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Phil McAuliffe Val Rodriguez moves up to head coach of the Princeton High School girls soccer team after the retirement of Greg Hand. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe

PHS graduate feels at home in girls soccer program By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Val Rodriguez never looked anywhere else when she considered a head coaching job.    The Princeton High School graduate got the one that she had been waiting for when girls soccer coach Greg Hand retired, and she moved up from his…

Avid player takes over as Hun girls head coach By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Ten years after Cheryl Beal was inducted into The Hun School’s Athletic Hall of Fame, she has her first head coaching job at her alma mater.    It’s not in any of the three sports that earned her induction, but rather…

New South soccer coach raising expectations By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    For six years, Allysa Bollaci has been helping to groom the up-and-coming players in the West Windsor-Plainsboro High South girls soccer program.    This year, she has the chance to work with the varsity as the new head coach of the Pirates.    ”So far,…

Phil McAuliffe After six years as an assistant in the West Windsor-Plainsboro High South girls soccer program, Allysa Bollaci (right) takes over for Chris Miller as Pirates head coach. Staff photo by Phil McAuliffe

New MHS soccer coach excited about start By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    When an injury felled him in high school, Sean O’Hagan found out how much he enjoyed coaching.    ”I got injured at an early age,” O’Hagan said. “It kept me out of playing soccer for a year. I learned that I liked coaching…

Fisher joins brother in CVC coaching ranks By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    Jeff Fisher went into his senior year of high school with high expectations on the soccer field and the baseball field.    But a severe knee injury suffered in the first scrimmage of the soccer season changed all that. And while Fisher lost his…

By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    Alice Chen heads to college this week. But before getting started with her academic and athletic careers at Furman University, the Montgomery High School graduate put together another outstanding summer on the golf course.    Chen played in a pair of prestigious national events — the US Women’s Amateur Public Links…

Portilla, PDA Force are champs By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    When the West Windsor-Plainsboro High South girls soccer team takes to the pitch this year, it will do so with a national champion right in the middle of play.    Gabriela Portilla was part of the Players Development Academy South Force U-17 team that won…