Pirates Athletes of the Week: May 8

Pirates Athletes of the Week: May 8

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The Pirates Athletes of the Week for the week ending May 8 has arrived. See who takes home the honors this week in CHS varsity sports.

Baseball: The athlete of the week for baseball this week goes to Christian Massara. Massara went 3-for-3 in a 9-1 win over Burlington Township with two triples, three runs scored and a stolen base. In the 6-3 loss to Holy Cross in the BCSL Tournament Massara hit his first home run of the season.

Boy’s Lacrosse: The Pirates went 0-2 this week with losses to Northern Burlington and Middle Township. The athlete of the week for boy’s lacrosse is Mason McLaverty. McLaverty led the Pirates in goals scored this week with three. He scored two in the loss to Northern Burlington and one in the loss to Middle Township.

Boy’s Tennis: The Pirates continued their winning ways this week by going 3-0. Cinnaminson won two matches and picked up a forfeit victory in the third. Tyler Collins is the athlete of the week for the Pirates. Collins competed in the finals of the BCSC at Moorestown on Monday and lost a hard-fought match 6-3, 6-3. He then picked up a 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 win over Dorian Klodnicki of Delran at third singles.

Boy’s Track and Field: The honor this week for boy’s track and field goes to Curtis Hickson. Hickson won two events against Maple Shade this week, the 100 and the 200 with times of 11.3 and 22.8.

Boy’s Volleyball: In an 0-3 week for the Pirates, who are now 13-10, we are going out of the norm for our athlete of the week. We are giving out a co-award this week to Ryan Fisher and Sean Bockius. Fisher and Bockius won the 2016 CHS Volleyball 2v2 Tournament on Friday.

Girl’s Lacrosse: In a 1-2 week, the honor goes to Julia Averill. Averill led the team with 11 goals scored. She netted seven of those goals in a 20-5 win over Pennsauken. Averill scored two in a 15-8 loss to Northern Burlington and one in a 20-2 loss to Rancocas Valley.

Girl’s Track and Field: In a win over Maple Shade, Taylor Clark finished first in the pole vault with a throw of 8’6″. Then, at the Rowan Invitational on Saturday she finished the competition in third place. She takes home the athlete of the week honor for girl’s track and field this week.

Golf: The golf team remained undefeated this week with a win over Rancocas Valley and also competed at the Carl Arena Tournament. The honor this week goes to Tim Jones, who finished 6th in the Carl Arena Tournament with a 78. Jones takes home the honor this week for the golf team.

Softball: Brooke Figiel stayed red-hot this week at the plate, going 3-for-3 against Bordentown in a 9-4 extra-inning loss with two runs scored and an RBI. Figiel takes home the athlete of the week honor for softball.

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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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