The Charlestown Pirate Soccer team (1-1-2 overall; 0-0-1 MSC) took on Madison at home on Tuesday night. The Pirates tied an extremely good Madison team whom have previously defeated the Pirates in recent years. Raul Martinez scored the tying goal with 30 seconds left in the match to save the game for the Pirates. An extremely happy Coach Wight commented the following after the game, “very proud of the boys, they never quit and kept fighting until the very end. Once again the movement of players with and without the ball were very good. The boys are getting better each game. This team is starting to play excellent soccer.” The Pirates will be back in action tonight as they face off on the road against MSC rival Scottsburg.

The Charlestown Pirate Soccer team (1-2-1 overall; 0-0-1 MSC) traveled across the bridge into Kentucky on Wednesday night to face off with Southern High School in Louisville. The Pirates played well in the first half, but ran out of gas in the second half and were defeated 6-2 by Southern High School. It was a tale of two halves, says Coach Wight. The Pirates were tied 2-2, but gave up four goals in the second half and were unable to recover. “Very proud of the boys, they left it all on the field. With this being our third straight game, our legs gave out in the second half. We our looking forward to these two days off. We will be back to work next week and get ready for Madison on Tuesday,” commented Head Coach Brian Wight following the match. The Pirates (1-2-1 overall) will be back in action on Tuesday night, as they host Madison. All CHS home soccer matches are now being held at Charlestown High School starting Monday. For more information about Boys Soccer, stayed tuned to Charlestown Pirate Pride Sports Broadcasting.

The Charlestown Pirate Soccer team (1-1-1 overall; 0-0-1 MSC) opened up conference play on Tuesday night hosting the Corydon Central Panthers. The game started quickly, with two goals in the first half, but slowed down as the second half produced no scoring. In the first half, Sergio Bolanos was able to get past the Corydon Central defense to score the lone Pirate goal, and the defense of the Pirates held up to limit the Panther scoring at 1. The team battled hard, and controlled midfield well during the conference opener, and played well after coming off an impressive win on Monday night. The Pirate Head Coach Brian Wight commented that he was “very proud of the boys and movement good once again. We will need to refuel once again and get ready for another battle tomorrow night against Southern on the road.” As stated above, the Pirate Soccer team (1-1-1 overall) will step out of MSC play to travel across the Ohio River into Kentucky to face off with Southern High School. The match is scheduled to begin at 6:00pm. Starting next week, Pirate Soccer home matches will be moved back over to Charlestown High School. For more information about the Pirate Soccer team, and other Pirate & Lady Pirate teams, stay tuned to Charlestown Pirate Pride Sports Broadcasting through our website and our Facebook & Twitter pages.

The Charlestown Pirate Soccer team (1-1 overall; 0-0 MSC) opened up road play with a Clark County matchup at Henryville. The Pirates controlled the game well, and picked up the close 3-2 win over the Hornets. The Pirates had contributions on offense from Jeremiah Paiz (goal), Sergio Bolanos (goal) and Jose Saldana (goal), and had twenty shots on the goal. Coach Wight was very impressed with the team win, stating that the team had a very good game and that ball movement was excellent. He also stated that they would have to refuel and get ready for a tough MSC battle tomorrow night. The Pirates (1-1 overall) will open up Mid-Southern Conference play tomorrow night, as they host Corydon Central. All home soccer matches are played at Charlestown Middle School. For up-to-date information on Pirate Soccer, stay tuned to the Charlestown Pirate Pride website, along with the Charlestown Pirate Pride Facebook page.

Pirate Soccer will travel to Madison for a non-conference game Tuesday, September 1st.  The start time has been moved from 6:00 pm to 5:30 pm at Madison High School.