Lady Pirate Basketball Camp Session One Successful

Girls Basketball

Camp 4 (1)The Charlestown Lady Pirates Basketball Coaching Staff just completed their first session of basketball camp, and left feeling very impressed, with the efforts and improved skills of the participants. These young ladies spent a good amount of time working on the basic fundamentals of basketball, while also working within the context of a group. The Lady Pirate program hopes that all of the participants continue to grow as players in the future, and also hope they have a great summer. The camp consisted of players going into grades Kindergarten through 2nd Grade, for the 2015-2016 school year.
Session II of Camp Begins June 1st-4th for students entering 3rd-5th Grade, and Session III begins June 8-10th for students entering 6-8th Grade.  For more information go to www.PiratePride.BLUE/GirlsBasketball or contact Coach Prichard at mprichard@gcs.k12.in.us.

Pirate Sluggers Top Mustangs, Romans Hits 200

Baseball

Pirate Baseball won their seventh consecutive game and improved to 18-5 on the season by dispatching New Washington 19-2 in non-conference play Thursday evening.  Additionally, Head Coach Ricky Romans tallied high school coaching career win number 200 in the process.  The Pirates scored four runs in the first and twelve runs in the second to over-power the visiting Mustangs (9-9); finishing with 15 hits and one error.  Colin Martin (2-2) got the win from the mound for the Pirates; while Brandon Love finished 3-4 from the plate, including a double, three RBI’s and three runs scored.  David Rodriguez finished 4-4 at the plate, including three doubles, a home run, four RBI’s and three runs scored.  “Brandon and David played extremely well tonight and took advantage of their opportunities, which is great to see.  They were ready to play and ready to step up when their number was called”, commented Head Coach Ricky Romans after the win.  The Pirates will now travel to Oxford Indiana on Saturday to compete in the annual Benton Central High School Bison Invitational.  Follow Charlestown Pirate Pride Sports Broadcasting on Twitter for updates and the PiratePride.BLUE website for results.

Pirates Defeat Lanesville, Romans Gets Win 199

Baseball

The Charlestown Pirate Baseball team moved to 17-5 with a 6-1 road victory over Lanesville; while Coach Romans becomes Pirate Baseball’s winningest coach with a record of 199-121.  Austin Smith (6-1) collected the victory from the mound in 5 2/3 innings pitched.  Smith allowed six hits, walked one, allowed only one earned run and struck out five in the win.  Ryan Jones led the Pirates from the plate, finishing 2-3; while scoring two runs and collecting a RBI.  Dewey Cardwell finished 2-4 for at the plate, including a double and two RBI’s.  Lanesville plated a run in the bottom of the first, then the Pirates poured it on in the sixth and seventh innings; scoring two and four runs respectively.  “We did a great job sticking with it tonight after being behind most of the game.  Give credit to Lanesville’s pitcher, he did a nice job keeping us off track early.  As a veteran team though, it was good to see our guys come through with the game on the line,” commented Pirate Head Coach Romans.  The Pirates host New Washington Thursday beginning at 5:30pm.

Lady Pirate Softball Beat Host Henryville 9-6

Softball

LexiLogsdonCharlestown Lady Pirate Softball improved their record to 19-4 on the season, winning their 15th consecutive game while visiting Class 2A #3 Henryville (24-4) Wednesday evening.  No let down for the Lady Pirates, coming off big victories against Jeffersonville on Monday and Salem, Tuesday evening.  Charlestown got on the board immediately when Junior Lexi Logsdon double RBI singled to plate lead off Sophomore Mackenzie Smith and Junior Leah Sherrrill.  Junior Bethany Hall followed that up with an RBI double to score Logsdon and Junior Sarah Willinger reached on an Hornet error that also scored Hall.  Charlestown lead Henryville 4-0 after one inning complete.  The Lady Pirates added two more runs by Sherrill and Logsdon off two more Hornet errors and a Hall RBI single.  Henryville got on the board in the bottom of the second, scoring two runs off a home run shot to left center; then one run in the third to make it 6-3 after three complete.  Junior Carly Price tripled to right field and then was batted in by Logsdon on a sacrifice fly in the top of the fourth; then Junior Sarah Willinger singled and scored in the fifth on a Sophomore Taylor Glover sacrifice shot between third and short.  Henryville scored three runs in the sixth, including another home run; but fell short the remainder as the Lady Pirates scored Willinger again in the top of the seventh to make it 9-6 off Glover and Senior Kaitlynn Henning singles.  The Lady Pirates denied Henryville in the bottom of the seventh, three up-three down.  Excluding the seventh, Sophomore Kendall Cline pitched the entire game for Charlestown.  Bethany Hall finished the game 3 for 4 trips at the plate, including a double and two RBIs; Lexi Logsdon singled and reached on two fielder’s choice plays; but booked three RBIs.  Charlestown will host Southwestern for a Varsity-JV double-header Thursday night then Brown County on Friday evening for Senior Night.  Retiring Head Coach Kevin Zollman will also be honored Friday evening; when all former players and coaches are encouraged to attend for the 6:00 pm first pitch.  The Lady Pirates will begin Sectional play Monday at 5:30 pm versus North Harrison at Salem High School.

Pirate Skipper Romans Nearing Milestones

Baseball

RomansCharlestown Pirate Baseball’s Head Coach Ricky Romans is a stickler for details, and has proven time after time that its the details that take you places in the long run.  Coach Romans took the Charlestown helm in 2004, and a situation where the Pirates hadn’t won more than nine games in each of its prior four seasons.  It took Romans just one season to return the Pirates back to winning form, of which he has steadily improved on ever since.  Romans holds everyone around his program to a higher level than the local average, and its made Pirate Nation a better and highly respected local baseball hub as a result.  Romans pits the Pirates against the toughest competition around for a reason, the details.  The 11th ranked Pirates are in the midst of another successful season, Mid-Southern Conference Champions, and 16-5 record going into tonights (Wednesday) non-conference match-up versus Lanesville.  What the Lanesville game isn’t about, if you ask Coach Romans, is milestones his personal coaching record is on the brink of accomplishing.  Coach Romans will correct you with what his program’s obvious main objectives currently are this season.  Pirate Baseball Head Coach Ricky Romans, in his 12th season at Charlestown, has 198 wins and only 121 losses.  Coach Romans is obviously two wins away from a 200 win coaching milestone at Charlestown; but also one win away from passing former Coach Mike Hall as the winningest Pirate Baseball Coach in Charlestown history.  Good luck to the Pirates as they travel to Lanesville tonight, Saturday as they compete in the Benton Central Invitational, and next week versus New Albany and Sectional #30 play; but also THANK YOU COACH ROMANS for taking care of the details moving the Pirate Baseball program up and ahead of the average.

Lady Pirate Tennis Beat Crawford, in Sectional TONIGHT

Girls Tennis

The Charlestown Lady Pirate Tennis team improved their overall season record to 7-9 Monday when they traveled to Crawford County and muscled a 4-1 win over the Wolfpack.  Monday’s match results are as follows:  Singles #1: Megan Crawford (CHS) defeated Abigail Pierson 6-1, 6-0; Singles #2: Jessica Renn (CHS) defeated Shyanne Cook 6-3, 7-5; Singles #3: Suzannah Fielding (CHS) defeated Isabella Akins 6-0, 6-1; Doubles #1: Emily Barton and Haley Bussey were defeated by Baylie Bean and Morgan Pittman 6-0, 4-6, 3-6; Doubles #2: Sarai Soto and Sidney Goedeker defeated Josie Roser and Alexis Shelton 7-6, 6-3.

The Lady Pirates will travel to Henryville Wednesday evening (TONIGHT) to begin Sectional play versus the Borden Lady Braves at 4:30 pm.  Best of Luck in the Sectional Tournament Lady Pirates!

Lady Pirate Track Relay Team Qualifies for Regional

Track & Field

The Charlestown Lady Pirate Track & Field team competed in Sectionals at Jeffersonville High Tuesday night.  Charlestown finished seven out of twelve schools in team scoring; however produced some additional newsworthy results for Pirate Nation.  The 4 x 800 relay team of Whitney Andrews, Kelsey Lakes, Gabi Gagnon, and Alysha Flaget will advance to next Tuesday’s Track & Field Regional Meet at Bloomington North, after finishing third in the Sectional Final.  The Lady Pirate 4 x 800 team also set another school record in the event with a time of 10:51.90.  Additional noteworthy Charlestown finishes include Jenna Daniel’s 4th place Sectional finish in long jump, and 8th in shot put event; Gabi Gagnon’s 8th place finish in 1600 meter run; Tayte Motsinger 5th place finish in 300 hurdles; Alysha Flaget’s 4th place in the 800 Meter run; and Whitney Andrews’ 5th place Sectional finish in 3200 meter run.  Jenna Daniel, Tayte Motsinger, Alysah Flaget and DeAshia King had finished with personal records in their respective events.  “I am proud of all the girls.  Each girl has improved throughout the season and it showed tonight!!  Our 4×800 relay team has broke the school record 4 times this season”, stated Coach Kim Carroll after the meet.

CONGRATS LADIES ON AN OUTSTANDING NIGHT REPRESENTING PIRATE NATION; AND BEST OF LUCK TO THE LADY PIRATE 4 X 800 RELAY TEAM NEXT TUESDAY AT THE STATE REGIONAL MEET.

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