GRAND FINAL: Princeton High boys’ soccer player Felipe Matar Grandi, right, controls the ball in recent action. Last Saturday, senior midfielder/forward Matar Grandi scored a second half goal for second-seeded PHS as it fell 2-1 to top-seeded and undefeated Pennington in the Mercer County Tournament final last Saturday. PHS, now 16-2, will now be competing in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Central Jersey Group 4 sectional where it is seeded first and will host 16th-seeded Montgomery in a first round contest on October 25. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
By Bill Alden
For the Princeton High boys’ soccer team, it was a test that it had been shooting for all fall.
Going 16-1 with 15 shutouts, PHS was on a collision course with undefeated and nationally-ranked Pennington and the powerhouses met in the Mercer County Tournament final last Saturday.
Heading into contest played at Hopewell Valley High, the second-seeded Tigers were undaunted by the prospect of taking on the top-seeded and high-powered Red Hawks, who came into the day at 12-0 with 72 goals for and just three against. more