgomery boys’ swim team put together some very good swims in their Central Jersey A Division final against Hillsborough, but in the end it wasn’t enough to…

  • PDS boys fall in Prep B semis

    Panthers looking to finish over .500 By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    Some losses take a little longer to get over than others.    When the Princeton Day School boys’ basketball team lost its Mercer County Tournament opener to Princeton High last week, PDS coach Paris McLean never expected that game to have the affect it did…

  • MHS wrestling reaches first sectional final

    Established Sayreville too much for Cougars By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor   After 50 years as a program, Sayreville won its first sectional wrestling title.    Its victim, Montgomery High School, doesn’t want to wait that long for its first after dropping a 47-9 decision to Sayreville in the North Jersey 2, Group III final Friday.…

  • South is repeat swim champ

    South is repeat swim champ

    Pirate girls top Hillsborough By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    NORTH BRUNSWICK — By the time that Liz Wembacher was feeling a little breathless, the West Windsor-Plainsboro South girls’ swimming team had already taken the air out of Hillsborough.    The Pirates repeated as Central Jersey A Division champions with a 111-59 win over Hillsborough on…

  • Locals best in distance

    Reilly, Leung race to MOC By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor   Trish Reilly likes running in the bigger meets.    ”I know that’s when I get my faster times,” said the West Windsor-Plainsboro North junior. “I feel more accomplished.”    Reilly was one of the area distance runners to advance to the Meet of Champions with a…

  • Cava helping PHs turn things around

    Cava helping PHs turn things around

    Little Tigers in CJ B swim final By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Elizabeth Cava could tell that the Princeton High School girls’ swim team was coming around at the Mercer County Championships.    Cava was second to teammate Kathleen Morrison in the 400 freestyle as the Little Tigers finished third in the team standings. They…

  • Savage’s career high not enough for PU

    Savage’s career high not enough for PU

    Zach Finley had 12 points in Princeton University’s 65-63 overtime loss to Brown on Saturday. Staff photo by Frank Wojciechowski