Indiana’s longest running high school football Homecoming Parade will be held Thursday, September 8th beginning at 5:00 pm from the south parking lot of the Charlestown High School. The parade route will include traveling south on Monroe from the high school, then west on Main Street before stopping on the city square for a pep rally. Additionally, the Pirate Football parents will be selling rib eye sandwiches up on the square from 5:00-6:00 pm during the festivities like in years past. Pirate Football (2-1) will host MSC rival North Harrison (3-0) Friday night in the Bone Yard at 7:00 pm with the annual Homecoming ceremony taking place during halftime of the game. HAPPY HOMECOMING PIRATE NATION!

The Bone Yard will be buzzing with activity Friday Night, starting at 4:00 pm and leading up to the huge MSC Clash between Charlestown and Brownstown.  WHAS TV 11’s HS Game Time Live, delivered by Papa Johns Pizza, will be at the CHS Bone Yard filming their weekly show and showcasing Charlestown High School and Friday’s game as their Game of the Week.  The Papa John’s Pizza mobile kitchen will be in the house throughout the night, selling fresh pizza and donating the proceeds back to Pirate and Lady Pirate athletics.

Kevin Khuri will also be on hand providing some live music and Aramark will have their food truck selling other tail gating food items such as Burgers, Brats, Pulled Pork Sandwiches, Walking Tacos, Nachos with Cheese, and Drinks from 5:00-6:30 pm.

The game will kick-off at 7:00 pm and will also feature a special halftime ceremony honoring current Charlestown Pirate Football School Record holders.  As always, if you can’t make it to the game, you can catch every second of the action live on www.CPPSB.com or using the Free CPPSB app on your smartphone or mobile device; Pirate Pride Sports Broadcasting will go on the air at 6:30 pm live from the Bone Yard.

Arrive early this week Pirate Nation, there will be plenty to see and do while getting pumped up for the huge game of the week……..your Pirates versus those Braves!

Charlestown Pirate Football opened their regular season on the road at Madison last Friday evening.  The game also marked the end of a 34 year series with the Cubs, which Charlestown dominated to a 21-13 advantage.  Next season, Scottsburg is added to the Mid-Southern Conference varsity football.  The Pirates muddled through a sloppy first half Friday evening enroute to a 16-13 halftime lead; after a first quarter 28 yard touchdown pass from Brendan Lawler to Garrett Woods, and a second quarter 1 yard touchdown rush by Antonyo Gaddie.  The Pirates held the halftime lead, despite six first half fumbles lost.  The second half looked much more like classic Pirate Football; as they reeled off 38 unanswered points to end the series with the Cubs with an exclamation point.  Lawler provided the first second half score, scampering 45 yards through the Cubs defense to pay dirt; the play was later named the Papa Johns Delivery of the Game by CPPSB.  Gaddie another touchdown from 23 yard out, and Anthony Malone ran in scores from five and six yards respectively before Coach Hawkins called off the heat.  The Pirate varsity reserves couldn’t be stopped either, freshmen Braiden Murphy, Addison Logsdon, and Quinton Overton marched the ball 75 yards in 11 plays before Murphy scored from the Madison ten yard line.  The Pirates prevailed to a final score of 54-13.

Junior Varsity Pirate Football clashed with Madison Saturday morning, demolishing their Cub counterparts to the tune of a 48-0 final score.  Addison Logsdon scored a 55 yard touchdown run; Braiden Murphy connected with Isaiah Harris twice for two 40 yard touchdown receptions; Murphy added another 8 yard TD run; while Andrew Snider, Kain Blakenship, and Quinton Overton also scored on rushing touchdowns for the Pirates.  “Great job to both offensive and defensive lines, Great job to the defense for the shutout, including two Sweeney two interceptions and one Snider interception”, commented Coach Hawkins.

The Pirates will host Brownstown Friday evening; as football school recordbook holders will be honored at halftime, and WHAS 11TV’s HS Gametime will broadcast live from the game.

WHAS TV 11 out of Louisville, delivered by Papa Johns Pizza, is taking the HS Gametime Show LIVE on the road, and they are using a website poll to decide what school to visit next Friday.  Currently the Brownstown at Charlestown game is leading the voting; but now is not the time to rest on our morals Pirate Nation!  CLICK HERE NOW TO VOTE, and make sure all your Pirate Nation friends are voting early and often as well.  If Pirate Nation is successful, the HS Gametime LIVE Show, including Papa Johns Pizza, will find out just how big Pirate Football Friday Nights are in Charlestown.

The Charlestown High School Pirate Football program will begin its 45th season this Friday, on the road, against the Madison Cubs.  The game will mark the end of the 34 year series with Madison; as next season statewide and conference schedule realignment will make room for Scottsburg to play varsity football.  Charlestown leads the all time series with Madison 20-13, including eight of the past ten annual meetings.  Friday’s kick-off at Madison is scheduled for 7:00 pm; and will be broadcasted live by Pirate Pride Sports Broadcasting beginning at 6:30 pm on www.CPPSB.com or on the FREE CPPSB mobile app.  This school year marks the 9th consecutive year of Pirate and Lady Pirate Athletics broadcasting by CPPSB.

The Pirate Junior Varsity game versus Madison, originally scheduled for Monday, August 22nd; has been moved to Saturday morning August 20th, AT MADISON with a 10:00 am kick-off.  The is to alllow for field rehabilitation to be completed at Charlestown HS’ Dutch Reis Field.

Charlestown Pirate Football will be recognizing current football school record holders on the evening of Friday, August 26^th; during the varsity home football game hosting MSC rival Brownstown.  Pirate Football school record holder honorees attending should sign in at the Dutch Reis Field pass gate and meet in the east end zone (closest the parking lot) prior to halftime.  The recognition ceremony will take place during halftime of the game.

Pirate Nation, if you know any of the Pirate Football School Record holders shown at www.PiratePride.BLUE/Football-Recordbook; please contact them, congratulate them, and encourage their attendance Friday evening, August 26th.