Category: sports/the_princeton_packet
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Return to mat huge for Ritter
Former gridder helps PU rebuild By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor Sam Ritter is helping to turn around the Princeton University wrestling program. The former PU football player is in his first season wrestling for the Tigers, and he couldn’t have come at a better time. The Tigers were winless last year, and Princeton head…
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Pirates learn from CJ IV final loss
WW-P South junior David Twamley rushed for 251 yards in the Pirates’ 46-13 loss to Howell in the CJ IV final Friday night. Staff photo by Frank Wojciechowski
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Pirates learn from CJ IV final loss
WW-P South junior David Twamley rushed for 251 yards in the Pirates’ 46-13 loss to Howell in the CJ IV final Friday night. Staff photo by Frank Wojciechowski
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New coach hopes to duplicate high school success at PDS
Katz brings intensity to girls’ squad By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor Jessica Katz’s vision for the Princeton Day School girls’ basketball team comes from her own experiences as a player. The first-year Panthers head coach doesn’t have to go back too far to find the model for her new program. Nine years ago, Katz…
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Princeton Packet Football Player of the Year
Fitzgerald brought WW-P South success By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Todd Smith was still coaching the cross country team the first time he watched J.B. Fitzgerald play football as a freshman. ”The first thing that jumped out at me was his size and speed,” said Smith, now in his third season as the West Windsor-Plainsboro…
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PU women fall to Delaware in NCAAs
Tigers volleyball’s 20-game win streak is over By Zachary Braziller, Special Writer QUEENS, N.Y. — The Princeton University women’s volleyball team beat athletic opponents and taller opponents this season — just not ones that had both of those invaluable qualities. The Tigers were unable to adjust when facing that very team. The University of Delaware,…
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PDS boys’ basketball hasn’t forgotten Paris
New coach McLean was part of ‘A’ state champs By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Through coaching change after coaching change in the Princeton Day School boys’ basketball program, there has always been one constant – Paris McLean. And now that McLean has taken over as the Panthers’ new head coach, he hopes the changes are…
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Pirates learn from CJ IV final loss
Howell experience tops South despite Twamley’s rushing Bob Nuse, Sports Editor PISCATAWAY — The West Windsor-Plainsboro High South football team went into Friday night’s Central Jersey Group IV championship game with every intention of winning. So did Howell. And in the end, perhaps it was the Rebels’ experience that made the biggest difference, as they…
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Princeton Packet Football Player of the Year
Senior J.B. Fitzgerald helped the West Windsor-Plainsboro High South football team win 27 games over the last three years. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski
