The Pirates Athletes of the Week for January 31 have arrived. See who takes home the honors for all six sports this week.
Bowling: Both the boy’s and girl’s bowling teams played to 1-1 weeks with wins over Delran and losses to Burlington Township. Sean Harris takes home the honor for the boys after tying for the high series against Delran and having both the high series and high game against Burlington Township.
Paige D’Amato takes home the honor for the girls after having the high series against Delran and both the high series and high game against Burlington Township.
Boy’s Basketball: The honor this week goes to Devon Taylor. Taylor led all Pirates scorers in a 2-1 week with 53 total points. He racked up 19 in a win over Delran, 16 in a victory over Palmyra and 18 in a loss to Haddonfield.
Girl’s Basketball: Marisa DiLeo takes home the honor this week. On Saturday, DiLeo became just the third girl in school history to connect on 100 three-pointers in a career. She did so in a 53-47 win over Northern Burlington, the team’s third of the week, eighth in a row and 11th overall.
Swimming: Swimming swam three times this week as the Pirates beat Delran to end the regular season and then took part in the BCSL meet on Friday and the SJSCA Invitational on Saturday.
Lily Black takes home the girl’s honor after winning the 200 freestyle at the BCSL. Black finished third in the 200 Freestyle at the SJSCA. The honor for the boy’s goes to Brian Finnan. Finnan won the 100 breaststroke at the BCSL meet.
Winter Track: Winter track attended a throwing event, the Cherokee Throwdown, on Thursday and then took part in the Group 2 Meet Saturday at the Bennett Center in Toms River. The boy’s honor this week goes to Mike Ungvarsky, who finished first in the mile at the Bennett Center with a time of 4:32.3.
The girl’s honor this week goes to the entire girl’s 4×400 relay team. They won their heat with a time of 4:22.96, the fastest indoor time for a girls team in 10 years at Cinnaminson.
Wrestling: In a 3-1 week that rose their record to 13-2 and included a victory over Haddonfield, the honor goes to Liam Wharton. Wharton stepped onto the mat with the Pirates trailing 22-18.
Wharton proceeded to dominate his opponent and pick up a match-tying major decision that turned the momentum to the Pirates favor as Cinnaminson went on to defeat Haddonfield 34-31 to sweep a tri-match at home.
Check Cinn City Sports every Sunday at 1pm for the Pirates Athletes of the Week so long as one varsity program was in action that week.
