Category: sports/the_princeton_packet

Little Tigers honor inspirational senior in home finale By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor   Kia Santoro was positioning to play defense near halfcourt when her Princeton High School teammate Rachel Basie got pushed into her at the end of the third quarter against West Windsor-Plainsboro South on Tuesday.    Both went sprawling to the ground.    ”That…

Raiders Borgolte swims to best By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor     Philipp Borgolte won’t graduate until next year, but he already has gotten an education in swimming since coming to The Hun School last year from Singapore.     “It was never as competitive as it is here,” Borgolte said. “It’s just not as competitive.…

Tourney time is best By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor   Tournament time is finally here.    The point in the season has arrived that teams have been preparing for all season. It’s the final exam of winter athletics, and there is that sense of increased importance at any county or state tournament event.    At the high…

Cougars wrestle at No. 3 Belleville By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Norm James always wanted to play on a Montgomery High School football team in the state tournament and got his chance when the Cougars made their first trip there last fall.    This winter, he’s added the icing to the cake by helping the…

Tiger women host Ivy pair By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor   If Ali Pritchard and the Princeton University women’s basketball team are to succeed, they have to be tough.    Pritchard is undersized at 5-foot-11 for power forward, and the Tigers played shorthanded last weekend without standout freshman starter Addie Micir.    ”I think we need to…

Hun School boys’ basketball player Doug Davis is the Princeton Packet Athlete of the Week. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

Huttner gives Pirates boost off bench By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Opponents know better than to relax when Liz Huttner enters the game.    The West Windsor-Plainsboro South junior is good enough to start on most any Colonial Valley Conference team, but the Pirates bring her off the bench.    ”The sixth man position is so…

Davis, Hun head to homestretch By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    You can’t fault Doug Davis if feels like he’s been through this before.    A year ago, Davis and his Hun School boys’ basketball teammates won seven of their final eight games, capturing the state Prep A and Mid-Atlantic Prep League tournament titles along the way.…

West Windsor-Plainsboro South’s Austin Witter blocks a shot attempt by Princeton’s A.J. Dowers, one of 15 blocks for Witter in a 43-37 win over the Little Tigers on Tuesday. Photo by Dennis Symons