09/05/2026
The Madison Football Program hosted the Charlestown Pirates last night at Cub Field. The game was moved back to an 8pm start due to excessive heat. Madison started their season at 2-0 for the first time since 2013, feeling good about the direction of their program after taking a step back last season. The Cubs beat Jennings County last weekend soundly and had some momentum rolling into week 3. Charlestown got thumped by the MSC favorites last week in Brownstown, but looked at this weeks game against Madison as a potential battle for 2nd place in the conference.
The Cubs really struggled to move the ball in the first half and found themselves trailing 28-7 at the break. The 2nd half would be much better, but not before surrendering a score to the Pirates to make it 35-7. Madison went on to score a pair of unanswered touchdowns making it 35-21, then Charlestown picked up an onside kick and ran it down to the Cubs 5 yard line, which turned into another Pirate touchdown. Madison did score again when Segar Ralston returned a pick 6 for 60 yards making it 42-28, and that ended up being the final.
Madison’s Brody Copeland threw for 3 touchdowns. Izik Roberts caught a pair of touchdowns and Bryson Copeland caught one for a score as well.
Tough night for the Cubs defense and first half for the offense. Madison had held its previous two opponents to just 6 points, but had a hard time stopping the Pirates last night. Now both units did play a much better 2nd half, and much of what they gave up was self inflicted. So there’s still plenty to like about this Cubs team. Make some adjustments and keep moving forward.
The Cubs(2-1) will host the Silver Creek Dragons next Friday night. Hopefully the heat will subside by then!