Lady Pirates Top Eastern 4-1

Girls Tennis

The Charlestown Lady Pirate Tennis team improved their record to 5-3 and 4-3 in MSC when traveling to Eastern Monday and topping the Musketeers 4-1 in conference play. Other than Eastern stealing #1 singles play against Samantha Matthews  3-6, 6-1, 6-0; the Lady Pirates won #2 singles play as Sidney Goedeker defeated Jenna Chastain 7-6 (2), 6-2; and Maddie Nuxoll defeated Carley England 6-0, 6-1.  Charlestown’s Hannah Bussey & Lizzie Hill won by default in #1 doubles, and Brenley Berger & Erin Kimbrell defeated Eastern’s Morgan Farris/Rachel Applegate (6-0, 6-0) to take #2 doubles.  Charlestown is next in action Tuesday, April 25th at home versus CAI.

Pirate Basketball Announces Elementary Skills Academy

Boys Basketball

Charlestown Pirate Basketball Head Coach Jason Connell has announced plans to host an elementary Boys Basketball Skills Academy in the CHS Sports Arena beginning Monday, May 8th  and running through Thursday, May 11th from 3:45-5:00 pm.  The academy will be designed for boys of current grades 1st through 5th, at a cost of $30 per participant, including a t-shirt.  The skills academy will focus on the offensive and defensive fundamentals of the game.  The skills academy is something the staff and our players look forward to every year.

JJ Students-There will be a bus that will bring the kids over to the high school.

PR Students-One of our high school coaches will be at the school at the end of the day to bring the students over to the high school.

Download and print an Academy Brochure and Registration form by clicking HERE.  If you have any questions feel free to contact Coach Connell at jconnell@gccschools.com.

Pirate Sluggers Top North Harrison 5-2

Baseball

Excellent defense got it done Monday evening as the Pirate Baseball team surprised host North Harrison 5-2 in conference play.  Charlestown (5-6 & 2-1 MSC) logged no errors while scoring five off eight hits.  North Harrison (2-6 & 1-2 MSC) committed two errors and earned their runs off two hits.  Drew Fifer (2-1) got the win from the mound, retiring four and walking only two batters in seven innings of pitching.  The Pirates jumped out to a two nothing lead after three, then added three big runs in the fourth….combined with solid defense to stymie the Cougars the remainder.  Fifer also finished the game 2-4 from the plate, including two RBIs while Garrett Burke finished 2-3 from the plate and adding an RBI.  “I’m very proud of our guys effort tonight.  After a tough few days to end last week, they came out ready to play and did a nice job.  Drew pitched very well, our defense was excellent and we got some key hits tonight as well.  Great way for our young guys to bounce back”, commented Pirate Head Coach Ricky Romans.  The Pirates are back in action Thursday when hosting Scottsburg at 5:00 pm.

Pirate Golf Falls to Warriors

Boys Golf

The Charlestown HS Pirate Golf team matched up against Christian Academy (172) Monday night at Hidden Creek, shooting a team score of 215.  Brian Hodges played his best round of the season with a team low 45.   Matt Carr also finished in the 40s with a 49.  Brian Wolter shot a 59 and Ty Crump carded a 62 to complete the team’s scoring. The team will be in action again tonight as they travel to Hanover to face New Washington and Silver Creek.

Smith Signs to Play Softball at Hanover College

Softball

SmithSigningRecently Charlestown Lady Pirate Softball Senior Mackenzie Smith gathered with family, friends and coaches to sign a letter of intent to play softball and attend Hanover College next school year.  During the past two seasons, Mackenzie has maintained a .505 batting average, logged 55 hits, 16 RBI’s and 47 runs for Charlestown Lady Pirate Softball.  Seated in the photo with Mackenzie are Assistant Coach Jeff Webster, her parents Lady Pirate Head Coach John Smith and Marci Smith, and Charlestown HS Athletic Director Chad Gilbert.  Mackenzie was also joined by three of her travel play coaches, standing from left to right Paige Dickey (holding Emery Lieberman), Dennie Jenkins, and Chelsea Jordan.  Mackenzie plans to major in accounting at Hanover and was attracted to the college because of its location, being close to home and its size.  When asked for advice for others wanting to play sports in college, Mackenzie commented the “putting in the work goes a long way and having confidence along the way, and not letting adversity get in the way.  Congratulations to Mackenzie Smith and best of luck at Softball at the next level.

Lady Pirate Softball Dominates Scottsburg 11-2

Softball
The Charlestown Lady Pirates traveled to Scottsburg (2-6) Thursday evening for an important MSC matchup with the Warriorettes.  Hot pitching by Kendall Cline and hot hitting by half the team allowed the Lady Pirates to dominate host Scottsburg to a 11-2 final.  Charlestown scored their 11 runs off 14 hits, committing only two errors; including jumping out to a 7 run lead after three innings.  Charlestown improved their record to 3-3 and 1-1 MSC play; as Cline got the win from the circle, pitching seven complete innings, striking out ten, walking one and allowing one earned run.  Lady Pirate Lexi Eblen led Charlestown offensively, going 3-4 from the plate, including two RBIs.  Charlestown’s Shirlee Hayes finished 2-4 from the plate, including a double, three RBIs and three runs.  Taylor Glover added another RBI for Charlestown while finishing 2-3 from the plate.  Charlestown returns to action Monday at New Albany.

Track & Field Finish 1st and 2nd at Providence

Track & Field

Charlestown Pirate and Lady Pirate Track & Field traveled to Clarksville Wednesday evening to participate in the annual Providence Invitational.

The Lady Pirates won the girls competition, finishing 83.5 points and better than Providence (71.5), Rock Creek (44), and Henryville (22).  Top Lady Pirate finishers included:  Jenna Daniel (1st in shot put and 2nd long jump); DeAsia King (1st discus and 2nd shot put); Carley Conway (1st long jump, and 2nd 1600M and 3200M Relays); Alexis Gurr (2nd 1600M, and 1600 Relay); Kelsey Lakes (2nd in 3200M Relay); Molly Brauneker (2nd in 3200M and 1600M Relays); Katie Rhodes (2nd in 3200M, and 3200M Relay); Tatye Motsinger (2nd in 100M and 300M Hurdles); Sara Abell (2nd in High Jump); and Mackenzie Byrnes (2nd in 200M run).  “Our field event people won 3 of 5 events, and took top 3 spots in long jump.  They did an excellent job placing in those events.  I am proud of everyone’s performance, this is a first the girls have won the Providence 4 way meet”, commented Girls Head Coach Kim Carroll.

The Pirates finished 2nd in the boys competition, only 9 points out of first with Providence, Rock Creek and Henryville.  Top Pirate finishers included:  Steven Delaney (1st in 300m hurdles, 1st in 1600m relay, and 2nd in 110m hurdles); Brenden Lawler (1st in Long Jump and 400m relay); Luke Finchum (1st in Shot Put); Mitch Wurtsmith (1st in 400m relay); Charles Dickens (1st in 400m relay); Trey Woodward (1st in 400m relay and 2nd in 100m dash); Drashaun Morrow (1st in 1600m relay, 2nd in 400m dash, and 2nd in 3200m run); Bo Braunecker (1st in 1600m relay); Josh McCoy (2nd in two mile run, and 2nd in 3200m relay); Zack Bower (2nd in 3200m relay); and Logan Gurr (2nd in 3200m relay).  “Another great showing by our Pirate Track and Field!  It’s great to see steady improvement as this was only our 3rd meet. With back to back meets, and 3 in a row for our 4X1, and Steven in the 110 hurdles, we rested some people in certain events. So only being 9 points out of first place, I am very pleased with our performance!”, commented Boys Head Coach Jerry Doyle.

Track and Field will be in action again on Friday, April 14th at the Silver Creek Invitational.

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