The Pirate Soccer team played some different looking talent from the State of Kentucky on Thursday night when they faced off against the No. 4 ranked soccer team in the state from Southern High School in Louisville. The Pirates were shut out, 6-0, but showed some competitiveness against a tough defensive team. The Pirates (0-4 overall; 0-1 MSC) will travel to Madison on Tuesday night, and will be back at home next Wednesday night, hosting Scottsburg.
The Pirate Soccer team traveled to Corydon Central High School on Tuesday evening to face off against Corydon Central in their first conference match of the 2015 season. The Pirates fell 3-6 to Corydon Central, but showed more improvement during the match. Trent Wight led the team with two goals, and Sergio Bolanos scored the other goal. The Pirates (0-3 overall; 0-1 MSC) will face off against a highly ranked Kentucky program at Southern High School tomorrow night, Thursday, at home. The match will begin at 5:30pm.
The Charlestown Pirate Soccer team continued their 2015 campaign with a match at home against the Henryville Hornets. The Hornets, led by Head Coach John Harris, started slow against the Pirates. The Pirates put together several good minutes during the first half to take the lead at half. The Pirates, led by senior Trent Wight, showed much improvement during the match and led soon took a 4-2 lead over the Hornets. The Hornets would put together a late surge in the second half to defeat Charlestown 6-5 at Dutch Reis Field. “Senior Trent Wight scores 5 goals in a hard fought loss. Much improvement from first match,” commented Head Coach Brian Wight. The Pirates (0-2 overall; 0-0 MSC) will begin conference play today, on the road against the Corydon Central Panthers. They will begin at 6:00pm.
The Charlestown Pirate Soccer team, led by new Head Coach Brian Wight, opened their 2015 season with a home match against the traveling River City team from Jeffersonville Tuesday night. The Pirates, with an extremely young team with only senior, lost to River City by a score of 0-7. “We are a young team, but we showed signs of success,” commented Head Coach Brian Wight following the defeat. The Pirates (0-1 overall; 0-0 MSC) will be back in action when they host Henryville next Monday. The match against Henryville is scheduled to begin at 6:00pm.
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.
Pirate Nation several fall sports are preparing for Sectional play, and so should you….here the 411 you need to know. Boys Tennis and Girls Golf Sectional play has ended, and unfortunately Charlestown teams did not advance.
Pirate Soccer will be begin Sectional #27 play at Columbus East High School on Wednesday, October 8th versus Scottsburg with a 5:30 pm start.
Lady Pirate Soccer will begin Sectional #27 play at Columbus North High School on Thursday, October 9th (7:00 pm start) versus the winner of tonight’s Scottsburg/Coumbus East winner.
Pirate & Lady Pirate Cross Country will compete in Sectional #28 in Hanover (hosted by Southwestern HS) on Saturday, October 11th beginning at 10:30 am.
Pirate Football will compete in Class 3A Sectional #31 beginning Friday, October 24th. The blind draw for the eight team sectional will be announced on Sunday, October 12th, beginning at 7:00 pm.
Lady Pirate Volleyball will host the Class 3A Sectional #30 beginning on Tuesday, October 21st in the CHS Sports Arena. The blind draw for the eight team sectional will be announced on Monday, October 13th, beginning at 8:00 am.
Complete coverage of Pirate and Lady Pirate post season play can be found on www.PiratePride.BLUE and via the Facebook and Twitter accounts of Charlestown Pirate Pride Sports Broadcasting. GOOD LUCK PIRATES AND LADY PIRATES!