Pirates Daily Preview: February 19

Pirates Daily Preview: February 19

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The Pirates Daily Preview is loaded today with both basketball programs, wrestling at districts and boy’s bowling going for a state title.

Boy’s Bowling: At the State Tournament at Carolier Lanes in North Brunswick at 9am.

Match Preview Capsule: Boy’s bowling, after winning the Group 1 Sectional last weekend, will compete for a state title this morning at Carolier Lanes in North Brunswick. The match is scheduled to begin at 9am. The Group 1 teams from across the state in attendance today with Cinnaminson are North Arlington, Hasbrouck Heights, Hawthorne, Pompton Lakes, Roselle Catholic, Roselle Park, Keansburg, Manasquan and Bishop Eustace. 

Wrestling: At the District 26 Tournament at Holy Cross at 5pm.

Match Preview Capsule: The Pirates will head to Holy Cross tonight for the first day of the District 26 Tournament, which Cinnaminson won as a team last season with 182 points. Pirates wrestlers who won their finals bouts include Isaiah Elias at 113 pounds, Ryan Teague at 126 pounds, Pat Morton at 160 pounds, Zach Sireci at 182 pounds and Keith Swartley at 285 pounds.

The seeding for this year’s district tournament has been announced. Teams in attendance besides host Holy Cross and Cinnaminson are Bordentown, Burlington City, Burlington Township, Delran, Moorestown, Riverside, Willingboro and Westampton Tech.

Boy’s Basketball: Home vs Burlington Township at 6:15pm.

Game Preview Capsule: The Pirates will look to win their third straight game when they host Burlington Township tonight. Cinnaminson is fresh off a 57-35 win over Freedom rival Holy Cross on Wednesday to move to 15-6 overall and 6-2 in the Freedom. 

The Falcons are 6-17 and recently lost to Moorestown on Thursday night by a score of 62-48. Three of their six wins have come in their past six games played. 

These teams met once last season as the Pirates took home a 70-67 victory as four Pirates scored in double figures. Conor Bresnahan led the way with 20 and Devon Taylor poured in 19.

Girl’s Basketball: At Burlington Township at 6:30pm.

Game Preview Capsule: Fresh off a Freedom Division title with a 41-37 win over Holy Cross Wednesday, girl’s basketball will look to win its fourth straight game tonight, all four on the road, and 18th overall (17-5). 

The Falcons come into this game with just two wins (2-17), having recently lost to Moorestown 44-14 on Thursday night and have lost 15 in a row. Their two wins came in the first four games of the season against Buena and Penns Grove. 

The Pirates won the lone meeting between these two teams last season by a score of 52-13. Marisa DiLeo led all scorers with 11 points. 

Cinn City Sports will have coverage of wrestling at the District 26 Tournament at Holy Cross beginning at 5pm tonight. Be sure to follow us on Twitter for updates from the event.

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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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