The Charlestown Pirate Tennis team will begin Sectional #55 play today at 4:30 pm against Borden.  The Sectional is hosted by Silver Creek HS, but all matches are being played at Henryville High School.  The remainder of the sectional pairings include Silver Creek v. Henryville at 4:30 pm on Thursday, October 2nd and then the Championship game on Friday at 4:30 pm.  The Championship game will pit the winning teams from Wednesday and Thursday’s matches.

Good luck to our Pirate Tennis team during Sectional play!

The Charlestown Pirate Tennis team hosted the Henryville Hornets in non-conference play Wednesday evening, winning four of five match-ups.  The Pirates swept singles play as Kyle Jackson defeated Emery Dieterlen 6-3, 1-6 & 6-4; Miles Matthews defeated Elijah Weeks 6-1 & 6-0; and Tyler Massie defeated Cameron Tanner 6-1 & 6-3.  The Pirates split doubles play as Trey Woodward and Andrew Shaw were defeated by Justin Bowman and Luke Davidson 7-6, 2-6 & 1-6.  Pirates Josh Copeland and Steven Delaney defeated Austin Roth and Mason Edwards 6-1 & 6-4.

Charlestown Pirate Tennis hosted their county arch-rivals Wednesday evening, the Mustangs of New Washington.  The Pirates were victorious, sweeping doubles play and winning 3 – 2.  Senior Kyle Jackson fell to Jake Zimmerman 6-4, 4-6, 4-6 in singles play; Sophomore Miles Matthews defeated Logan Miles 6-2, 6-2 in singles play; and Junior Tyler Massie fell to Caleb Ellison 3-6, 6-3, 1-6, also in singles play.  Charlestown’s #1 Doubles team of Andrew Shaw and Trey Woodward defeated Colin Schindler and Jacob Smith 6-3, 6-1 and Pirate Freshman Steven Delaney and Junior Zach Whitten defeated Stevie Mick and Noah Franklin 6-2, 6-3.  The Pirates are back in action Thursday evening at Pekin-Eastern beginning at 5:00 pm.