Category: sports/the_princeton_packet

  • PU men’s hockey uses layoff to prepare

    Tigers return to action on road By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor   The Princeton University men’s ice hockey team returns to the ice next Friday after a 20-day layoff between games.    It will have been 20 days to think about how to regain their early season momentum and put together a second half of the…

  • Princeton Packet Athlete of the Week

    Princeton Packet Athlete of the Week

    Montgomery High wrestler Alex Sottile is the Princeton Packet Athlete of the Week. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • Pirates use experience to rally past Knights

    Pirates use experience to rally past Knights

    Terebey leads balanced effort By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    It took the West Windsor-Plainsboro South girls’ basketball team a little while to get going.    But once the Pirates started rolling, they were pretty tough to stop.    Trailing, 19-9, against WW-P North midway through the second quarter, the Pirates closed the half with a 7-4 run…

  • PHS wins first season opener in five years

    Holman helps Little Tigers win Carter debut By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    LAWRENCE — One thing the Princeton High basketball team didn’t lack coming into Friday night’s season-opener against Lawrence was confidence.    Even though Princeton won just seven games a year ago, the Little Tigers feel like they’ve started to turn a corner. Against Lawrence,…

  • Eight is enough for PU hoops

    Tigers tripped in return home By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor   Being back at home helped — at least for a little while — but in the end even the friendly confines of Jadwin Gym weren’t enough to get the Princeton University men’s basketball team back to winning.    The Tigers had a 13-point lead with less…

  • Keneagy helps MHS girls start with win

    Cougars gain revenge for SCT loss By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor   Immaculata did not spark fond memories in Susan Keneagy.    Three times last year, including in the Somerset County Tournament final, she and her Montgomery High School girls’ basketball teammates lost.    The Cougars wanted to avoid the same to open this season as they…

  • Epstein assists PDS in third straight win

    Scorer has taken on new role By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Hannah Epstein will gladly be No. 2 if it means the Princeton Day School girls’ basketball team gets closer being to No. 1.    The Panthers’ leading scorer the last two years, the senior guard hasn’t been the high scorer in any game yet…

  • North boys win in final seconds

    Byrd shot helps Florio win debut By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor   With the score tied and 10 seconds left, first-year West Windsor-Plainsboro North boys’ basketball coach Dale Florio was confident his team would pull out a win.    ”I could see it in their eyes at the time out that we were not going to lose…

  • Cassar brothers have rewarding start

    MHS pair claim classic crowns Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor   Matthias and Nick Cassar have realized quickly the rewards for their increased dedication.    The brothers were two of the four Montgomery High School wrestlers to win their weight classes at the Garden State Classic at Princeton High School on Saturday. Matthias captured the 135-pound class…