Charlestown High School Cross Country traveled to Ramsey Thursday night for the 49th annual North Harrison Invitational or Cougar Classic 5k.  The Lady Pirates as a team finished third out of 18 teams, behind North Oldham (KY) and Jasper; led by Carley Conway (21:11), Ashley Wright (22:11), and Katie Rhodes (22:17).  Charlestown finished ahead of Brownstown, Corydon, North Harrison, Jeffersonville, and Bedford-North Lawrence.

The Pirates finished 15th, led by Josh McCoy (18:35.5), Drashaun Morrow (19:53), and Camden Latham (20:21).

The “Ladies were awesome last night!  Brought home 3rd place trophy out of 18 teams, 133 girls ran.  We had 3 medal in top 20!  There were 7 conference teams there, and we finished higher than all of them!  Scary thing is, we can still improve and get stronger”, commented a pleased Head Coach Jerry Doyle.