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It was the kind of miscue that can shatter the confidence of a wide receiver.
Midway through the third quarter of last Saturday's showdown with Harvard, Princeton University junior end Brendan Circle let a sure touchdown pass slide through his fingers.
When the Princeton University field hockey team hosted top-ranked Maryland earlier this month, Tiger sophomore attacker Kristin Schwab was particularly nervous.
It wasn't the prospect of battling the powerful Terps that had Schwab on edge. Instead, her anxiety sprung from the fact that the October 10th contest marked her first action in competition since blowing out the ACL in her right knee last March while playing for the Princeton women's lacrosse team.
Mia Swenson wasn't the person to call this past summer if you wanted to head to the beach or fire up the grill.
Looking ahead to her senior season with the Princeton University women's cross country team, the Hamilton, Mass. native dedicated herself to getting in top shape.
Ross MacDonald was looking to leave the Valley Road field last Thursday with a special memory or two as the Princeton High boys' soccer team played its regular season finale.
As the game against Ewing headed into the second half knotted at 1-1, it appeared that frustration would be the thing MacDonald would remember most about the afternoon.
Tyler Willey will never forget how the Hun School field hockey turned things around down the stretch of the 2004 season.
After struggling much of the fall that year and bringing a modest 4-9-1 record into the state Prep A tournament, Hun caught fire at the right time as it advanced to the Prep final.