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As a star quarterback for Princeton University in the late 1980s, Jason Garrett was engrossed in making himself the best player he could be.
Garrett's focus on maximizing his potential helped him survive for 12 seasons in the NFL, where he played with the Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the Miami Dolphins.
In the fall of 2004, however, Garrett came to the realization that his days as a player were numbered. While the loquacious Garrett contemplated a move into the broadcasting booth, he ultimately decided to try his hand at coaching, following in the footsteps of his father and brothers.
Over the last 20 years or so, the Princeton University men's basketball team has typically scheduled a Division III team to help ease its transition from exam break to the meat of the Ivy League campaign.
This season, however, the Tigers subjected themselves to a stiffer test as they played last Sunday at Davidson, a solid D-I program that annually contends for the Southern Conference crown.
Kelly Curtis made her name as a tenacious defensive player in their first two seasons with the Princeton High girls' basketball team.
But with PHS struggling to a 2-10 start and relying heavily on senior sharpshooter Erin Cook as its main scoring threat, Curtis took it upon herself to become more of an offensive force.
In recent seasons, the primary concern for the Hun School swimming program has been getting the most out of each individual swimmer.
With a lineup that typically lacked depth, Hun didn't win too many meets even as it produced some outstanding individual performances from the likes of the now-graduated Nick Vacca and senior star Andrew Philhower.
But with an infusion of new talent now on board, the Raiders have emerged as a team to reckon with this winter, posting a 6-2 record in dual meets this season.
It was the kind of start that could have broken the spirit of a hockey team and doomed it to a lopsided defeat.
Playing at powerful Morristown-Beard, the Stuart Country Day hockey team fell behind 2-0 minutes into the contest.
Despite having only two offensive lines and four defenders, the undermanned Tartans refused to give in, holding Mo-Beard scoreless for the rest of the first period and all of the second period.