Category: sports/the_princeton_packet

  • Berry, PHS football doing things right

    Berry, PHS football doing things right

    Princeton High’s Doug Borchert looks to run past WW-P North defenders T.J. Steinhilber and Drew Kenevan during the Little Tigers’ 27-6 win on Saturday. Staff photo by Frank Wojciechowski

  • North volleyball just misses states

    Final week hurts Knights By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Bad things do seem to come in threes for the West Windsor-Plainsboro North girls’ volleyball team.    The Knights went into last week needing one win in three games by Wednesday to qualify for the state tournament. They lost all three, including a three-game defeat at…

  • PHS boys get kicks in opener

    Little Tigers eye MCT soccer title By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor    The one constant for the Princeton High boys’ soccer team all year has been never looking ahead.    The Little Tigers never looked ahead in completing their regular season with a perfect 13-0 mark. And they’re not looking ahead now that they’ve started tournament play.…

  • Johnston, PHS stop Knights in rematch

    Johnston, PHS stop Knights in rematch

    West Windsor-Plainsboro High North’s Stephanie Parrott (left) and Princeton’s Olivia Johnston battle for the ball during the Little Tigers’ 2-0 win on Saturday. Staff photo by Frank Wojciechowski

  • Harvard football bruises PU’s title chances

    Top two Tigers quarterbacks injured in loss By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Roger Hughes is starting to feel some déjà vu, but he would rather not see a repeat of 2000.    Not since his first year as Princeton University football coach has the team been beset by so much adversity at the quarterback position.…

  • MHS girls hand Hillsborough loss in SCT

    MHS girls hand Hillsborough loss in SCT

    Montgomery’s Molly Chenot looks to move the ball past the Hillsborough defense as teammate Lauren McClintic comes in to help during the Cougars’ 4-2 win on Saturday. Photo by Elane Coleman

  • MHS girls hand Hillsborough loss in SCT

    MHS girls hand Hillsborough loss in SCT

    Youmans, Cougars ready to defend championship By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Beating a good soccer team three times in a season can be a difficult task.    Carey Youmans had no doubts that her Montgomery High School girls’ soccer team would come out on top in its third meeting of the year, and second in…

  • Johnston, PHS stop Knights in rematch

    Johnston, PHS stop Knights in rematch

    Little Tigers reach MCT quarters By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Moving back from a goal-scoring position to a defensive position doesn’t sound inviting, but Olivia Johnston was willing to do anything to help the Princeton High School girls’ soccer team.    ”Going into high school, I had never played defense before,” said the PHS senior.…

  • Raiders field hockey shows improvement

    Landis-Miller aids Hun win in MCT By Justin Feil, Assistant Sports Editor    Taylor Landis-Miller had every reason to be nervous going into the Mercer County Field Hockey Tournament.    As a first-year starter, the Hun School sophomore was making her MCT debut. And the Raiders’ first-round opponent, eighth-seeded Notre Dame, had been a bit of a…