The Charlestown Lady Pirate Softball team traveled to Austin for an important conference clash with the Lady Eagles.  Charlestown (9-4 & 3-2 MSC) jumped out to a 6-0 lead after the first two innings; highlighted by a Mackenize Smith solo in the park home run.  Austin added two runs in the fourth, before Charlestown put the game away with a seven run sixth inning before winning 15-2.  Charlestown played twenty-one players during the game.  Junior pitcher Carly Price got the win from the circle, allowing only two hits, and retiring ten batters.  Smith finished 2 for 3 at the plate (including a double and a triple) with two runs, Leah Sherrill went 2 for 4, and Kaitlynn Henning finished 2 for 3 with a double.  The Lady Pirates are back in action Tuesday at Corydon, in an extremely important MSC game; which will be broadcasted by Pirate Pride Sports Broadcasting beginning at 5:00 pm.

The Charlestown Lady Pirate Softball team stepped out of conference play Monday evening; traveling to Seymour to challenge the Lady Owls.  The Lady Pirates (8-4) started slow, allowing Seymour to plate two runs in the bottom of the first.  Charlestown answered in the third, also scoring two and tying the hosts until the top of the fourth.  Brooke Adams, Kaitlynn Henning, Carly Price, Bethany Hall, and Kendall Cline all singled in the fourth to push their lead to 6-2.  Seymour answered with one run in the sixth before Charlestown plated two more runs in the top of the seven on four additional hits.  Carly Price pitched the complete game and got the win from the circle; as the Lady Pirates topped Seymour 8-3.  Price allowed only five hits and three earned runs, along with striking out three.  Leah Sherrill finished the game 3 of 4 from the plate, including a triple and two RBI’s; earning her the Coyle Chevy, GMC, Buick and Choyle Nissan Player of the Game.  Carly Price finished two of four with two RBIs, while Mackenzie Smith also finished two for four.  “I thought we started slow, but our defense really gave us chances as the game continued.  There’s alot of softball still to be played”, commented Heach Coach Kevin Zollman.  Seymour fell to 6-4, however have chalked up wins against Bedford-North Lawrence, Jeffersonville, Columbus North, and Colmbus East.  The Charlestown Junior Varsity team also got the win in the night-cap, defeating Seymour 10-8.  Lady Pirate Softball is back in action Thursday at Austin.

The Charlestown Lady Pirate Softball team has had success with the non-conference Louisville programs it has played this year.  After dropping their season opener versus Holy Cross, Charlestown has since defeated Louisville Eastern, Fern Creek and now Pleasure Ridge Park (PRP) twice.  The Lady Pirates rallied in the sixth to beat PRP 4-3 in Friday evening’s game one of a double-header; then held on to win the second game 8-7 and improve to 7-4 on the season.  The Lady Pirates will travel to Seymour (6-2) on Monday.

Kaitlynn Henning got Charlestown on the board in the second inning of game #1 with an RBI single that plated Brooke Adams and tied the game at one all.  The Panthers added two runs in the third to take a 3-1 lead until the bottom of the sixth; when Kendall Cline got the rally started with a lead off triple.  PRP walked the next Lady Pirate batter, Erin Kimbrell, before Brooke Adams doubled to score Cline and Kimbrell and tie the score at three.  Leah Sherrill, with two away, got her only hit of the game on an RBI single to plate Mackenzie Smith for the winning run after holding PRP at bay in the top of the seventh.  Carly Price got the win, striking out three Panther batters.

Charlestown jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the bottom of the second of game #2.  The Lady Pirates loaded the bases after Cline got a lead off single, Adams reached after being hit by a pitch, and Henning was walked.  Smith, Sherrill and Price each singled to plate all five runs.  PRP answered, scoring four runs of their own in the top of the third, for a 5-4 game.  Charlestown pushed the score to 7-4 in the bottom of the fourth when Bethany Hall doubled to score Sherrill and Price.  PRP answered again, plating three runs in the top of the sixth to tie the score at seven.  After holding PRP in the top of the seventh, Lexi Logsdon, the winning run, reached base on balls when leading off in the bottom of the seventh.  Logsdon was then plated for the win when Hall followed with a single and Kendall Cline hit a RBI walk-off double to end the game with a final score of 8-7.  Leah Sherrill had another big game at the plate, finishing 3 for 4; while Mackenzie Smith, Bethany Hall, and Kendall Cline all finished 2 for 4.  Cline started in the circle before Price got the save in relief of Cline in the fourth.