The Charlestown Lady Pirate Basketball team improved to 9-1 on the season in advance of next week Holiday Tourney; by dispatching the Lady Bluejackets at home Saturday, 47-33.  Coming off their first setback of the season at Floyd Central, an overtime loss without a full lineup due to illness; the Lady Pirates returned to their more accurate form, lead by Kaitlynn Hennings 20 points.  Henning is currently Charlestown’s fourth all time career girls basketball scorer with 1,259, behind Abby Conklin, Kristin Mattox, and Kelly Adams.  Saturday’s non-conference win over Mitchell (6-6) included 14 big points by Shelby Goedeker, and 7 points by Justice Burdin.  The Lady Pirates will host the 39th Annual Girls Varsity Basketball Holiday Tourney Monday and Tuesday in the CHS Sports Arena.  Providence (8-3) and Silver Creek (2-8) open the tourney Monday evening at 6:00 with Charlestown and Clarksville (4-8) playing in the second first round game at approximately 7:30 pm the same night.  Charlestown is the defending Holiday Tourney Champs, and leads the tourney title count with sixteen (Silver Creek has 14 Holiday Tourney titles) since its beginning in 1976.

The Charlestown Lady Pirate Basketball team made the short trip east up Indiana 62 Saturday evening for game to of this year’s annual home and away series with the New Washington Lady Mustangs.  Similar to the 82-28 meeting last month, Charlestown routed the host Lady Mustangs again, 75-35.  The win kept Charlestown perfect at 8-0 in preparation of next Wednesday’s game at Floyd Central.  Justice Burdin and Kaitlynn Henning combined for 46 of Charlestown’s points during the win.  Burdin led all scorers with 24 and Henning with 22, right at her per game scoring average.  Shelby Goedeker finished with 9 points and Bri Harvey 8 for the winning cause.

The Charlestown Lady Pirates stay undefeated at 7-0 and 4-0 in MSC play after beating rival Silver Creek 55-34 in the CHS SPorts Arena Thursday evening.  The Lady Pirates lead the 2-6 Lady Dragons 29-15 at the halftime break.  Charlestown was lead in scoring by Kaitlynn Henning who finished the game with 14 points, followed by 11 points by Shelby Goedeker, and 10 Justice Burdin points.  Burdin was named the Coyle Chevy, Buick, GMC and Coyle Nissan Player of the Game by CPPSB.  The Lady Pirates are back in action Saturday at New Washington (2-6), a team they beat 82-28 two weeks ago.

The Lady Pirate Basketball team moved to 6-0 & 3-0 MSC Saturday night after beating Scottsburg (2-5 & 2-2 MSC) 58-55 for the third consecutive time, dating back to last season; and only the fourth time in the past ten years.  The win was even made even more special as it marked the first time the Lady Pirates had beaten the Warriorettes on their home court since December 1998.  Charlestown got off to a quick 12-0 start, partially aided by starting the game with a Scottsburg technical foul for a roster error.  The Lady Pirates led 38-29 at the half, but began experiencing foul troubles as Scottsburg attempted to change the momentum with physical play.  Charlestown, led by some hot shooting by Lexi Logsdon and Shelby Goedeker, kept a lead throughout the game; however had to rally a couple of times in the fourth quarter when Scottsburg cut their deficit under ten point.  Logsdon finished with 13 points and Goedeker 11 respectively.  Logsdon and Goedeker were also named co-players of the game by CPPSB, sponsored by Coyle Chevy, Buick, GMC and Coyle Nissan.  Kaitlynn Henning was double teamed and assigned a chaser the entire game by the hosts, however still scored 12 points and executed several assists.  Justice Burdin added 10 points, while Bethany Hall and Bri Harvey both chipped in six points each.  “I’m proud of the girls for fighting when they needed to tonight, and even though the final score doesn’t show it, they continued to find ways of making plays”, commented Coach Michael Prichard.

The Lady Pirates will now host MSC arch rival Silver Creek (2-5 & 2-1 MSC) next Thursday in the CHS Sports Arena.

The Charlestown Lady Pirate Basketball team improved to 5-0 and 2-0 in the Mid-Southern Conference with an important road victory at Austin (3-2 & 1-1 MSC) Wednesday evening.  The Lady Pirates led 18-10 after one period, and 24-20 at the half before expanding their lead to 42-34 after three complete.  Charlestown endured a late game Lady Eagle spurt to win 53-48, and begin the season 5-0 for the first time in over 14 years.  The Lady Pirates had not beaten Austin in girls basketball since a one point overtime win in November 2006.

Kaitlynn Henning lead the Lady Pirates with 13 points, Lexi Logsdon finished with 10, while Shelby Goedeker and Bethany Hall both finished with nine points each.  “This was a solid win for the girls, and hats off to Lexi Logsdon, who’s defense on the Lady Eagle leading scorer kept us in position to win” commented Head Coach Michael Prichard.

The Lady Pirates stay on the road in conference play on Saturday, when they visit Scottsburg (1-4) for a 6pm JV tip and Varsity tip immediately following.

The Lady Pirates, since losing seven out of last eight meetings with New Washington, came into Tuesday’s game alittle bit hungry.  The final score was just one indication that Charlestown had had enough losing to their rival neighbors to the east.  New Washington’s youth and inexperience caused more than just match-up problems with the Lady Pirates; Charlestown’s defensive advantages all but smothered the few opportunities presented.  Charlestown (3-0), who celebrated the tenth anniversary of the 2005 girls basketball team that won the program’s fourth Regional crown; honored the team by bettering their 74-19 final over the Lady Mustangs (1-4).  Charlestown jumped out to a 19-0 start before taking a 41-8 halftime advantage to the locker room.  The Lady Pirates were led in scoring by Senior Kaitlynn Henning’s 35 points and was named CPPSB’s Coyle Player of the Game.  Senior Justice Burdin added a very solid 15 points; while Senior Shelby Goedeker finished with nine points and some of the game’s toughest defense.  Lexi Logsdon added eight for the winning team.  The Lady Pirates’ 82-28 victory was the greatest winning margin of victory since the fifty-five drumming of Clarksville in 2010.  The Lady Pirates will travel to Henryville this Saturday and to Austin next Wednesday.