Lady Pirates Win Third Straight Holiday Tourney

Girls Basketball

The Charlestown Lady Pirate Basketball team exacted a bit of revenge on Silver Creek (5-11) and won their third straight Girls Basketball Holiday Tourney crown by defeating the Lady Dragons 34-30 Wednesday evening.  During the forty years of the Tourney’s existence, Charlestown has now won 18 Holiday Tourney Titles and Silver Creek 14.  The Lady Pirates began their season 0-4, before winning seven of their last ten.  Charlestown (7-7) led Creek the majority of the second half, despite having turnover and free throw troubles.  The Lady Pirates fell to Creek 43-36 in their regular season match up on November 18th.  The Lady Pirates were led in scoring Wednesday by Bri Harvey, finishing with 15 points; Lexi Logsdon added 12 points, and Samantha Matthews five.  Harvey and Erin Kimbrell were named to the All-Tourney Team while Logsdon was named the Tournament MVP.  Bri Harvey was also named Wednesday night’s Coyle Chevy, Buick, GMC, & Coyle Nissan Player of the Game.  Providence defeated Clarksville in Wednesday’s Tourney Consolation Game, 61-23.

Lady Pirates Upset #8 Providence in Holiday Tourney

Girls Basketball

The Charlestown Lady Pirates won their fourth straight while hosting Class 2A #8 Providence (7-4) in the first round of the Girls Basketball Holiday Tourney.  Charlestown (6-7) held Providence to just four points in the final period, then surge to a 37-28 victory.  The Lady Pirates will face Silver Creek in Wednesday evening’s Holiday Tourney Championship game in the CHS Sports Arena (7:30 pm).  Silver Creek defeated Clarksville in Tuesday evening’s tourney opener.  Charlestown was led in scoring by Lexi Logsdon and Bri Harvey, who both finished the game with 13 points apiece.  Samantha Matthews added six points for the victorious Lady Pirates.  Senior Bethany Hall was named the Coyle Chevy, Buick, GMC, and Coyle Nissan Player of the Game for grabbing seven huge rebounds for the Lady Pirates.  Listen to Wednesday night’s Holiday Tourney Championship Game (Charlestown v. Silver Creek) on www.CPPSB.com beginning at approximately 7:15 pm.

Harris & Long Lead Pirate Rout of #7 Providence

Boys Basketball

The Pirate Basketball team traveled to Class 2A #7 Providence Pioneers Saturday evening for a regular season match-up; in advance of meeting the Pioneers a second straight time December 29th in the Silver Creek Holiday Tourney.  Charlestown (4-2) trailed the hosts 11-8 at the end of the first period; but then began to vapor lock the Pioneers with their two-three zone to a 21-15 halftime lead.  The Charlestown zone kept Providence at bay the remainder of the game; as Pirates Korey Harris and Jamal Long poured on the offense to rout Providence (5-2) for the early season upset.  Harris finished the game with 18 points, including four baskets from beyond the arc.  Jamal Long added 17 points as the Pirates outscored the Pioneers 19-4 in the third stanza and 14-9 in the final period.  Tanner Wesp finished with ten points as the Pirates routed the home standing Pioneers 58-28.  The next outing for both team is a 7:30 pm meeting in the Silver Creek Holiday Tournament on Tuesday, December 29th.  Merry Christmas Pirate Nation!

Lady Pirates Win Third Straight, Beat Mitchell 55-40

Girls Basketball

The Charlestown Lady Pirates traveled to Mitchell Indiana for another out of conference basketball match-up against the Lady Jackets.  Charlestown earned their third straight victory with a 55-40 advantage, improving their season record to 5-7.  Top scorers for the Lady Pirates were Bri Harvey, finishing with 21 points, Lexi Logsdon added 13 points, and Bethany Hall, Erin Kimbrell, and Gabi Gagnon all three finished with six points each respectively.  Next for Charlestown will be hosting the 40th annual Girls Basketball Holiday Tourney Tuesday and Wednesday (Dec 22nd and 23rd) in the CHS Sports Arena.  Charlestown will play Providence Tuesday evening at approximately 7:30 pm; after Silver Creek and Clarksville play at six.

Lady Pirates Top Floyd Central in Double Overtime

Girls Basketball

The Charlestown Lady Pirate Basketball team improved to 4-7 on the season after outlasting visiting Floyd Central (4-7) in double overtime in the CHS Sports Arena Wednesday evening.  After leading the majority of the game, Charlestown allowed the Highlanders to push the game to extra frames twice before prevailing 52-46 in non-conference play.  The Lady Pirates outscored Floyd Central 11-4 in the first period, and 22-18 at the half.  Charlestown was led in scoring by Bri Harvey’s 18 points, balanced by Senior Lexi Logsdon’s 14.  Samantha Matthews hit the shot of the game in during first overtime, hitting a deep jumper at the buzzer to tie the score at 45, and send the game into a second overtime.  The Matthews shot spurred the hosts in the second overtime to put the Highlanders away; not only avenging last year’s overtime heartbreaking loss, but also giving the Lady Pirates a fourth win over Floyd in the last eleven match-ups.  The Charlestown Lady Pirates next travel to Mitchell Saturday for a noon Junior Varsity tip and subsequent Varsity tip at approximately 1:30 pm versus the Bluejackets.

Pirates Surge Ahead Late-Top Clarksville 55-41

Boys Basketball

The Pirate Boys Basketball team improved their record to 3-2 overall and 2-1 in conference play by topping the visiting Generals of Clarksville 55-41 Friday evening.  Charlestown and Clarksville (0-4) played an even first quarter to a fourteen all tie; and kept it close for a 25-23 home lead at halftime.  Shaun Mansfield and Jamal Long paced the Pirates in the second, Mansfield finishing the game with 15 points and Long 13 respectfully.  Jordan Knoebel added 12 points for Charlestown, who won their third straight against the rival Generals Friday evening.  The Pirates led Clarksville 40-30 after three before putting the game out of reach in the fourth.  “Great conference win!” commented Pirate Head Coach Jason Connell, who was pleased that his team “played four quarters of basketball”.  “Very proud of our guys”, concluded Coach Connell.  The Pirates are back in action next Saturday (19th) at Providence (3-1).

Chad Gilbert Named to Hall of Fame Silver Anniversary Team

Athletic Department, Boys Basketball

ADChadGilbertEighteen men have been named to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame’s 2016 Silver Anniversary Team, based on outstanding accomplishments as a senior basketball player 25 years ago.

The team includes 13 members of the 1991 Indiana All-Star squad.  Five other all-state players are included to recognize the top of Indiana’s high school class of 1991.

1991 Indiana All-Stars include Mr. Basketball Glenn Robinson, Alan Henderson, Daimon Beathea, Brandon Brantley, Brian Evans, Andy Elkins, Marlon Fleming, Jeff Massey, LaMar Morton, Steve Nicodemus, Andre Owens, LaSalle Thompson and Chris Wilburn.

The remaining five, named to various all-state teams are: Lance Barker, Tony Etchison, Jerry Freshwater, Chad Gilbert (Charlestown) and Jason Williams.

Charlestown’s Chad Gilbert, a three-year varsity starter scored 1,392 career points and averaged 26.9 points and 8.8 rebounds a game as a senior.  Gilbert led Charlestown to two Holiday Tournaments, one conference and sectional championship title, and also led 1990 team to best record in school history (21-3).  Gilbert was named the 1991 Conference Player of the Year, was a McDonald’s All-American nominee, and named twice to the Holiday Tournament all-tourney team.  Additionally, Gilbert was named the 1991 Holiday Tourney MVP and 1st team all-state by Louisville Courier-Journal, was also featured on the cover of Hoosier Basketball magazine 1991, and currently holds assist and free throw records at Charlestown.  Gilbert played two seasons at Indiana State University and two at the University of Southern Indiana.  He is a 2011 inductee into the USI Athletic Hall of Fame, put up most career points (1,011) and rebounds (506) by any two-year player in school history on teams that were 54-8 and won 1995 NCAA Division II National Championship. Gilbert went on to coach, with 264 wins and 51 losses during 13 seasons as head coach at Jeffersonville High School (both girls and boys); earning multiple Coach of the Year awards, his teams collected nine Conference titles, eight sectionals, five Elite Eight appearances and crowned 2011 4A girls state champions.  Gilbert has been the Athletic Director at his alma mater, Charlestown, since 2013 and is married with one son.

All Mens Silver Anniversary Team members will be honored at the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame’s Annual Men’s Banquet on Wednesday, March 23, 2016.

A midday reception, free and open to the public, will be held at the Hall of Fame museum in New Castle.  The evening banquet will take place at the Primo Banquet Hall, which is located on the south side of Indianapolis.

Reservation forms will be made available in early 2016, or tickets can be reserved now through the Hall’s website at www.hoopshall.com. Call the Hall at 765-529-1891 or email info@hoopshall.com for more information.

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