Category: sports
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PRINCETON: Close losses lead to PU’s 5-5 season
By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Sometimes the ball doesn’t bounce your way. And when that happens it can mean the difference between competing for a league championship and being a .500 team. The Princeton University football team played well enough to win in nine of its 10 games this season. But in the end, the…
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PRINCETON: Hun’s Quirk chose wise path
By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Kathy Quirk knew early on in her life that she wanted to coach. “I knew when I was a freshman in high school,” Quirk said. “I was inspired by my field hockey coach, Mary Anne Morgan, who was young and energetic. I remember we were at a camp and she…
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Princeton defeats Rider in men’s hoops opener (with multiple photos)
Princeton defeated Rider on Friday 64-56 in the season opener for both teams. Princeton, 1-0, is off until Saturday when the Tigers play St. Peter’s in the home opener at Dillon Gym.
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PLAINSBORO: Knights welcome challenge
By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor The West Windsor-Plainsboro High North football team knows it will be facing a tall order when it opens play in the North Jersey, Section 2 Group 4 playoffs tonight at Middletown South. While the Knights have been a prolific scoring team themselves this year, they face a Middletown South team…
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PRINCETON: Depth, experience key PU men’s hoops
By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Mitch Henderson enters his fifth season as head coach of the Princeton University men’s basketball program with as deep and talented a roster as he’s ever had. But what excited Henderson the most is the way the players on the roster have approached the season. “The day to day approach…
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PRINCETON: PU women’s hoops set for encore
By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor So what does the Princeton University women’s basketball team do for an encore? After going 31-1 and reaching the second round the NCAA tournament a year ago, the Tigers come into this season with a No. 25 pre-season ranking and a target on their backs every time they step on…
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PRINCETON: McGowen triplets are backbone for Tartans
By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor For four years the McGowen triplets have been making opponents do a double-take, or in their case a triple-take, during lineup introductions for the Stuart Country Day School tennis team. “When we all line up to do introductions we get a lot of comments asking if we’re all sisters,” said…
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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…
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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…