The Charlestown High School Lady Pirate Volleyball team will be coordinating a volleyball tournament fund raiser for boys attending Charlestown Middle and High Schools.  The tournament will be held on Saturday, August 13th, at Charlestown High School, beginning at 10:00 am; after the annual Pirate Fun Run.  Games will be officiated by current Lady Pirate high school players and teams will be assigned coaches to help them.  The cost of the tournament is $10 per player. If boys want to form their own teams (7 players), they just need to put the same team name on the form.  If boys don’t have a team, they can still register and will be placed on a team.  Boys will play pool play in the morning and all teams will start a single elimination tournament in the afternoon.  CLICK HERE to download and print an official entry form.  All completed entry forms must to be turned into CHS Student Services by Friday, August 5th.

Charlestown Lady Pirate Volleyball participated in the annual preseason Summer Scorcher Tournament hosted by North Harrison High School.  The tournament features twelve area high school volleyball teams, including Charlestown, Christian Academy, Corydon, Jasper, Jeffersonville, Meade County, North Harrison, Paoli, Perry Central, Scottsburg, Silver Creek, and West Washington.  The Lady Pirates finished morning pool play with two wins and one loss; specifically 25-22, 25-13 over Perry Central, 25-22, 20-25 and 7-3 over West Washington, and 12-25, 15-25 to Silver Creek.  The second place teams of all three pools faced off in re-pool play; as the Lady Pirates surprised defending Class A State Champions from Christian Academy 27-25, 15-25 & 7-3, before defeating Paoli 25-21, and 25-22 to finish the day 4-1 and winning the second place pool.

“Overall, we had a good tournament.  I’m proud of the way girls didn’t give up when we were several points down.  They fought back to regain leads.  I also liked the intensity we showed to win three game matches”, commented Charlestown Head Coach Tammy Nuxoll.

The Lady Pirates will scrimmage Lanesville on the road August 10th then open their 2016 season hosting MSC rival Corydon on August 16th in the CHS Sports Arena.

The Charlestown High School Lady Pirate Volleyball Program would like to invite girls entering grades 3rd-9th to attend a summer volleyball camp.  The camp will run from Thursday, July 14th through Saturday, July 16th.  Girls entering grades 3rd-5th should attend from 9:30-11:00 am each day; and girls entering grades 6th-9th should attend from 12:00-2:00 pm each day.  The camp will be held in the Auxiliary Gymnasium at Charlestown High School at a cost of $30 for girls entering grades 3rd-5th and $35 for girls entering grades 6th-9th.  Preregistered camp participants will be guaranteed a camp t-shirt.  The purpose of the camp is to teach the fundamentals of volleyball; including passing, setting, hitting and serving, as well as, the basics of team play.

CLICK HERE to download and print the camp registration form.  For more information, contact Lady Pirate Head Coach Tammy Nuxoll at tnuxoll@gcs.k12.in.us.

Charlestown Lady Pirate Volleyball Junior standout Emalee Craven was recently selected to play in the Indiana Elite North vs. South Volleyball Invitational at Danville Community High School.  The Invitational will be held on Saturday, November 21^st  and is one of the Midwest’s largest post season high school volleyball events; with many of the Midwest’s college coaches planning to attend!

During the past 2015 season, Craven led the Lady Pirates in Attacking Kills with 196, Serving Aces with 61 (90%), and total Blocks with 95 (59 solo).

Pirate Nation wishes Emalee good luck as she represents Charlestown High School and Southern Indiana in this year’s Indiana Elite North – South Invitational.  For more information about Lady Pirate Volleyball, go to www.PiratePride.BLUE/Volleyball.

Charlestown Volleyball (7-22) lost to Silver Creek 3 sets to 0 (15-25, 16-25, 14-25).  From Coach Nuxoll:  “Silver Creek was a tough draw in the first round because they have a well established program. We did not play our best tonight and struggled passing, but the girls did not give up. We were not able to get things going offensively, but Bri Harvey had three kills and Emalee Craven and Danielle Miles each contributed two. Molly Braunecker and Hannah Vincent each had six digs and Chrissa Ledbetter contributed five digs. Danielle Miles had a good passing night. Despite the loss tonight, this is an improved team with a great group of girls. I’m proud of them and look forward to our future.”

The IHSAA conducted its blind draw to determine the Sectional first round match-ups in the annual Indiana HS Volleyball State Tournament Monday morning.  The Class 3A Sectional #0 Volleyball Sectional will again be hosted by Charlestown High School.  Lady Pirate Volleyball drew Silver Creek in game one of the sectional.  The remaining Sectional #30 pairings include Salem vs. Scottsburg in match #2, and Providence v. Brownstown in match #3; Corydon gets the bye and will play the winner of the Charlestown/Silver Creek match.

For more information on the State Class 3A Volleyball Tournament CLICK HERE; or for more information Lady Pirate Volleyball, go to www.PiratePride.BLUE/Volleyball.