Find out who takes home the honors this week for all six winter sports teams in action for the first time this season in the Pirates Athletes of the Week.
Boy’s Basketball: After dropping 22 points on Delran in a 55-52 win on Tuesday night, Devon Taylor takes home the honor for the Pirates this week. Ten of Taylor’s 22 points came in the third quarter, which saw the Pirates score 13 total.
Girl’s Basketball: Marisa DiLeo scored 20 points on Monday night as the Pirates won their home opener against Pennsauken 47-36. DiLeo was right in the middle of a 16-0 run for the Pirates that gave them a 19-5 lead before Pennsauken found the net again. During the 16-0 run DiLeo nailed three shots from beyond the arc.
Wrestling: The honor this week goes to Ethan Schuler. Schuler pinned his opponent, Jacob Cox of Robbinsville, in just 3:23 to win his match and help the Pirates take down Robbinsville 33-26 in a 3-0 effort at a quad meet Wednesday.
Winter Track: The winter track team competed at the SJTCA Meet in Toms River this past week. The honor for the boys goes to the 4×200 meter relay team of Rashad Raymond, Steven Liu, Samir Corbett-Packer and Curtis Hickson. The team finished 13th in their first meet of the season with a time of 1:43.16. The girls honor goes to Prisca Blamon, who came in 17th in the shot put with a throw of 27-09.
Swimming: The swimming team beat Delran 105-65 this week at the Kroc in Camden. The honor this week goes to Brian Finnan. Finnan won two individual events to lead the Pirates. He took home victories in the 100 butterfly with a time of 5:48.40 and the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:03.40.
Bowling: The bowling squad took down Delran by 4-0 (boys) and 3-1 (girls) scores to move both records to 5-2 on the season. The boys get honored with a dual award this week as Sean Harris and Tim Profy both enjoyed 535 series. The girls honor goes to Lauren Gallo. Gallo had a series of 429 and a high game of 162 to lead the Pirates.
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