Category: sports/the_princeton_packet

  • MHS boys put scare in Howell

    Cougars fall in state soccer rematch By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    A year ago, the Montgomery High boys’ soccer team went to Howell for its opener in the state tournament and was never in the game.    On Friday the Cougars made a return trip and not only were they in the game, they nearly won…

  • Hun boys’ soccer reaches Prep A final

    PDS girls fall in semis By: Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Soccer is all about opportunities — creating them on offense, limiting them on defense.    Tucker Barth has been able to take advantage of an unexpected opportunity, the first starts of his career this season. The Hun School senior was inserted in the regular lineup…

  • PU offense frustrated in loss

    Defenses dominate in Penn win By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor PHILADELPHIA – Penn football coach Al Bagnoli thought the offensive displays of his team and Princeton University set football back 20 years. Roger Hughes thought it was worse than that. “I think that game set offensive football back about 50 years,” said the Tigers…

  • Column: Nuse Sense

    Wait is on for PHS football By: Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    The Princeton High football team has done its part.    Now, the Little Tigers just need to wait and hope a few games go their way. If they do, the team will find itself in the state playoffs for the first time since 1993.    Princeton…

  • Stuart’s Boulware, Mathews capture Prep B first doubles

    Hun, PDS each have finalist in Prep A tennis By: Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Kai Boulware and Nithya Mathews did not begin the season together, but they ended it in perfect fashion.    The Stuart Country Day School pairing captured the first doubles flight at the Prep B state tournament on Tuesday with a 6-3,…

  • Thanheiser making most of expanded role

    PU football looks to reach .500 at Penn By: Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor   Will Thanheiser caught one pass last year, but he made it count.    His 14-yard reception went for a touchdown in the Princeton University football team’s home opening-win against Lafayette.    He expected to be a bigger part of the offense this year,…

  • MHS boys a winner in CJ IV

    MHS boys a winner in CJ IV

    Montgomery High’s Mike Papsin is congratulated by teammates AJ Faleski (left) and Matt Wiltse after scoring the only goal in Tuesday’s 1-0 win over Steinert. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • WW-P South girls shock No. 1 seed

    History repeats for soccer team By: Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor   Cinderella has a Pirates patch.    No, it’s not some twisted Halloween outfit, but as traditional as trick-or-treating is the nearly yearly state tournament upset by the West Windsor-Plainsboro South girls’ soccer team.    This year, the Pirates pulled off their biggest upset yet. The 16th…

  • Ojeda grows with PDS football squad

    Senior, Panthers playing well at end By: Bob Nuse    Bruce Devlin will always remember Andrew Ojeda’s first football game at Princeton Day School.    ”The first game he played against Morrisville, in the first quarter he got burned for a long touchdown pass,” the PDS head coach recalled. “But since then, it has never happened again.…