Pirates Daily Preview: February 8

Pirates Daily Preview: February 8

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June 8

The Pirates Daily Preview features four programs in action, with two of them taking part in state tournaments.

Swimming: At West Windsor-Plainsboro South at 4pm for Central, Group B semi-final.

Meet Preview Capsule: The Pirates will swim against West Windsor-Plainsboro South tonight for a shot at advancing to the sectional finals. Cinnaminson comes in at 10-4 after winning the first two rounds against Brick Memorial and Jackson Memorial. Check the site at 11am today for a full semi-final round preview of today’s meet.

Winter Track: At the Varsity Classic at NYC Armory at 5pm.

Meet Preview Capsule: After cleaning up at Group 2 Sectionals on Saturday, sending 10 athletes on to states February 20, the Pirates will send Steven Liu and the 4×800 team to this meet today. Liu will compete in the triple jump event.

Girl’s Basketball: At Delran at 6:15pm.

Game Preview Capsule: The Pirates visit Delran for their lone regular-season matchup this year as a pair of division leaders collide. Cinnaminson is 14-2 overall, 6-0 in the Freedom and has won 11 games in a row after taking down Haddon Township on Saturday at Eastern.

Delran comes into tonight’s contest with an overall record of 11-7 and a 6-1 mark in the Patriot, which they are tied atop of with Northern Burlington. The Bears have won two in a row, including a 40-31 victory over Collingswood this past weekend. 

These two teams last met in January of 2015 and the Pirates came away with a 43-39 victory at home. Marisa DiLeo led the Pirates with 17 points. Brenna Cloud had 20 for the Bears. Both players lead their respective players in scoring this season.

Wrestling: Home vs Delran first round of South, Group 2 Tournament at 7pm.

Match Preview Capsule: After splitting a tri-match on Saturday by beating Shawnee and losing to Collingswood, the Pirates begin their quest for a second straight sectional title tonight. Check the site at 2pm for a full first round playoff preview vs Delran, whom the Pirates beat 37-33 earlier this season.

Cinn City Sports will have coverage of wrestling vs Delran at 7pm tonight via Cinnaminson High School’s the Ship’s Log sports writer George Rider. Follow Cinn City Sports and Rider on Twitter for updates throughout the match and check back late tonight for a full recap from Rider of 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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