Category: sports/the_princeton_packet

  • 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

  • Sister act

    Simi girls help lift Pirates to MCT hoop semis By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor   When Erica Simi was frustrated at halftime, the West Windsor-Plainsboro South coaching staff turned to the only person who could get her back on track.    Allison Simi delivered.    ”I try to be encouraging,” said Allison, a senior captain of the…

  • PDS falls in Prep B hockey final

    Deeper Mo-Beard tops shorthanded Panthers By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Princeton Day School’s game plan to defeat defending Prep B boys’ ice hockey champion Morristown-Beard was in trouble before the start of Wednesday’s state final.    Some of the Panthers were under the weather, and things didn’t get any better during the contest when they…

  • Good Knight

    Good Knight

    Ruiz scores 1,000th career point in WW-PN’s MCT win By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor   Kathy Ruiz became the first girl to score 1,000 points at West Windsor-Plainsboro North on Wednesday. But from the celebration that ensued, you would think she was one of many to reach the milestone with her basket in the second quarter.…

  • PHS swimmers get boost from ‘Ish the Fish’

    Bouzaiene-Ayari aids state win By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Herman Melville had it right in Moby-Dick.    Call me Ismail. Especially with a last name of Bouzaiene-Ayari.    It would take longer to figure out the proper pronunciation of the Princeton High School sophomore’s surname than it takes for him to complete the 200 freestyle. Easier…

  • Princeton Packet Athlete of the Week

    Princeton Packet Athlete of the Week

    Peters delivers wins for Pirates By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Becky Peters didn’t need to see her shots going in to know she was shooting well Saturday.    ”I noticed I was making shots because I wasn’t getting as many rebounds as I normally do,” said the West Windsor-Plainsboro South senior. “I usually get more…

  • Dowers growing up fast

    Center helps PHS top PDS By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor   It’s hard not to recognize A.J. Dowers when he’s on the basketball court.    Standing 6-foot-8, the Princeton High junior is pretty easy to pick out. But those who have watched Princeton play all season long may not recognize Dowers as the same player who took…

  • MHS wrestlers win first state match

    Cougars advance to sectional semis By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor   Abdel Abouhaib was the first to sign up for Montgomery High School wrestling when it became a varsity sport two years ago.    Two years later, the senior is a part of the first Cougars team to reach the state tournament and the first to…

  • Going the distance for North

    Chen, Knights swim into semis By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    The West Windsor-Plainsboro North girls’ swim team couldn’t have gotten any more out of Katrina Chen than it did Tuesday.    The sophomore opened the meet with the butterfly leg for the winning medley relay, then two events later, finished second to teammate Virginia Hung…