Lady Pirate Tennis Defeats Silver Creek 3-2

Girls Tennis

The Charlestown Lady Pirate Tennis team improved their record to 2-1 Tuesday evening by defeating arch-rival Silver Creek 3-2 on the road.  Charlestown was garnered their three wins in #2 singles, #3 singles and #2 doubles.  Ashley Less (SC) defeated Samantha Matthews (CT) 6-1, 7-5 in #1 singles.  Megan Crawford (CT) defeated Meghan Voight (SC) 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 in #2 singles.  Sidney Goedeker (CT) defeated Alexis Boone (SC) 3-6, 7-6, 6-4 in #3 singles.  Elaine Slavik & Morgan Bobo (SC) defeated Suzannah Fielding & Haley Bussey (CT) 6-2, 6-1 in #1 doubles; and Hannah Bussey & Maddie Nuxoll (CT) defeated Cholie Yost & Abbie Walker (SC) 7-5, 6-4 in #2 doubles.  “Great win for the Lady Pirates!, commented Lady Pirate Head Coach Scott Matthews.  Charlestown is back in action Wednesday evening at MSC rival Clarksville beginning at 5:30 pm.

Pirate Track Making Early Season Waves

Track & Field

Some of the hottest athletes in Charlestown right now are running track and competing in field events as Pirates and Lady Pirates at Charlestown High School; not only are their numbers up, but so their results.  Charlestown Track & Field started the season off on the 5th by soundly defeating the boys and girls of New Washington, Christian Academy and Rock Creek.  The Lady Pirates won 100 and 300 hurdle events (Tatye Motsinger), the discus event (DeAsia King), the long jump (Jenna Daniel), and the 4×400 (Molly Brauneker, Alexis Gurr, Tatye Motsinger, and Gabi Gagnon).  The Pirates won the 110 hurdles event (Mitch Wurtsmith), 300 hurdles event (Steven Delaney), the 100 and 300 dash events (Trey Woodward), the shot put event (Luke Finchum), the long jump event (Brenden Lawler), and the 4×100 and 4×400 relay teams.

Two days later, Pirate and Lady Pirate Track traveled to Clarksville for a three way meet including Salem.  The Lady Pirates won 100 dash (Ilayah Keltner), the 300 hurdle and long jump events (Tatye Motsinger), the discus event (DeAsia King), the long jump (Jenna Daniel), and the 1×400 relay team.  The Pirates won the 110 hurdles and 300 hurdles events (Steven Delaney), the 100 and 300 dash events (Trey Woodward), the 400 run event (Andrew Shaw), the shot put event (Luke Finchum), the long jump event (Brenden Lawler), and the 4×100 and 4×400 relay teams.  Charlestown handily defeated both Salem and Clarksville.

When Charlestown showed up last Friday for Corydon’s annual Stargazer event, the Pirates finished a surprising third and the Lady Pirates seventh out of eleven team fields.  Tatye Motsinger finished second in the 300 hurdle event, and Jenna Daniel won the Long Jump and placed second in the shot put.  Pirate Steven Delaney finished second in the 110 hurdles and third in the 300 hurdles, Brendan Lawler finished second in the long jump and the 4×400 relay team finished third.

Charlestown Track and Field in back in action Tuesday at the Providence four way meet; for more information log on to www.PiratePride.BLUE/Track-Field.

Lady Pirates Pounce on Panthers 11-0 in MSC Opener

Softball
Lady Pirate Softball opened Mid-Southern Conference play Thursday evening hosting rival Corydon at the CHS Softball Complex.  Charlestown answered a scoreless Corydon top of the first by rolling eight runs across the plate in the bottom of the inning.  Mackenzie Smith lead off the on slot with the first of her two triples, finishing the game 3-3 at the plate with 2 RBI’s.  After Leah Sherrill reached, Carly Price added a double to plate two of her three game RBI’s.  Bethany Hall and Brooke Adams after scored after single shots to left field; while Sarah Willinger and Danielle Miles scored after reaching on balls and advanced by another Mackenzie Smith shot to right field and Leah Sherrill grounder to short.  Carly Price earned the shut out win from the circle, allowing only three hits; and went 2 for 2 from the plate, including three RBI’s and a fourth inning solo Home Run shot to fair side of the left field foul pole.  Carly was named the Coyle Chevy, Buick, GMC and Coyle Nissan Player of the Game by Pirate Pride Sports Broadcasting.  Charlestown (4-3 & 1-0 MSC) finished the game with 10 hits and one error while outscoring the visitors 11-0.  “I’m pleased with our hitting tonight; but we still have work to do in areas of our game”, commented Charlestown Head Coach John Smith.  The Lady Pirates are back in action next Monday at Silver Creek.

Lady Pirates Open Season Defeating Brownstown

Girls Tennis

The Lady Pirate Tennis team opened their 2016 season on the road Tuesday evening, and with a quality win over arch rival Brownstown.  Charlestown (1-0) won the conference game 3-2.  Megan Crawford lost 6-2, 2-6, 3-6 in #1 singles; Samantha Matthews won 6-3, 6-4 in #2 singles; and Sidney Goedeker won 7-6, 7-4 in #3 singles.  Suzannah Fielding and Brenley Berger lost 2-6, 4-6 in #1 doubles; and Hannah Bussey and Maddie Nuxoll won 6-0, 6-3 in #2 doubles.  “Good way to start the season, and I’m proud of the girls.  One thing we plan to work on is being more aggressive”, commented Head Coach Scott Matthews.  Lady Pirate Tennis will next host North Harrison on Thursday.

Krueger and Pirates Beat Rebels 8-1

Baseball

BrandonLoveHours after debuting at #11 in this week’s Class 3A Coaches Poll, the Pirate Baseball team hosted the Class A #17 South Central Rebels Monday evening at Charlestown High School.  Excluding the March 29th set back versus an upstart Columbus East team, the Pirates (4-1) not only beat a second straight ranked team in as many starts; but also displayed some early season pitching depth, seeing their fourth pitcher in five games do damage.  Devon Krueger (1-0) got the win from the mound Monday, striking out seven Rebels, while allowing five hits in 6 1/3 innings.  After a scoreless three and half innings, the Pirates hit their gear scoring twice in the fourth, once in the fifth, and five times in the sixth while cruising to a 8-1 non-conference victory.  Brandon Love finished the game 2 of 4 from the plate with an RBI; while Justin Farris scored two Pirates while going 2-3 from the plate.  “Tonight was a good win against a quality team. South Central always plays a good brand of baseball and it’s good to see our guys play as a team to get the win tonight”, commented Pirate Skipper Ricky Romans.   The Pirates travel to New Albany Tuesday for a 5:30 pm non-conference start verses the Bulldogs. (photo courtesy of Melissa Stewart)

Pirates Top Two in Silver Creek Invite

Baseball

Whitten2016Courtesy of wet fields Friday, the annual Silver Creek Invitational got rearranged, setting up two interesting weekend match-ups for the Charlestown Pirate Baseball team.   Saturday morning the Pirates hosted the Shenandoah Raiders, a Class 2A school from around Anderson, Indiana.  The Pirates, with Zach Ramirez (1-0) on the mound; recorded the 15-0 no-hitter, shut-out, scoring early and often.  Charlestown (2-1) scored nine of their 15 runs in the bottom of the first, as the Raiders (0-1) finished the game with 4 errors.  Ramirez pitched five innings and rung up three batters, as the Pirates fielded the ball efficiently throughout the game.  Charlestown’s Zach Whitten, Thomas Hardin, Zach Ramirez, and Tanner Wesp all finished the game with a double each; Dewey Cardwell went 2 for 2 from the plate, as Wesp also added 3 RBI’s and Whitten two more.

Saturday evening the Pirates hosted Preseason Class 3A #5 Griffith Panthers in their evening contest.  Pirate Kelly Rider (2-0) pitched strong from the mound (7IP), retiring five, walking one, and allowing only two hits as Charlestown’s defense and well timed hits shut the Panthers out 2-0.  Griffith, of the northern Indiana – Hammond area, dropped to 1-2 on their early season record.  Pirate Brandon Love finished the game 1 of 2 at the plate, including a double and RBI; Zach Whitten stayed hot at the plate, finishing 2 for 2.
“Great bounce back day of baseball (after posting the Columbus East set back) for us after a couple of good practices. We got great pitching, played good defense and got timely hits all day. As I told the guys, those are recipes for winning baseball” commented Pirate Head Coach Ricky Romans.  The Pirates return to action Monday, April 4th; as the Varsity will host South Central at 6:00 pm.

Lady Pirate Softball Advances to BNL Tourney Championship

Softball

Charlestown Lady Pirate Softball traveled to Lawrence County Indiana Friday and Saturday to participate with seven other local teams in the Bedford-North Lawrence High School Battle for the Rock Softball Tournament.  Charlestown dispatched Mitchell in the tourney opener Friday 8-0; courtesy of Leah Sherrill’s two-run homer in the bottom of the first, and Carly Price’s two-run single to help the Pirates to a 6-0 lead after two innings.  Carly Price finished the game with seven strikeouts from the circle.  The win set Charlestown up with a 10am Saturday showdown with New Albany, who finished 1-0 in their tourney pool.  The Lady Pirates (3-1) earned their third straight shut out against the Lady Bulldogs, with a 3-0 decision.  Price pitched the complete shutout, striking out nine New Albany batters and allowing just two hits.  Brooke Adams hit a solo home run in the top of the 6th to extend the Pirate lead to 2-0.  Bethany Hall finished the game 3 for 4 from the plate, with an RBI.  Hall’s RBI scored Lexi Logsdon, after she hit a two out double in the top of the 7th to make it a 3-0 advantage.

The Lady Pirates now advance to Saturday evening’s 7 pm Battle of the Rock Championship game versus host Bedford-North Lawrence, at Bedford-North Lawrence High School.  The Stars advanced to the final courtesy of a 7-1 Friday win over Scottsburg, and a 10-8 win over North Harrison Saturday morning.  Pirate Nation, if you can’t make it to tonight’s Softball Game, catch @CPPSB score updates via Twitter.com.

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