Category: sports/the_princeton_packet

Better times ahead By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor   A year ago, the Princeton Day School boys’ basketball team won three games all season. This year the Panthers are 12-8 and contenders for a state Prep B championship.    A year ago, the Princeton High boys’ basketball team finished 7-15, the Little Tigers’ sixth straight losing season.…

At the age of 44, West Windsor resident David Zhuang is still one of the top table tennis players in the world. He is hoping to head to his third Olympic Games later this year in Beijing, China. Staff photo by Mark Czjakowski

Brothers set for MCT wrestling By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    The Matt and Jon Redmond that Christopher Manente sees at wrestling practice every day are a lot different than the Matt and Jon Redmond the rest of the school sees all day long.    ”They’re both really interesting guys,” said Manente, the first-year West Windsor-Plainsboro High…

MHS girls third in Skyland swimming By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Gwen Comollo is still getting used to being able to swim this fast.    The Montgomery High School junior has no specific explanation for how she has set personal records in both the 50 and 100 freestyle events this year. In fact, after last…

WW resident is champion in table tennis By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor   David Zhuang felt like crawling back to his car after the U.S. national table tennis trials in Philadelphia last month, but he could crawl home happy.    ”After the tournament, for three days I could barely walk,” Zhuang said. “I couldn’t lift my…

PU men’s hockey wins sixth straight By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    In appearance, it was just like all the rest Taylor Fedun had seen in his years of ice hockey.    Hard rubber, one inch thick by three inches in diameter.    But the hockey puck that the Princeton University freshman was handed on Tuesday night…

Brothers Jon (left) and Matt Redmond are two of a large group young wrestlers on the West Windsor-Plainsboro South wrestling team. Staff photo by Frank Wojciechowski.

Tigers stop Dominican to snap losing streak By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    As the losses mounted, Sydney Johnson could count on the fact his team would keep working hard and looking for ways to improve.    ”This is a resilient group,” Johnson said after his Princeton University men’s basketball team had snapped a 12-game losing streak…

Little Tigers skate to third straight By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Christine Schulte doesn’t know much about the New York Giants, but she can identify with fast finishes.    The Princeton High School senior has seen the girls’ ice hockey team take big steps toward opening up the Women’s Interscholastic Hockey League of the Mid-Atlantic…