Pirates Athletes of the Week: March 6

Pirates Athletes of the Week: March 6

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The final Pirates Athletes of the Week for the 2015-2016 winter sports season is here for the week ending March 6. See who takes home the final honors of the winter sports season.

Boy’s Basketball: The Pirates played two games this week, both in the South, Group 2 Tournament. The first was a win against Cedar Creek and the second was a loss to Woodstown in the quarterfinals. The final honor of the season goes to senior Devon Taylor. Taylor led the Pirates in scoring in both games, picking up 17 in the win and 16 in the loss.

Girl’s Basketball: Cinnaminson played three games this week, all of them in the SJ2 Tournament as the one-seed. The Pirates opened the playoffs with wins over Buena and Lower Cape May before falling to Haddonfield on Saturday. The final honor of the season goes to senior Marisa DiLeo. DiLeo led the Pirates in scoring all three games and set the overall school record for threes in a career on Saturday with 135. DiLeo finishes her season with 1,074 total points.

Winter Track: Winter track sent three athletes to Eastern States in New York on Tuesday. The final athlete of the week for winter track goes to Mike Ungvarsky. Ungvarsky took part in the 3200 and broke the school record for the third time in 10 days at Eastern States, finishing the event in fourth place with a time of 9:29.52.

Wrestling: Wrestling was the fourth and final program to compete this week as heavyweight wrestler Keith Swartley went to Atlantic City for the state tournament. Swartley lost his first bout and went 2-1 in wrestlebacks. He takes home the final honor this winter season. Swartley finishes his junior year on the mat with a 35-2 record with his only two losses coming in AC.

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Jim is the creator and editor of Cinn City Sports. He also created At the Dish, Life With Tony and Enzo and is the owner of JAVFreelancing. He coached baseball for five years, three at his former high school (Holy Cross in Delran, NJ) and two at prominent Division III program Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. He has worked for the Courier-Post in Cherry Hill, NJ; Metro Networks in Bala Cynwyd, PA; and was the play-by-play announcer for the Camden Riversharks of the Independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball for two seasons (2007-2008) on Rowan Radio 89.7 WGLS-FM, the student-run radio station at Rowan University. Jim earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications and minor in Journalism from Rowan University in 2008. While in school he was the Assistant Sports Director at WGLS for two years and the Sports Director for one year. He also covered the football, baseball, softball and both basketball teams for the school newspaper 'The Whit.' He is the former Sports Editor for the Cinnaminson and Moorestown Patch websites. Jim lives in New Jersey with his wife Nicole, sons Tony and Enzo and dog Phoebe. He can be reached at jimvassallo@cinncitynews.com

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