Category: sports/the_princeton_packet
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PRINCETON: Depth, experience key PU men’s hoops
By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Mitch Henderson enters his fifth season as head coach of the Princeton University men’s basketball program with as deep and talented a roster as he’s ever had. But what excited Henderson the most is the way the players on the roster have approached the season. “The day to day approach…
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PRINCETON: PU women’s hoops set for encore
By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor So what does the Princeton University women’s basketball team do for an encore? After going 31-1 and reaching the second round the NCAA tournament a year ago, the Tigers come into this season with a No. 25 pre-season ranking and a target on their backs every time they step on…
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PLAINSBORO: Knights to play for CJ III soccer crown
By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor During its three wins in the Central Jersey Group III tournament, the West Windsor-Plainsboro High North boys soccer team has shown it can win a number of different ways. The Knights have a prolific scoring attack, which is led by the combination of Josh Schupak and Vincenzo Pugliese. But they…
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WEST WINDSOR: Pirate runners sweep at CJ IV XC
By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor JAMESBURG — Tim Bason followed up an impressive performance at the Mercer County Cross Country Championships with an even more impressive showing at the Central Jersey Group IV meet. Christina Rancan rebounded from what she felt was a sub-par performance at the Mercer meet with a dominating performance in the…
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PRINCETON: Perfect Raiders repeat as MAPL champs
By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor The Hun School football team narrowly missed out on running the table last year. This year the Raiders made sure they made it through the season without a blemish on their record on the way to a Mid-Atlantic Prep League title. Hun capped off a perfect 8-0 season with a…
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PRINCETON: Snyder’s goal gets PHS rolling
By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor History has proven to the Princeton High boys soccer team to never take the opening game of the state tournament lightly. A year ago, the Little Tigers needed a goal late in the game to hold off an upset bid by Hamilton West before going on to win the Central…
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PRINCETON: McGowen triplets are backbone for Tartans
By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor For four years the McGowen triplets have been making opponents do a double-take, or in their case a triple-take, during lineup introductions for the Stuart Country Day School tennis team. “When we all line up to do introductions we get a lot of comments asking if we’re all sisters,” said…
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PLAINSBORO: Knights’ Kulkarni makes big strides
By Bob Nuse, Sports Editior Atharv Kulkarni’s idea of a distance run has changed quite a bit in the last year. “The funny thing is I didn’t even know what cross country was,” the West Windsor-Plainsboro High North sophomore said. “I moved back to America from India last year and my friend got me into…
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PRINCETON: Defense keys Hun MAPL title run
By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor One look at the gaudy numbers the offense puts up for the Hun School football team and it’s easy to see why the Raiders have been successful. In opening the season with seven straight wins, the Raiders have scored 248 points, which is an average of 35 per game. But…