Town Topics — Princeton's Weekly Community Newspaper Since 1946.
Vol. LXI, No. 52
 
Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Sports

(Photo by Bill Allen/NJ SportAction)

GOING GREEN: Members of the Stuart Country Day field hockey team celebrate after beating Allentown 2-1 in the Mercer County Tournament championship game. The Tartans ended up going 20-1-3, winning the Patriot Conference title and sharing the state Prep title with Lawrenceville.

Brilliant Performances, Heartbreaking Finales Characterized Princeton’s 2007 Year in Sports

Bill Alden

On the local sports scene, the year 2007 brought some brilliant individual performances and superb seasons mixed with some heartbreaking finales.

Dunlap Playing Dual Role in Backcourt as PHS Boys’ Basketball Turns Heads

Bill Alden

Brian Dunlap and his teammates on the Princeton High boys’ basketball team turned a lot of heads in the season opener earlier this month at Lawrence High.

Coming off a 7-15 season, PHS started their 2007-8 campaign with a bang, bombing Lawrence 73-40.

Couch Helping to Spark Defensive Charge as Hun Girls’ Basketball Produces 7-1 Start

Bill Alden

They wear team T-shirts proclaiming their focus on defense.

Last Wednesday, the Hun School girls’ basketball team gave visiting Padua Academy (Del.) a first-hand dose of their defensive prowess.