Pirates Athletes of the Week: May 29

Pirates Athletes of the Week: May 29

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The Pirates Athletes of the Week for May 29 have arrived. See who takes home the honors this week for varsity sports at Cinnaminson High School.

Baseball: The athlete of the week for the week ending May 29 goes to Mike McAndrews. McAndrews led the Pirates effort against Collingswood (10-9 win) to advance to the sectional semifinals on Tuesday at home. McAndrews opened the scoring with a homerun to left and finished the day a triple shy of the cycle. He drove in two runs.

Boy’s Track and Field: The athlete of the week for the week ending May 29 goes to Kamron Kobolak and Christian Neumann. Kobolak finished second at the sectional meet in the shot put with PR over 50′ and his throw qualified him for the state meet. Neumann won the sectional title in the pole vault and also qualified for states.

Boy’s Volleyball: The athlete of the week for the week ending May 29 goes to Ryan Fisher. In the Pirates lone match of the week, a first round loss to Donovan Catholic in the South Tournament, Fisher recorded seven assists, seven digs, one ace and one kill.

Girl’s Track and Field: The athlete of the week for the week ending May 29 goes to Taylor Clark and Prisca Blamon. Clark qualified for states with her first place finish at sectionals in the pole vault. Clark also set a school record at 10’1″ at the meet this weekend. Blamon tied the school record in the shot put with a throw of 36’3″ to finish second and qualify for states.

Golf: The athlete of the week for the week ending May 29 goes to Greg Shiffer. Shiffer was the only Pirate golfer to shoot under 80 at the BCSL Tournament on Tuesday with a 79.

Softball: The athlete of the week for the week ending May 29 goes to Rebecca Martino. Martino won both playoff games this week by pitching 10 innings across both games. She allowed zero runs on just two hits, both coming against Overbrook. She struck out seven.

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 at Cinnaminson High School.

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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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