Category Archives: Baseball

Pirates Draw the Dragon Rematch in Sectional Opener

Charlestown Pirate Baseball learned its necessary path to a 2015 Class 3A Sectional 30 title, and that includes an opener versus their rival Dragons.  Sectional 30 will be hosted by North Harrison High School, scheduled for Wednesday, May 27th through Monday, June 1st.  Game #1 pits Silver Creek vs. Charlestown, Game #2 pits Brownstown Central vs. Corydon Central; both games scheduled for Wednesday evening May 27th.  The bottom half of the brackets include a Thursday Game #3 match-up between North Harrison and Madison; and (Game #4) Scottsburg and Salem.  Wednesday’s winners and Thursday’s winners will match-up on Friday evening for the Sectional Semi-Finals.  The Sectional Championship is scheduled for Monday, June 1st at 6:30 pm.  The Pirates dropped the regular season showdown with Silver Creek 4-0, earlier in the month with an uncharacteristic performance at Creek.  All Pirate Baseball Post Season games will be broadcasted live by Pirate Pride Sports at www.CPPSB.com.

Pirates Pounce Lions 13-5, Earn First MSC Title Since 87

The Charlestown Pirate Baseball team improved to 16-5 & 8-1 MSC Monday evening at Salem, handily defeating the host Lions on their Senior Night, 13-5.  The win also gave the Pirate program its third Mid-Southern Conference Baseball Title, and first since 1987.  “I’m very proud of our entire team and coaching staff today.  Our guys have worked extremely hard all year and it’s great to see their hard work pay off”. commented Pirate Head Coach Ricky Romans regarding the win.  Charlestown will celebrate Senior Night festivities Tuesday evening at CHS, hosting Seymour.  The Pirates scored five in the first, three in the second, and three in the seventh….after a couple of runs in between to keep Salem at bay all evening.  Charlestown scored their thirteen runs off fourteen hits and while committing only two errors.  Kelly Rider stayed undefeated on the mound (6-0), getting the win.  Rider also had a solid night from the plate, hitting a home run, and batting in four runs.  Additionally, Ryan Jones finished 2-4, with 2 Runs, Dewey Cardwell finished 2-3, with 2 Runs, and 2 RBI’s, Drew Reich recorded hits 3-5 from the plate, including a double, a triple and two RBI’s.  Senior Jason Houchens also added a double while getting two hits off four trips to the plate.  The win is the Pirates’ 11th out of the last 13 outing.  The Pirates will learn their Sectional draw Tuesday morning, which will be announced by the IHSAA shortly after 10 am Tuesday.  The Sectional pairings will be announced by CPPSB via Twitter as soon as they are announced.  The Pirates will travel to Lanesville Wednesday and will participate in the Benton Central Invitational Saturday.

Rider & Pirates ‘Focused’ in Eliminating Brownstown

The Charlestown Pirate Baseball team (15-5 and 7-1 MSC) moved within one game of their share of the program’s first Mid-Southern Conference Baseball crown since 1987.  The Pirates are currently tied with Silver Creek with one conference game remaining, a Monday showdown at Salem (1-7 MSC).  Thursday night the Pirates eliminated Brownstown (15-7 & 5-3 MSC) from conference contention by defeating the visiting Braves 7-1, behind solid pitching by Kelly Rider.  Rider stayed perfect from the mound (5-0), pitching the complete seven innings, allowing two hits, one run, one walk and four strikeouts.  “I’m very pleased with our effort tonight. We were focused and ready to play after a couple good days of practice. Kelly threw the ball well and we gave him some good run support early that allowed him to settle in”, commented Charlestown Head Coach Ricky Romans after the game.  Colin Martin (.533) led the Pirates from the plate, finishing two for three, including a double and two RBI’s.  Drew Reich also added a double from the plate for the winning cause.  The Pirates scored seven runs off eight hits and committed two errors; Brownstown committed one error.  Saturday, the Pirates will host their Invitational Tournament; slating Charlestown vs Tell City at 11:00 am and Providence vs Mt. Vernon (Posey) at 1:30 pm. The Invitational Consolation Game is scheduled for 4:00 pm and the Championship Game at 6:30 pm.  Follow Charlestown Pirate Pride Sports Broadcasting for Invitational updates via Twitter and full coverage of Monday’s MSC Showdown at Salem; starting at 4:45 pm.

Pirate JV Baseball Wins MSC Championship

11208662_10205453184961314_146029974895266127_nOver the past week, junior varsity baseball teams of the Mid-Southern Conference have been competing to decide a conference champion.  The Pirates played beat Corydon 9-8 in the Semi-Final Round and Clarksville 14-1 in the Championship game Saturday to win the conference honors.  The Pirates are 10-3 and 6-1 MSC, and will be back in action on Tuesday hosting Madison and again on Wednesday hosting Corydon.

Jones Slam Helps Lift Pirate Sluggers Over Columbus East

The Charlestown Pirate Baseball team got the timely situational hits needed to overpower the visiting Class 4A #13 Olympians; and move to 13-5 on the season.  A pair of first inning Pirate errors allowed Columbus East to put base runners in place before their number five batter smacked a home run to jump out to a 3-0 lead.  Two innings later, the Pirates returned the favor.  Senior Jason Houchens started the rally with a double to left field, before Justin Farris singled to right; that set the stage for Ryan Jones, currently batting over .560 on the season.  Jones took full advantage of the opportunity with three run home run over the left center field fence.  Senior Drew Reich kept the rally going by hitting a single before Devon Krueger reached on balls, and Tanner Wesp singled to add two more runs making the score 5-3.  The Olympians tied the score at five in the top of sixth when a single to right field, with bases loaded, plated two.  The Pirates added a run in the bottom of the sixth when Dewey Cardwell slapped a double to left field and Justin Farris drove him home with a triple to right field.  The play provoked CPPSB to name Farris the Coyle Chevy, Buick, GMC and Coyle Nissan Player of the Game.  Dalton Brown got the win on the mound in relief of starter Colin Martin.  Devon Krueger earned a save in relief of Brown in the sixth.  “Good win tonight for our program. We got good pitching tonight, played solid defense after a couple tough plays early and got some timely hits”, commented Head Coach Ricky Romans.  The Pirates are back in action next Tuesday at New Washington before a big MSC showdown hosting Brownstown.

Pirate Baseball Gets a BIG Shut Out of Austin

The Pirate Baseball team kept their MSC hopes alive with a huge 5-0 shut out of Austin in the Pirate Bone Yard Thursday night.  The Pirates (12-5 & 6-1 MSC) scored four runs in the bottom of the first, then their fifth run in the second while enroute to a big MSC contest.  Charlestown scored their five runs off seven hits while avoiding an error. Pirate Kelly Rider (4-0) got the complete game shut out win from the mound’ allowing just three hits, walking one and striking out five.  Austin (11-5 & 4-1 MSC) came into the game ranked #11 in the current 2A IHSBCA poll; while the Class 3A #11 Pirates entered the game 1 1/2 games out of the conference lead.  “Kelly threw a great game tonight and really did a nice job of attacking the hitters and getting ahead in the count. Our defense showed up and played well and we got some runs early to give Kelly some support” commented Coach Romans after the win.  Devon Krueger and Tanner Wesp led the Pirates at the plate, each finishing with a double.  Zach Ramirez finished two for two with an RBI; while Ryan Jones finished one for three.  The Pirates will host Columbus North Friday.

IHSAA Announces New Sectional Alignments for the next Two Seasons

The Indiana High School Athletic Association announced the new sectional alignments for Basketball, Football, Baseball, Softball, Volleyball and Soccer Monday.  The new alignment will be used for the 2015-16 and 2016-17 school year athletic seasons.  Charlestown remains in Class 3A and generally in the same sectionals as currently assigned; with a few new opponents due to school size fluctuation and recent success factors.  The following outline the new and up-coming sectional alignments for the 2015-16 and 2016-17 school years:

Baseball:  #30-Brownstown, Charlestown, Corydon, North Harrison, Salem, Scottsburg, & Silver Creek;

Boys Basketball:  #30-Brownstown, Charlestown, Corydon, North Harrison, Salem, Scottsburg, & Silver Creek;

Girls Basketball:  #30-Brownstown, Charlestown, Corydon, North Harrison, Salem, Scottsburg, & Silver Creek;

Football:  #31-Brown County, Brownstown, Charlestown, Corydon, Heritage Hills, North Harrison, Salem & Southridge;

Softball:  #30-Brownstown, Charlestown, Corydon, North Harrison, Salem, Scottsburg, & Silver Creek;

Boys Soccer:  #28-Charlestown, Corydon, Floyd Central, Jeffersonville, New Albany, & Silver Creek;

Girls Soccer:  #28-Charlestown, Corydon, Floyd Central, Jeffersonville, New Albany, & Silver Creek; and

Volleyball:  #30-Brownstown, Charlestown, Corydon, Providence, Salem, Scottsburg, & Silver Creek.

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