Category: sports/the_princeton_packet

  • PRINCETON: Panthers repeat in Prep B soccer

    By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor The Princeton Day School girls soccer program solidified itself as an elite program on Tuesday when the Panthers captured their second straight state Prep B championship. The win gave the Panthers their third straight year with a championship, having captured the Mercer County Tournament title in 2013. Hannah Bunce scored…

  • MONTGOMERY: MHS boys earn share of SCT soccer crown

    By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor SOMERVILLE — After having played nearly 200 minutes of soccer against each other this season, it’s pretty clear very little separates the Montgomery High and Pingry School boys soccer teams. And that makes Saturday’s 1-1 tie in the Somerset County Tournament a fitting result that left the teams as county…

  • PRINCETON: PHS, Knights fall in state field hockey

    Bu Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Bob NuseSports Editor  The Princeton High field hockey team went on the road and gave highly-regarded Hunterdon Central all it could handle before falling in the semifinals of the North Jersey, Section 2 Group 4 tournament on Tuesday. The Little Tigers scored first, on a goal by Avery Peterson…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Pirates fall in MCT soccer final

    By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor HOPEWELL — The West Windsor-Plainsboro High boys soccer team didn’t go down without a fight in its 3-1 loss to Pennington in the Mercer County Tournament championship game last Thursday night at Hopewell Valley High. The Pirates, who trailed 2-0 at halftime, got a goal from David Philbin 16 minutes…

  • PRINCETON: Panthers claim fourth straight Prep B tennis title

    PRINCETON: Panthers claim fourth straight Prep B tennis title

    By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor While this one was closer than some in the recent past, the result was the same for the Princeton Day School girls tennis team. The Panthers captured their fourth straight Prep B state tournament championship, edging Gill-St. Bernard’s for the team title at the Garden State Tennis Center in Edison.…

  • WEST WINDSOR: Pirates to play for MCT soccer title

    WEST WINDSOR: Pirates to play for MCT soccer title

    By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor The West Windsor-Plainsboro High South boys soccer has enjoyed its run through the Mercer County Tournament. And why shouldn’t they? Two years ago the Pirates were a 3-13 team and last year they improved to six wins. This year the team has played well enough to gain the No. 2…

  • MONTGOMERY: Cougars reach SCT soccer final

    By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor It seems like ages ago that the Montgomery High boys soccer team that endured a winless season. But the seniors who are part of this year’s Cougar team were all part of the program in 2012, when the team finished 0-17-2. And during that season there were four freshmen who…

  • PRINCETON: Versatile Mahiri aids Little Tigers

    PRINCETON: Versatile Mahiri aids Little Tigers

    By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Kiki Mahiri has no problem playing wherever it is the Princeton High football team needs him. On the offensive side of the ball, Mahiri was a center as a sophomore and moved to guard last year before settling back in as the Little Tigers’ center this year. On defense, the…

  • MONTGOMERY: Nassau tennis team second at nationals

    MONTGOMERY: Nassau tennis team second at nationals

    A Skillman-based junior tennis team out of Nassau Tennis Club placed second at the finished second at the 2015 USTA Junior Team Tennis 18U Intermediate National Championships, held at the Cayce Tennis and Fitness Center in Cayce, S.C. The team, also known as Nassau Godz ‘n Goddezzez, lost to a team from Columbia, Md., 44-42,…