Princeton High School ice hockey team defeated Nottingham High in convincing fashion with a score of 11-1. Princeton scored six goals in the first period, one in the second, and four in the final period. Princeton had three players get “hat tricks” (a hat trick means the player is credited with having scored three goals in the game). The players scoring hat tricks for Princeton high were: John Naylor, Jeff Goeke, and Frazer Graham.
Derek Jones scored the lone point for Northstars of Nottingham High.
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I remember being in glee club during elementary school and learning a what I thought then was a fun song. Looking back, I didn’t know who had written the words to the piece just remember thinking it was kind of nice.
It went like this:
I think that I shall never see,
A poem as lovely as a tree;
A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed,
Against the Earth’s sweet flowing breast;
A tree that looks at God all day
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A tree that may in Summer wear
A nest of robin’s in her hair;
Upon whose bossom snow has lain
Who lives intimately with rain;
Poems are made by fools like me
But only God can make a tree.
–Joyce Kilmer
Penned by Alfred Joyce Kilmer (12/6/1886-6/30/1918), a New Brunswick, New Jersey native, it appealed to my interest in trees — though I spent more time climbing them then contemplating their beauty. Later I learned there was much controversy over what kind of tree inspire Kilmer and I did not see the logic of the controversy but marveled at the fact that one man could move so many to passion. Yes, in adulthood I still remember the song — fudging a word here and there; but every now and again I stop and really look at tree. It is then I appreciate Joyce Kilmer’s tribute entitled simply “Trees”.
Comedian, actress, author and TV personality Whoopi Goldberg will bring her unique brand of humor to the Count Basie Theater tonight in Red Bank. Show starts at 8PM and tickets prices are $58-$175.