Pirates Upset #2 Providence to Keep Invitational Crown

Baseball

Unlike last year, the weather cooperated enough to hold the Pirate Baseball 2016 Charlestown Invitational this past Saturday.  The Pirates matched up with Booneville (9-8) in game one Saturday, topping the Pioneers from southwestern Indiana 7-5.  Austin Smith got the win from the mound while Dewey Cardwell and Tanner Wesp finished 2 for 3 at the plate and Brandon Love 2-4 with two RBI’s.  The win earned the Pirates a slot in the Invitational Championship Game Saturday evening against a more familiar Pioneer team from Providence; whom routed Lebanon 13-1 in the other first round contest Saturday.  Booneville defeated Lebanon in the consolation game for third place.

Providence came into Saturday’s Charlestown Invitational Championship game ranked #2 in Class 2A, and with a record of 19-2.  The Pirates took the challenge head on, playing good defense in holding the Pioneers to one first inning run off game four hits.  Kelly Rider got the win from the mound for Charlestown, pitching seven innings, and retiring eight Pioneer batters.  Tanner Wesp finished the game 1 for 3 at the plate including a double, and Zach Ramirez finished 1 for 2 with a triple.  Charlestown improved its record to 10-14 on the season with the 2-1 upset victory over Providence.  “I’m very pleased with our effort today and thought the guys came out ready to play. The invitational is always important to us and is a great preparation for postseason play so it’s nice to get a couple of quality wins against real good competition.”, commented Head Pirate Coach Ricky Romans.  Pirates Brandon Love, Kelly Rider, and Tanner Wesp where all named to the All Invitational team.

Charlestown will host Salem Monday (May 16th) while also recognizing the 11-12 Charlestown Little League team prior to the 5:30 pm first pitch; as well as SENIOR DAY ceremonies after the game.

Pirate Softball Tops Crothersville & Lanesville Saturday

Softball
The Charlestown Lady Pirate Softball team hosted Austin, Crothersville and Lanesville Saturday in their annual Charlestown Invitational at the Charlestown High School.  Charlestown met up with Crothersville in the first round of the invitational, dispatching them quickly in five innings jumping out to a 12-1 advantage after two innings.  Carly Price got the win from the circle, pitching four innings, allowing two hits and striking out six.  Leah Sherrill led the Lady Pirates from the plate, finishing 3-4, including a triple and three RBIs.  Sherrill also recorded four stolen bases.  Brooke Adams finished 3-3 at the plate, including 2 RBIs, Sarah Willinger went 2-3 with 2 RBIs; while Lexi Logsdon finished 2-3 and stole three bases.  Charlestown scored 16 runs off 16 hits to defeat Crothersville 16-1 and advance to the Invitational Championship Game versus Lanesville.  Lanesville defeated Austin in their first round game.
The dominate Lady Pirate play continued in the Championship game versus Lanesville, as they shut out the Lady Eagles 10-0 in five.  Pitcher Carly Price (14-3) recorded the win from the circle (5IP, 2H, 6K, 1BB).  Kendall Cline went 2-2 from the plate, including a double and a triple.  Leah Sherrill finished 2-3 from the plate, including a triple and three RBI’s; while Bethany Hall also went 2-3, with a double and two runs scored.
Charlestown will close out Mid-Southern Conference play at Eastern Monday and at North Harrison on Tuesday; as they are one win from clinching at least a share of repeating as MSC Softball champions.

CHS Track & Field Competes in MSC Meet

Track & Field

The Charlestown HS Boys Track and Field team waited an extra day to get to make the trip to Corydon Central to compete in the MSC championship meet.  Taking a team of 10, the Pirates were able to come up with a 4th place finish. Many great efforts and some PR’s set again has us excited about Sectional next week at Jeffersonville.  Notable finishes last night include:

2nd place: 4 x100 relay team of Brenden Lawler, Mitch Wurtsmith, Andrew Shaw & Trey Woodward; 4 x 400 relay team of Woodard, Amado Gomez, Steven Delany, Shaw (PR of 3:42); 100 M Dash – Woodward (PR of 11.4); 110 HH – Delaney; 300 Hurdles- Delaney (PR of 42.29);

3rd place: 300 Hurdles – Wurtsmith (PR of 42.74); 200 M Dash- Woodward; Long Jump- Lawler; Shot Put – Luke Finchum.

4th place: High Jump – Shaw

Teh Girsl Track and Field team finished seventh this week at the MSC Championship meet; with a notable finish by DeAsia King in the discus event.  King improved her personal record from 81′ to 98′ 3/4.

Lady Pirate Softball Draws Scottsburg to Begin Sectional Play

Softball

Charlestown Lady Pirate Softball will play Scottsburg in the opening round of Sectional #30 play, hosted at Corydon High School.  The Lady Pirates will face off with Scottsburg in Tuesday’s (May 24th) second game at approximately 7:30 pm; but following the Salem- and Corydon Central contest to complete the lower half of the play off bracket. The upper half of the Class 3A Sectional #30 match-ups include Brownstown versus North Harrison (Monday night) with the winner facing Silver Creek, who received the bye, in Wednesday’s first semi-final game.  The winners of Salem-Corydon and Charlestown-Scottsburg will meet in Wednesday’s second semi-final contest; with the championship game scheduled for Thursday night, May 26th, at 6:00 pm.  All Sectional #30 games will be played at Corydon Central High School; and all Charlestown Softball 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 Pirate Softball Stays Perfect in MSC at Salem

Softball

Two runs was all it took Wednesday evening as the Charlestown Lady Pirate Softball team disappointed home standing Salem’s (6-2 MSC) attempt to stay in the hunt of this year’s MSC Softball Conference race.  Neither team recorded an error, Charlestown (14-4 & 7-0 MSC) earned their two runs off six hits while 3A #13 Salem was held scoreless with five hits.  Scoreless after five complete, the Lady Pirates scored a run each of the sixth and seventh innings when Bethany Hall singled to score Mackenzie Smith and Brooke Adams added a solo home run.  Carly Price pitched the complete shut out win, striking out three and walking two.  With two conference games remaining, at Eastern (1-7 MSC) Thursday, and at North Harrison (6-1 MSC) next Tuesday; Charlestown can clinch at least a share of defending their 2015 Mid-Southern Conference softball title with a win in Pekin.  North Harrison’s sole conference loss to date was at the hands of Silver Creek.

Lady Pirate Doubles Play Spoils Musketeer Visit

Girls Tennis

The Lady Pirate Tennis team hosted MSC foe Eastern Wednesday evening at the Charlestown High School.  The Lady Pirate Doubles teams swept the visitors to help secure the 3-2 conference victory.  Megan Crawford won #2 singles 6-1, 6-0 over Ashley Albertson; while Suzannah Fielding and Haley Bussey won #1 doubles and Hannah Bussey and Maddie Nuxoll won #2 doubles.  Charlestown improves to 7-4 (5-3 MSC) on the season, with sectionals quickly approaching.  The Lady Pirates will finish conference play Thursday at Corydon; and plan to make up a couple of rain out contests prior to upcoming sectional play.

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