Lady Pirates Continue Hot Streak, Advance to Title Game

Softball

The Charlestown Lady Pirates Softball team (21-5 overall; 9-0 MSC) continued their hot streak on Wednesday night by defeating Sectional foe, conference foe, and defending sectional champion Salem Lady Lions by the score of 6-0. The Lady Pirates scored early, taking a 2-0 lead after one complete and behind a shutdown pitching performance by Senior Carly Price, the Lady Lions could not recover. The Lady Pirates, scoring two in the first and four in the fifth, were led by Lexi Logsdon, who went 2 for 3 with 3 RBIs for the second straight night. Senior Carly Price, while only allowing 6 hits, shutdown the Lady Lion offensive while striking out 11. Other offensive hot hitters include Pitcher Carly Price who had two hits, and Senior Bethany Hall who went two for three with 3 RBIs and great defensive work at third base. Tonight’s broadcast team named Price and Logsdon Coyle Chevy co-players of the game for their contributions in the semi-final win. The Lady Pirates will advance to face rival Silver Creek tomorrow night, Thursday, in the 2016 IHSAA Sectional 30 Championship Game, which will begin at 6:00pm. The game will be held at Corydon Central High School and will be broadcasted live on Charlestown Pirate Pride Sports Broadcasting with Chuck Ledbetter, Logan Johnson and Bryan Glover on the call. If you absolutely cannot make it to Corydon tomorrow night, make sure you tune in and cheer on the Lady Pirates to a sectional crown!

Softball Handles Scottsburg in Sectional Opener

Softball

The Charlestown Lady Pirate Softball team and Scottsburg Warriorettes opened Class 3A Sectional play Tuesday night at Corydon.  The Lady Pirates and Warriorettes, being familiar conference foes; played a close regular season game in April to a 8-7 Charlestown victory.  The only question to be answered Tuesday evening in their Sectional match-up was, which team had improved since their regular season meeting.  Charlestown (20-5) got on the scoreboard in the top of the first, when Lexi Logsdon singled along third base line to score Leah Sherrill from third.  After a scoreless second, Charlestown opened things up, scoring three runs in the top of the third to take a 4-0 lead.  Lexi Logsdon smacked a two out-two RBI triple to score Sherrill and Taylor Glover after back-to-back singles by Sherrill and Price.  Bethany Hall then singled to score Logsdon.  The Lady Pirates struck again in the fifth, scoring three additional runs to increase the lead to 7-0.  Kendall Cline tripled to center, scoring Glover and Makenzie Byrnes (courtesy runners after a single each by Price and Hall).  Sarah Willinger then scored Cline with a sacrifice infield grounder.  Charlestown collected 13 hits and one error, to win the game 7-1; advancing to Wednesday’s second semi-final versus Salem.  Carly Price was named the Coyle Chevy, Buick, GMC and Coyle Nissan Player of the Game; after finishing 3 for 4 at the plate, and pitching the win with four strikeouts and two walks.

Lady Pirates Finish Regular Season with Win

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The Charlestown Lady Pirate Softball team ended their regular season, 19 wins and 5 losses, with a win over the Brown County Lady Eagles on the road Friday evening.
The Lady Pirates did all their damage in the first inning with junior Mackenzie Smith doubling to right center field to lead off the game.  Senior Leah Sherrill then laced a single down the right field line moving Smith to third.  A errant throw back to first, to catch Sherrill off the bag, allowed Smith to score and Sherrill to advance to third.  Sherrill then scored on an RBI ground out from senior Lexi Logsdon.  Charlestown defeated Brown County 2-0.
Junior Kendall Cline controlled everything on the mound for the Lady Pirates.  Cline gave up only one hit, a infield single in the seventh inning, walked two and struck out 4 in the complete game shut out.  Sophomore Taylor Glover collected the only other hits by the Lady Pirates going 2-3 on the night.
The Lady Pirates will now focus on Class 3A Sectional #30 play at Corydon next week.  Charlestown will begin their sectional play against Scottsburg, a team they basically squeaked past 8-7 back on April 14th.  First pitch against the Warriorettes is scheduled for Tuesday, May 24th at approximately 7:30 pm.  If you absolutely can’t make it to the game, you can listen to full coverage of Lady Pirate Softball Sectional play by Pirate Pride Sports Broadcasting at www.CPPSB.com or using their free CPPSB mobile app for your phone or tablet.

Pirate Track Finishes 4th at Sectional

Track & Field

The Charlestown Pirate Track team competed Thursday evening in the Jeffersonville Track & Field Sectional; and placing 4th overall out of 12 teams.  Charlestown finished ahead of Henryville, Madison, Southwestern, Rock Creek, Switzerland County, Austin, Shawe and New Washington.  The Pirates finished behind Silver Creek, Jeffersonville and Scottsburg (by 13 points).  The following Pirates are moving on to regional meet next Thursday at Bloomington North High School:  Trey Woodward in the 100M dash; Luke Finchum in the Shot Put (2nd place and a personal best of 47’10” at Sectional); Steven Delaney in the 110m High Hurdles (3rd place and a personal best time of 15.85 sec. at Sectional); Andrew Shaw in the High Jump; and the 4×100 Relay team of  Brenden Lawler, Mitch Wurtsmith, Andrew Shaw, & Trey Woodward.  The 4×100 team finished in 2nd place with a personal best time of 44.76 sec. at Thursday’s Sectional.  The following 4th place  Sectional finishers that may still qualify for the regional meet are:  Lawler- Long Jump, Woodward- 200M dash, Delaney- 300 M hurdles,  and Wurtsmith – 110 HH.  Congratulations on an outstanding Sectional Meet Pirates, good luck at next week’s Regional Meet.

Daniel & Motsinger Advance to Track Regional

Track & Field

The Charlestown Lady Pirate Track & Field team made the short trip to Jeffersonville High School this week to compete in the mostly rainy Sectional meet.  Two Lady Pirates, Jenna Daniel and Tayte Motsinger, qualified in Sectional events to advance to next Tuesday’s Regional Meet at Bloomington North HS.  Jenna placed second in the Long Jump event with a personal best of 15’9.75”, and Tayte Motsinger finished second in the 100 meter Hurdles, making the Regional cut.  Tayte also finished 6th in 300 meter Hurdles.  Additional Charlestown Sectional results of note include:

Ilanyah Keltner finished 7th in 100M; 4x100M Relay finished 5th with Molly Braunecker, Ilanyah Keltner, Cheyenne Hawk, Jenna Daniel; 4x400M Relay finished 6th with Molly Braunecker, Alexis Gurr, Tayte Motsinger, Gabi Gagnon; and DeAsia King finished 6th in Discus.

“Despite the continuous rain all night, the girls did well.  I am proud of the effort, and hard work each girl put into the season.  Every girl improved their personal records throughout the season, we continued to improve individually and as a team.  Jenna and Tayte did an excellent job in their in events” commented Lady Pirate Head Coach Kim Carroll.

Pirate Baseball Draws Corydon in Sectional

Baseball

Charlestown Pirate Baseball will play Corydon in the opening round of Sectional #30 play, hosted at North Harrison High School.  The Pirates will face off with Corydon in Thursday’s (May 26th) first game, tentatively scheduled for a 6:00 pm first pitch.  The remainder of the Sectional #30 match-ups include Brownstown v. Salem in Wednesday’s game one, winner of that game gets Scottsburg in Monday’s upper bracket semi-final.  North Harrison drew Silver Creek in Thursday’s second game.  The winners of the Charlestown-Corydon and North Harrison-Silver Creek games will meet in Monday’s (May 30th) second semi-final contest; with the championship game scheduled for Monday night, at 6:00 pm.  All Sectional #30 games will be played at North Harrison High School; and all Charlestown Baseball Sectional games are scheduled to be broadcasted live by Pirate Pride Sports Broadcasting at www.CPPSB.com or using the free CPPSB mobile app.

Lady Pirates Beat Eastern/Repeat as MSC Softball Champs

Softball
Monday evening the Charlestown Lady Pirate Softball team improved not only their 2016 season and MSC records with a 15-0 thrashing of Eastern (17-4 & 8-0 MSC); they also clinched at least a share of a second straight Mid-Southern Conference Softball Championship.  The Lady Pirates are scheduled to finish MSC play Tuesday evening at North Harrison (weather permitting), and could win the conference title outright with a victory over the Lady Cats; otherwise a loss would develop a possible three-way tie for this years Softball title with Silver Creek and North Harrison.
Monday evening Charlestown scored runs early and often, especially seven runs in the top of the sixth to beat the home standing Lady Musketeers soundly 15-0.  Carly Price (15-3) got the win from the circle, pitching six complete shut out innings, allowing just three hits, and striking out five batters.  Morgan Eldridge had a big game at the plate, finishing a perfect 3 for 3 from the plate, including a double, an RBI and three runs scored.  Leah Sherrill finished three for four at the plate, with an RBI and two runs scored; while Lexi Logsdon finished 2 for 4 with two RBI’s and three runs scored.
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