Category: sports/the_princeton_packet

Club claims seven gold medals at Canadian Henley By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    The Princeton National Rowing Association-Mercer made quite an impression at the season-ending Royal Canadian Henley Regatta earlier this month in Saint Catharines, Ontario.    The Mercer Junior Rowing Club came away with five medals at the event, and the club added two more…

Pictured are members of the Mercer Junior Rowing Club’s U19 women’s 8-plus crew that captured a gold medal at the Royal Canadian Henley Regatta that was held earlier this month in Saint Catharines, Ontario.

By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Erika DeSanty sat at Princeton University’s new employee orientation with Molly Marcoux.    Marcoux, the new Director of Athletics, spent her undergraduate years at Princeton and couldn’t be any more thrilled to be back. DeSanty had never walked on the Princeton campus before her job interview, yet she sounds just…

PHS product sees improved fitness as key to title chase By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Ilia Shatashvili reached his second straight men’s open singles finals at the James E. Cryan Memorial Tennis Tournament.    The Princeton High School graduate is still looking for his first open singles title after falling to Punch Maleka, 6-0, 6-2,…

By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    The West Windsor-Cranbury-Plainsboro 11-year-old all-star softball team won a state championship the way any team would want to win a state title — with contributions from the whole roster.    ”It was a total team effort,” said manager Karen Kelly, whose team captured the state championship with a 9-6 win over…

Pictured are players and coaches from the West Windsor-Cranbury-Plainsboro Little League 11-year-old softball all-star team that captured the state championship with a 9-6 win over Elmer on Sunday.

Rooney, Huttner aided World Series champs By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Liz Huttner and Johnny Rooney were tuned intently in their homes to ESPN2 on Wednesday night for the Little League Softball World Series.    The Packet-area products have coached at the travel level almost the entire make-up of the Robbinsville Little League 12-year-old all-star…

By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Gabriel Bar-Cohen knew it wouldn’t be long before his brother Gefen and sister Luna joined him in the pool with the Community Park Bluefish swim team.    ”I think Gefen saw how much fun I was having with it,” said Gabriel, who is 15. “He was 5 or 6 when…

By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Like many kids, Julia Troilo is juggling a number of activities throughout the year.    What separates the Princeton resident who spends her summers swimming for the Nassau Swim Club from many other 11-year-olds is that she also literally juggles. In addition to swimming for Nassau and playing lacrosse in…