The Charlestown Boys Soccer team traveled to Henryville High School on Monday evening for a Varsity and JV match.  Charlestown (2-0) won the Varsity match 9-2.  Seniors Michael Navetta, Colin Martin, and Brayden Cooksey each helped to put points on the board for the Pirates for the second game in a row as the attacking trio dominated the Hornets away from home.  Michael Navetta would lead all scorers on the night with a hat trick of 3 goals to go along with his assist.  Martin would again chalk up a brace of goals for the second game running as he finished the night with 2 goals and 1 assist himself and Brayden Cooksey worked the left side to great effect with a goal and an assist of his own to spread the attack across all fronts.  The Pirates playmaker, Junior Trent Wight, again turned in a phenomenal performance as he contributed 2 assists and a goal from the pocket of the attacking front.  Defensively Seniors Josh Waters and Konner Heil worked their spell in the heat and humidity providing good minutes and providing security through the backline.  Senior Esdras Hernandez turned in a noteworthy performance of his own as a holding midfielder as he dribbled circles around and through the midfield to create countless chances for his teammates and eventually find the net himself with a solo goal. Freshman holding midfielder Isai Galvan chiseled his name into the record books for the first time as he found the net as well for a solo goal.

The Junior Varsity contest that followed showed freshman striker Jeremiah Paiz notching his first goal of the season for the Pirates and very nearly earning an assist as he played a gorgeous cross to Anthony Carey who narrowly missed the opportunity to score; when a Henryville defender misplayed the ball into their own net, robbing both Carey and Paiz of the statistic.  With the Pirate JV squad up 2-0, Sophomore Austin Weatherford scouted out the top of the penalty box to return a rebound into the goal for his first goal of the season.  Charlestown JV win 3-0.  Junior newcomer Zach Higdon turned in an admirable performance for both the JV squad and the last 20 minutes of the Varsity match in his debut performance, having given up a single goal in the Varsity match and holding a clean sheet in the JV match.

Charlestown 9 (Sr. Colin Martin 2 goals 1 assist, Sr. Michael Navetta 3 goals 1 assist, Sr. Brayden Cooksey 1 goal 1 assist, Jr. Trent Wight 1 goal 2 assists, Fr. Isai Galvan 1 goal, Sr. Esdras Hernandez 1 goal).  Henryville 2 (Bailey Reister 1 goal, Christian Smith 1 goal)

JV Charlestown 3 (Fr. Jeremiah Paiz 1 goal and forced an own goal by Henryville with a stellar cross into the box, So. Austin Weatherford 1 goal).  JV Henryville 0.

 

The Pirates face conference rivals Corydon Central on Tuesday the 26th at home with the Varsity kicking off at 6:00 and the JV to follow.