Category: sports/the_princeton_packet
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North-South girls’ hoops on road to rematch
Post impressive wins in Challenge By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor West Windsor-Plainsboro North and WW-P South tuned up for a potential Mercer County Tournament showdown with nail-biting wins in the Burlington County Scholastic League-Colonial Valley Conference Challenge on Saturday. WW-P South tuned up for the MCT with a 66-65 win over traditional state power…
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Princeton ice hockey moving forward
More, Tigers capture ninth in 10 games By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Maybe the rest of the Ivy League and ECAC didn’t see this coming, but the Princeton University men’s hockey team could sense it building. ”This is what is expected,” Princeton captain Mike Moore said after the Tigers topped Yale, 4-2, Saturday for their…
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Busy Noisten, MHS girls ready for state swim
Cougars look to duplicate win over Hillsborough By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor Laura Noisten never sits still for too long, so it must be difficult for her to wait each swim meet for her specialty, the 100 breaststroke. Though just a junior at Montgomery High School, she brings a contagious energy to the team…
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Stuart advances in Prep B hoops
PDS to face rival Hun in semis By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor Amber Bowman and her young basketball teammates may have learned the most from their toughest stretch of the season, consecutive losses to Lawrence, Rutgers Prep, Pennington and West Windsor-Plainsboro South. ”It helped us in that it showed us what needed to work…
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PDS holds late lead in state tourney win
Panther boys in MCT hoops today By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Paris McLean has gotten used to seeing his Princeton Day School boys’ basketball team build leads. He’s also seen the opposition battle back to overcome those leads from time to time. On Saturday, the Panthers built a pair of what seemed like comfortable leads…
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Perseverance pays off for North hoops
West Windsor-Plainsboro North’s Chris Avino (right) is guarded by Pennington’s Anthony Gaffney during the Knights’ 50-40 loss in the Mercer County Tournament. Staff photo by Frank Wojciechowski
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PU men try to solve road trouble tonight
Tigers at Penn after being swept By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor The road woes continued for the Princeton University men’s basketball team, and they have until tonight to figure it out. The Tigers were swept on the road in New York over the weekend. They lost to the clear Ivy League frontrunner Cornell, 72-61,…
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WW-P teams are track champs
North boys, South girls claim sectional titles By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor The Central Jersey Group III track meet in Toms River looked like a dual meet between West Windsor-Plainsboro North and WW-P South on Sunday. ”Especially in distance,” said South coach Todd Smith. The programs split the first-ever indoor track sectional championships at…
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