Pirate Baseball won their seventh consecutive game and improved to 18-5 on the season by dispatching New Washington 19-2 in non-conference play Thursday evening.  Additionally, Head Coach Ricky Romans tallied high school coaching career win number 200 in the process.  The Pirates scored four runs in the first and twelve runs in the second to over-power the visiting Mustangs (9-9); finishing with 15 hits and one error.  Colin Martin (2-2) got the win from the mound for the Pirates; while Brandon Love finished 3-4 from the plate, including a double, three RBI’s and three runs scored.  David Rodriguez finished 4-4 at the plate, including three doubles, a home run, four RBI’s and three runs scored.  “Brandon and David played extremely well tonight and took advantage of their opportunities, which is great to see.  They were ready to play and ready to step up when their number was called”, commented Head Coach Ricky Romans after the win.  The Pirates will now travel to Oxford Indiana on Saturday to compete in the annual Benton Central High School Bison Invitational.  Follow Charlestown Pirate Pride Sports Broadcasting on Twitter for updates and the PiratePride.BLUE website for results.

The Charlestown Pirate Baseball team moved to 17-5 with a 6-1 road victory over Lanesville; while Coach Romans becomes Pirate Baseball’s winningest coach with a record of 199-121.  Austin Smith (6-1) collected the victory from the mound in 5 2/3 innings pitched.  Smith allowed six hits, walked one, allowed only one earned run and struck out five in the win.  Ryan Jones led the Pirates from the plate, finishing 2-3; while scoring two runs and collecting a RBI.  Dewey Cardwell finished 2-4 for at the plate, including a double and two RBI’s.  Lanesville plated a run in the bottom of the first, then the Pirates poured it on in the sixth and seventh innings; scoring two and four runs respectively.  “We did a great job sticking with it tonight after being behind most of the game.  Give credit to Lanesville’s pitcher, he did a nice job keeping us off track early.  As a veteran team though, it was good to see our guys come through with the game on the line,” commented Pirate Head Coach Romans.  The Pirates host New Washington Thursday beginning at 5:30pm.

Charlestown Pirate Baseball’s Head Coach Ricky Romans is a stickler for details, and has proven time after time that its the details that take you places in the long run.  Coach Romans took the Charlestown helm in 2004, and a situation where the Pirates hadn’t won more than nine games in each of its prior four seasons.  It took Romans just one season to return the Pirates back to winning form, of which he has steadily improved on ever since.  Romans holds everyone around his program to a higher level than the local average, and its made Pirate Nation a better and highly respected local baseball hub as a result.  Romans pits the Pirates against the toughest competition around for a reason, the details.  The 11th ranked Pirates are in the midst of another successful season, Mid-Southern Conference Champions, and 16-5 record going into tonights (Wednesday) non-conference match-up versus Lanesville.  What the Lanesville game isn’t about, if you ask Coach Romans, is milestones his personal coaching record is on the brink of accomplishing.  Coach Romans will correct you with what his program’s obvious main objectives currently are this season.  Pirate Baseball Head Coach Ricky Romans, in his 12th season at Charlestown, has 198 wins and only 121 losses.  Coach Romans is obviously two wins away from a 200 win coaching milestone at Charlestown; but also one win away from passing former Coach Mike Hall as the winningest Pirate Baseball Coach in Charlestown history.  Good luck to the Pirates as they travel to Lanesville tonight, Saturday as they compete in the Benton Central Invitational, and next week versus New Albany and Sectional #30 play; but also THANK YOU COACH ROMANS for taking care of the details moving the Pirate Baseball program up and ahead of the average.

Charlestown Pirate Baseball learned its necessary path to a 2015 Class 3A Sectional 30 title, and that includes an opener versus their rival Dragons.  Sectional 30 will be hosted by North Harrison High School, scheduled for Wednesday, May 27th through Monday, June 1st.  Game #1 pits Silver Creek vs. Charlestown, Game #2 pits Brownstown Central vs. Corydon Central; both games scheduled for Wednesday evening May 27th.  The bottom half of the brackets include a Thursday Game #3 match-up between North Harrison and Madison; and (Game #4) Scottsburg and Salem.  Wednesday’s winners and Thursday’s winners will match-up on Friday evening for the Sectional Semi-Finals.  The Sectional Championship is scheduled for Monday, June 1st at 6:30 pm.  The Pirates dropped the regular season showdown with Silver Creek 4-0, earlier in the month with an uncharacteristic performance at Creek.  All Pirate Baseball Post Season games will be broadcasted live by Pirate Pride Sports at www.CPPSB.com.

The Charlestown Pirate Baseball team improved to 16-5 & 8-1 MSC Monday evening at Salem, handily defeating the host Lions on their Senior Night, 13-5.  The win also gave the Pirate program its third Mid-Southern Conference Baseball Title, and first since 1987.  “I’m very proud of our entire team and coaching staff today.  Our guys have worked extremely hard all year and it’s great to see their hard work pay off”. commented Pirate Head Coach Ricky Romans regarding the win.  Charlestown will celebrate Senior Night festivities Tuesday evening at CHS, hosting Seymour.  The Pirates scored five in the first, three in the second, and three in the seventh….after a couple of runs in between to keep Salem at bay all evening.  Charlestown scored their thirteen runs off fourteen hits and while committing only two errors.  Kelly Rider stayed undefeated on the mound (6-0), getting the win.  Rider also had a solid night from the plate, hitting a home run, and batting in four runs.  Additionally, Ryan Jones finished 2-4, with 2 Runs, Dewey Cardwell finished 2-3, with 2 Runs, and 2 RBI’s, Drew Reich recorded hits 3-5 from the plate, including a double, a triple and two RBI’s.  Senior Jason Houchens also added a double while getting two hits off four trips to the plate.  The win is the Pirates’ 11th out of the last 13 outing.  The Pirates will learn their Sectional draw Tuesday morning, which will be announced by the IHSAA shortly after 10 am Tuesday.  The Sectional pairings will be announced by CPPSB via Twitter as soon as they are announced.  The Pirates will travel to Lanesville Wednesday and will participate in the Benton Central Invitational Saturday.

The Charlestown Pirate Baseball team (15-5 and 7-1 MSC) moved within one game of their share of the program’s first Mid-Southern Conference Baseball crown since 1987.  The Pirates are currently tied with Silver Creek with one conference game remaining, a Monday showdown at Salem (1-7 MSC).  Thursday night the Pirates eliminated Brownstown (15-7 & 5-3 MSC) from conference contention by defeating the visiting Braves 7-1, behind solid pitching by Kelly Rider.  Rider stayed perfect from the mound (5-0), pitching the complete seven innings, allowing two hits, one run, one walk and four strikeouts.  “I’m very pleased with our effort tonight. We were focused and ready to play after a couple good days of practice. Kelly threw the ball well and we gave him some good run support early that allowed him to settle in”, commented Charlestown Head Coach Ricky Romans after the game.  Colin Martin (.533) led the Pirates from the plate, finishing two for three, including a double and two RBI’s.  Drew Reich also added a double from the plate for the winning cause.  The Pirates scored seven runs off eight hits and committed two errors; Brownstown committed one error.  Saturday, the Pirates will host their Invitational Tournament; slating Charlestown vs Tell City at 11:00 am and Providence vs Mt. Vernon (Posey) at 1:30 pm. The Invitational Consolation Game is scheduled for 4:00 pm and the Championship Game at 6:30 pm.  Follow Charlestown Pirate Pride Sports Broadcasting for Invitational updates via Twitter and full coverage of Monday’s MSC Showdown at Salem; starting at 4:45 pm.

Over the past week, junior varsity baseball teams of the Mid-Southern Conference have been competing to decide a conference champion.  The Pirates played beat Corydon 9-8 in the Semi-Final Round and Clarksville 14-1 in the Championship game Saturday to win the conference honors.  The Pirates are 10-3 and 6-1 MSC, and will be back in action on Tuesday hosting Madison and again on Wednesday hosting Corydon.