Category: sports
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PRINCETON: PU showing balance on court
By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor The Princeton University men’s basketball team went to Miami coming off perhaps their best all-around performance of the season in an 89-77 win over Bucknell. And while the Tigers were not able to follow up the win over Bucknell with a win at Miami, they did continue their trend of…
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WEST WINDSOR: Waytons are living the dream
By Justin Feil, Special Writer Kurt Wayton was in high school when his family would drive up from their Linwood home to visit his cousin in Cranbury. Along the way, they’d pass Allentown. “I told my family and I even said it on a track trip when we were going up to Princeton, and I…
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MONTGOMERY: Bull caps career with crown
By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Thomas Bull capped off his college soccer career the same way he ended his high school career — on top. The Montgomery resident played every minute in goal this season for the Amherst College men’s soccer team, which captured the Division 3 national championship with a 2-1 win over Loras.…
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PRINCETON: Berntsen settles into lead role
By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Amanda Berntsen waited patiently for her role to increase with the Princeton University women’s basketball team. And now that it has, the senior point guard is making the most of the opportunity. Berntsen started all 32 games for the Tigers last year. But with Ivy League Player of the Year…
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PRINCETON: Cohesive PU off to 4-0 start
By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor The Princeton University men’s basketball team is 4-0 for the first time in 18 years and Mitch Henderson feels like his team still has a lot of improving to do. “Defensively we’re improved,” Henderson said after the Tigers topped Fairleigh Dickinson, 91-61, on Monday night. “Pete (Miller) got into foul…
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WEST WINDSOR: Pirates’ Bason races into nationals
By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Kurt Wayton felt like Tim Bason still had another big race left in him. Turns out the West Windsor-Plainsboro High South cross country coach was right. Bason, a senior who had finished ninth at the Meet of Champions and third at the state group IV meet, felt like he could…
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Princeton men’s basketball remains undefeated with rout of Fairleigh Dickinson (with multiple photos)
Led by Henry Caruso’s career-high 27 points, the Princeton University men’s basketball team remained unbeaten with a 91-61 thrashing of Fairleigh Dickinson Monday night at Jadwin Gym. The Tigers are now 4-0, the first time the team has won four straight to open the season since the 1997-98 squad did it. Caruso, who missed only…
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PRINCETON: Meet of Champs a success for locals
By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor HOLMDEL — While none of the Packet-area runners at last weekend’s Meet of Champions came away with a victory, by and large the contingent left Holmdel Park feeling good about their performance in the race. West Windsor-Plainsboro High South senior Tim Bason was the top area finisher with his ninth-place…
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WEST WINDSOR: Schoenauer aids Penn title run
By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor The University of Pennsylvania couldn’t have been thinking about an Ivy League championship after a 1-3 start that included a 41-20 loss to Dartmouth in its league opener. But this was a different sort of Quaker team. It was a team that saw big things ahead and instead of continuing…