Pirate Tennis Places 5th at New Albany Invite

Boys Tennis

Charlestown Pirate Tennis competed in the annual New Albany Invitational this past Friday and Saturday.  Charlestown finished fifth out of eight teams; as Steven Delaney finished 1-2 (5th) in #1 singles play; Jacob Doherty finished 2-1 (3rd) in #2 singles play; and Alec Sipes finished 1-2 (7th) in 33 singles play.  Aaron Meyer and Chase Wray finished 1-2 (6th) in #1 doubles play; and Isaac Bates and Jacob Roberts finished 2-1 (4th) in #2 doubles play.  The Pirates are next in action on Tuesday at Borden.

XC Girls Win Christian Academy Invite, Boys Second

Cross Country

XCCAIinviteCharlestown High School Cross Country continued an outstanding season, as the girls continue to roll at Saturday’s Christian Academy Invitational.  The Lady Pirates won the girls division first place honors Saturday behind the 2nd place finish of Carley Conway (21:47), the 4th place finish of Ashley Wight (22:23); the 5th place finish of Katie Rhodes (22:50); the 8th place finish of Claire Mitchell (23:41); the 9th place finish of Skylar Cochran (23:51); the 10th place finish of Alexis Gurr (24:28); and the 11th place of Kelsey Lakes (25:01).  “We are very happy to see the girls doing so well this season!  Within a week of starting the season, the girls have brought 3 trophies back home from 3 meet we’ve done!  Two 1st places and a 2nd place”, commented a very proud Pirate Head Coach Jerry Doyle.

The Charlestown boys also had an outstanding outing at Christian Academy, finishing second as a team in the boys division.  The Pirates finished:  5th Josh McCoy (18:27); 13th Drashaun Morrow (20:05); 14th Camden Latham (20:22); 16th Harrison Adams (20:28);  and 18th Alex Settles (21:48).

“Charlestown guys came in 2nd!!  We are very pleased and impressed with all of the guys running and their times from today”, concluded Coach Doyle.

Pirate Tennis Shuts Out New Washington 5-0

Boys Tennis

Charlestown Pirate Tennis hosted local rival New Washington Thursday evening and was able to improve their record to 3-2 on the season with a five nothing shut out of the Mustangs.  Pirate Steven Delany won #1 singles 6-0, 6-2 over Gavin Schindler; Jacob Doherty won #2 singles 6-1, 6-0 over Mason Huff, and Alec Sipes won #3 singles for the Pirates 6-0, 6-1 over Isaac Leezer.  Charlestown’s Aaron Meyer and Chase Wray won #1 doubles 6-3, 6-3 and AJ Walter and Fernando Diaz won #2 doubles 6-1, 6-1.  Next up for the Pirates is the annual New Albany Invitational, Friday and Saturday, August 25th and 26th.

Lady Pirates Drop Non-Conference Match at Madison

Volleyball

The more the Lady Pirate Volleyball (4-3) competed against the home standing Lady Cubs (5-0) of Madison, the more they successful figured out their offense.  Unfortunately, Varsity Volleyball is the best of the first five sets, so Madison ended up defeating Charlestown 0-3.  The Lady Pirates surged during each of the three sets, leading several times but came up short 17-25, 19-25, and 23-25.  “Madison has a good program with several good hitters and blockers.  We could not get an offense going against them.  We have to get better at mixing up our shots if something isn’t working.  We did have pockets of plays where we played really good defense to keep ourselves in the sets.  I thought we played hard and gave good effort, we just have to stay focused and consistent throughout the match”, commented Charlestown Head Coach Tammy Nuxoll.

Senior Kaia Reid led the Lady Pirates in kills with five, while Sophomore Hannah Thibideau added four on the night.  The defense was led by Senior Chrissa Ledbetter, who finished the match with 17 digs.  “We have had a long week with three matches in a row.  We will get some rest and come back ready to play Southwestern on Tuesday”, concluded Coach Nuxoll.

The Charlestown Junior Varsity squad fell to a record of 3-2 after also falling to the Madison JV team 0-2 (12-25, & 7-25).

Lady Pirates Thump Louisville Southern Ten-Nil

Girls Soccer

The Charlestown Lady Pirate girl’s soccer team (1-1) traveled to Southern of Louisville on Wednesday for a non-conference match-up with the Trojans.  The Lady Pirates got it done quick and seemingly painless, scoring ten goals to end the game by halftime; as Southern failed to answer for a 10-0 final.  Charlestown’s Senior Tayte Motsinger led the Lady Pirates with four goals, Jessaca Rawson added three, while Machayla Hawkins, Ilayah Keltner, and Olivia Dieterlen each added a goal respectively.  Motsinger also contributed 3 assists and Keltner contributed 1; as Charlestown logged nineteen totals shot on goal.  “Our passing looked better tonight and we had some great combinations going to goal. I  know that our girls liked the feeling of putting the ball in the back of the net but we still have things we need to improve on.  We will use this moving forward as motivation to continue working toward our goals”, commented Lady Pirate Head Coach Kelsey Rogers.  Charlestown will next face MSC foe Corydon on September 6th, on the road.

Lady Pirates Sweep Creek and Eastern on Links

Girls Golf

The Charlestown Lady Pirate Golf team took to the links Wednesday at Hidden Creek against Mid-Southern Conference foes Silver Creek and Eastern.  The Lady Pirates swept both team, beating Silver Creek for the second time this season 258 to 263. Eastern’s #1 player earned the Medalist honor.

Lady Pirates Kylan Burke and Andrea McCoy shot 63, Lizzie Hill 65, and McKenna Harbin 67.
“I knew it would be close match, last time we met we only won by six shots.  I am proud of the girls who are shooting consistent.  I know they are capable of lower scores, and it will come in time.  They all have made much improvement since July”, commented Lady Pirate head Coach Kim Carroll.

Next match: Tuesday, Aug 29, 4pm at Elk Run. Jeff and New Washington.

Pirate Soccer Hangs Tough with Southern

Boys Soccer

Wednesday evening, the Pirate Soccer team hosted Louisville Southern High School at Dutch Reis Field, falling 2-6 to cap a very busy game week for Charlestown.  “Southern High School is another strong team we had to face for game three of three this week.  They were very skilled to say the least”, commented Pirate Head Coach Christian Martinez.  Bryce Wray scored the first Pirate goal at the 32 minute mark on an assist from Andrew Mattingly, and the second Pirate of the game came at the three minute mark of the second half by Andrew Mattingly.  “Even though we lost our game, the Pirates played from their hearts.  Unfortunately, two of the starter players were unable to play and that left the team with less subs.  That is definitely not what cost us the game, though.  All the boys played the best I have seen so far this season and I am so very happy with the effort and teamwork I have witnessed. I am sure the Pirates are tired after three tough games in a row, and I hope they are able to get good rest over the next few days”, concluded Coach Martinez.

The night ended with the Pirates taking 6 shots, which 2 were on goal with Southern taking 20 shots, with 15 on goal. Pirate Goalie Matt Parrella finished with 9 saves and 6 allowed.

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