Track & Field Dominate in Opener

Track & Field

Pirate and Lady Pirate Track & Field hosted New Washington and Rock Creek Tuesday evening in their season opener.  The Lady Pirates scored 131 to win the girls meet over Rock Creek’s 33 and New Washington’s 28.  The Lady Pirates won the shot put (Daniel), long jump (Conway & Keltner), discus (King), 4×800 relay, 100m Hurdles (Abel), 400m dash (Wight), 800m run (Mitchell) and the 4x400m relay.

The Pirates nearly swept all events (except two) finishing with 101 points to New Washington’s 20 and Rock Creek’s 20.  The Pirates won the shot put (Finchum), long jump (Lawler), discus (Braunecker), 4×800 relay, 100m hurdles (Delaney), 100m dash (Woodward), 1600m run (McCoy), 4x100m relay, 300m hurdles (Delaney), 800m run (Morrow), 200m dash (Woodward), 3200m run (McCoy), and 4x400m relay.

“We had a great first meet against New Washington and Rock.  We had many personal records set in our first meet of the season!  I am excited about the season, and very happy with the direction in which the Pirate and Lady Pirates track team is headed”, commented Coach Jerry Doyle.

Track & Field is back in action Thursday at Salem versus Clarksville and Salem.

Lady Pirates Top Brownstown in Opener

Girls Tennis

The Charlestown Lady Pirate Tennis team got their season kicked off right Tuesday evening, hosting Mid-Southern Conference Arch-Rival Brownstown; and taking the 3-2 victory.  Samantha Matthews defeated Laken Reynolds 6-4, 6-3 in #1 singles, Sidney Goedeker dominated Claudia Sibrel 6-0, 6-0 in #2 singles, and Maddie Nuxoll also dominated her opponent, Bridget Hall 6-1, 6-0 to finish the Lady Pirate sweep of singles play.  In #1 doubles, Hannah Bussey and Lizzy Hill fell in a hard fought battle to Rachel Atkins and Olivia Hockman 5-7, 7-5 & 6-4; while Carly Braun and Riley Roberts narrowly defeated Brenley Berger and Erin Kimbrell 4-6, 7-5, 6-2.  The Lady Pirates return to action Thursday hosting North Harrison at 4:30 pm.

Pirate Golf Opened Season Tuesday

Boys Golf

The Charlestown High School boys golf team teed off their 2017 season Tuesday evening at Hidden Creek against North Harrison and Christian Academy.  The Pirates’ only two returning players brought in the low scores for the team; specifically Sophomore Brian Hodges, who fired a team low 48, and Sophomore Matt Carr, not far behind with a 51. Freshmen Ty Crump and Caden Doty, both playing in their first ever matches, shot a 56 and 59 respectively to give the team a combined score of 214 to North Harrison’s 173 and Christian Academy 184. The team will travel to Wooded View this afternoon to face off against Clarksville and Jeffersonville.

Smith named CJ Athlete of the Week

Softball

On Tuesday, the Courier Journal announced that Charlestown Softball player Mackenzie Smith had been named as their recipient of the Courier Journal Athlete of the Week presented by Norton Sports Health. Mackenzie led the Lady Pirates to a win in their season opener against New Washington on March 22nd, going 4 for 4 with three RBIs and scoring three runs in their 12-0 win over the Lady Mustangs. You can watch her interview with the Courier Journal at http://usatodayhss.com/2017/cj-athlete-of-the-week-mackenzie-smith. Congratulations to Mackenzie!

IHSAA Announces Classifications for 2017 through 2018

Athletic Department

The Indiana High School Athletic Association has announced the new classifications for IHSAA member schools in six team sports for the next two school years, including 2017‐18 and 2018‐19.  Please note the classifications for baseball and softball will be released in coming days.  Please note that Tournament Success Factor points will still be accumulated in baseball and softball this spring and any necessary updated versions in those sports will be released in the days following the end of those respective state tournaments.  The enrollment figures, the total of boys and girls in grades 9‐12, were submitted by the schools to the Indiana Department of Education last fall and are used to determine the classifications in the sports of baseball, boys and girls basketball, football, boys and girls soccer, softball and volleyball.  Sectional groupings for each sport will be announced in early May following approval of the IHSAA Executive Committee.  Use the following link to view the classifications released by the IHSAA thus far:

http://www.ihsaa.org/Portals/0/ihsaa/documents/news%20media/2016-17/032917.pdf

Knoebel to Work Out and Play in All-Star Game

Boys Basketball

Congratulations to Pirate Basketball Senior Jordon Knoebel; who has been invited to and excepted placement into the Hoosier Basketball magazines’ top 60 seniors work out. The Top 60 Work Out will be held on April 2nd at Beech Grove High School; before traveling down to Bloomington at approximately 1:00 pm to represent Charlestown in the Hoosier Basketball Coaches Association’s All-Star game. The All-Star game will begin at 5:00 pm at Bloomington North High School; again congratulations and best of luck on April 2nd.

Miles Matthews Signs with Cumberlands to Play Tennis

Boys Tennis

MilesSigningCharlestown High School Pirate Senior standout Miles Matthews recently gathered with family and school officials to official sign his intent to attend and play college tennis at the University of the Cumberlands in southern Kentucky.  Matthews, after his Senior season, was named to the 2016 Senior All-Star team, representing the Southeast Section of Indiana; as well as to the 2016 All-District 8 Singles team.  Miles led the Pirates in #1 singles play all season, in helping the team finish 13-4 during both his Junior and Senior seasons.  Miles has compiled a career singles record of 55-31, including finishing 17-6 his Senior season.  Joining Miles for his signing, were his parents Scott and Candice Matthews as well as Jeff and Paige Barrett, sisters Samantha and Sloane, Charlestown HS Athletic Director Chad Gilbert, and Cumberlands Head Tennis Coach Chin Tan.  Coach Tan commented that Miles is a very good student athlete, “just like what the University looks for”; and was impressed by the initiative Miles showed when making a recent visit and working out with the program.  Miles plans to major in business and pre-law while attending the University of the Cumberlands; and learned of the advantages of their tennis program from talking with area coaches.  Miles gives the following advice to up coming student athletes wanting to play sports at the next level:  “Work hard, push through obstacles, never give up on your goals; and work just as hard in the classroom as on the court or field.”  Congratulations to Senior Pirate for Life Miles Matthews, Charlestown’s newest college bound student athlete.

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