Don’t miss your chance this Friday afternoon to pick up your favorite Charlestown Pirate Football T-Shirt or Hoodie to support the football team during their state play-off run. There will be cotton t-shirts for $5.00-$10.00, climate control shirts from $15.00-$20.00, blankets $20.00, spirit towels two for $5.00, black all-weather hooded sweatshirts $40.00, jackets for $30.00, skull caps for $15.00 and ball caps and visors for $5.00-$15.00. Sizes are available from youth small through adult 4X while supplies last.

Pirate Football merchandise will be available from 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM at the corner of Park St and HWY 3 Friday afternoon October 24th.  Sales are being held off school property due to IHSAA rules requiring no spirit item sales on school property during state playoff games. Remember, 100% of all proceeds go directly to supporting the football team during the 2014 State Playoffs.

The Pirates will begin Class 3A Sectional play this Friday by hosting the Corydon Panthers.  Kick-off is scheduled for 7:00 pm in the CHS Bone Yard.  The weather forecast for this Friday looks to be great for football; unlike two weeks ago when the Pirates squeezed out a 13-6 regular season win in the wind and rain at Corydon.  Pack the stands this Friday night and show the Pirates your support during the State Tourney.  For complete Football Sectional information, including tournament pairings, log on to www.PiratePride.BLUE/Football.

The Pirate Football team finished their 2014 regular season on the road in Pekin, versus MSC foe, Eastern High.  Charlestown compiled 546 total yards of offense, 421 of which courtesy of the ground game; compared to the host’s 119 total.  The Pirates jumped out to a 21 point lead after a 5 yard keeper by QB Tristan Chester, and touchdown runs of 41 and 21 yard runs by Antonyo Gaddie.  A Charlestown second quarter fumble set up an Eastern touchdown before  Chester hit Garrett Woods for a 21 yard touchdown reception with ten clicks remaining on the first half clock.  The Pirates got the big play machine rolling in the second half when Gaddie scored on a 58 yard run after Eastern turned the ball over on downs.  The next two Pirate drives consisted of three plays each and were both capped by touchdown runs by Syd Gieseking, pushing the score to 47-7 with 4:11 remaining in the third quarter.  The Charlestown coaching staff began inserting reserves near the end of the third, when Simon Woolridge read an Eastern pass play for a 22 yard pick six interception at the 3:04 mark.  Jarren Anderson added the Pirate’s final score with 2:42 remaining when he broke free to score on a 37 yard run to make the final score 61-7.  The Pirates finish their regular season with a 7-2 record, including 6 -1 mark in the MSC.  Gaddie rushed a game high of 176 yards on 20 carries and three touchdowns, Anderson added 81 ground yards on five rushes and a touchdown, and Gieseking two touchdowns off 75 yards in just four carries.  Tristan Chester finished the night completing 9 of 14 passes for 125 yards; and carried the ball another 62 yards on six times rushes.  Garrett Woods caught four Chester passes for 71 yards, Cameron Hopson caught three for 18 yards, and Eli Daniel caught two totaling 36 yards.  Charlestown will now focus on Sectional play, as they host Corydon (6-3) next Friday in the first round of the state tourney.

The IHSAA conducted its blind draw to determine the Sectional first round match-ups in the annual Indiana HS Football State Tournament Sunday evening.  The Charlestown Pirates, who have played in the Sectional title game in three out of the last four years, will host Corydon to open Class 3A Sectional #30 play on Friday, October 24th.  The remaining Sectional #30 pairing include Mitchell at Brown County, Salem at North Harrison, and Washington at Brownstown.

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Charlestown has gotten the best of Corydon over their eleven football meetings, 9-2 counting Friday nights win; however sometimes the vacuum of outside forces ruins a good rivalry game, like Friday night at Corydon.  The Pirates were penalized eleven times, totaling 125 yards; while Corydon was penalized eight times for 62 yards….but no one had control of the game-especially the officials.  Words wouldn’t justify the impact the officials had upon the “game”…so enough about the ugly-here’s the good and the bad.  Charlestown scored first, on their second drive of the game, when Garrett Woods caught a 37 yard TD pass from QB Tristan Chester to cap a five play 71 yard drive.  Jose Arredondo added the point after to make it a 7-0 advantage, which lasted until 8:34 remaining in the fourth quarter.  Wind driven rain and falling temperatures complicated field footing and the passing offense of both teams.  A bad Corydon fourth quarter punt set the Pirate offense up on the Panther 25 yard line when Chester went to work again, hitting Cameron Hopson for an apparent 25 yard touchdown pass; but it was overruled as Hopson was called down on the three yard line-even though he caught the ball at the two yard line and back stepped into the end zone.  Chester run the ball in for a touchdown on the next play, however the two point conversion attempt failed.  Corydon (5-2 & 4-1 MSC) scored on their next drive, greatly assisted by three unexplained unsportsman-like conduct flags against the Pirates.  “Unexplained” in this situation should be defined as the officials unwilling to explain the penalty circumstances to Charlestown coaches.  The Panthers attempted a two point conversion run, which was snuffed behind the line of scrimmage by the Pirates…..Charlestown 13-Corydon 6 with 4:54 remaining.  The Pirates recovered the Panthers ensuing on-side kick and were able to run the clock out to end the game.  Charlestown finished the game with a balanced 237 total yards of offense (132 on the ground  and 105 in the air); while holding the Panthers to 198 total yards of offense (162 on the ground).  Antonyo Gaddie’s returning (from injury) numbers finalized with 103 yards on 25 carries.  Garrett Woods finished with four catches totaling 64 yards.  The Pirates (6-1 & 5-1 MSC) return home next Friday to host Providence on Senior Night in the Bone Yard.