Category: sports/the_princeton_packet

  • 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…

  • Column: Nuse Sense

    Getting their football fixed By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    Tonight, the West Windsor-Plainsboro High South football team will play for the Central Jersey Group IV sectional title when it faces Howell at Rutgers Stadium.    It will be the first time a Packet-area football team has played for a sectional title since 1992, when Princeton lost…

  • Princeton Packet Boys’ Runner of the Year

    Princeton Packet Boys’ Runner of the Year

    Toughness, inner drive made Leung go By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Brian Leung was among a new batch of freshmen when Joe Ennis returned to the West Windsor-Plainsboro High South boys’ cross country team in 2004.    Ennis was the pre-season favorite to win the Mercer County Championship. Leung, a fencer and aspiring basketball player,…

  • Schurtz keeping busy during playoff crunch

    WW-PS coach wears many hats By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    This has been a hectic week for Bob Schurtz.    ”It’s been interesting,” said Schurtz, the offensive coordinator for the West Windsor-Plainsboro South football team, who is also the school’s head boys’ basketball coach.    ”One minute I’m in class and talking to the kids about the…

  • New coaches leading PDS girls’ hockey

    New coaches leading PDS girls’ hockey

    Duo teams up for Panthers By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    The Princeton Day School girls’ ice hockey players have it twice as nice this year.    Co-head coaches Gretchen Jaeckel and Kat Smithson take over for John Cook this season, and they have enjoyed the early weeks working together.    ”It’s worked very well,” Jaeckel said.…

  • New coaches leading PDS girls’ hockey

    New coaches leading PDS girls’ hockey

    Kat Smithson (left) and Gretchen Jaeckel bring a wealth of experience as new co-coaches of the Princeton Day School girls’ ice hockey team. Staff photo by Frank Wojciechowski

  • Young PHS hockey has new head coach

    Young PHS hockey has new head coach

    Assistant Campbell moves up By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    Tim Campbell has always been involved with ice hockey — first as a young player growing up in Michigan, then later as a college player at Central Michigan University.    Campbell’s current involvement with the sport is as a coach. Last year he was an assistant at…

  • Tigers’ potential shows despite loss

    Tigers’ potential shows despite loss

    Zach Finley had 14 points and 11 rebounds in Princeton’s 65-55 loss to Seton Hall on Wednesday. Photo by Dennis Symons Jr.

  • Tigers’ potential shows despite loss

    Tigers’ potential shows despite loss

    Seton Hall sends PU to fourth straight defeat By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Seton Hall head coach Bobby Gonzalez sees potential in the Princeton University men’s basketball team though the Pirates became the fourth straight team to send the Tigers to defeat with a 65-55 win at Jadwin Gym on Wednesday.    ”They’re going to…