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| Posted Jul 2/12 - Thunder takes SILVER in Regionals!! |
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It was a great weekend of ball despite the bad weather. The score sheets had to be handed in to the tournament organizers, so we can't provide a play-by-play of all the great things that happened over the weekend, but here are some highlights: Zee pitched like a demon inning after inning.....mowing many batters down at the plate. Those she didn't take care of were put out by the defense behind her. And don't forget the 2-out, full-count change-up to strike out the last batter in the Mission game. AMAZING!! Emma caught inning after inning, not lettng a single run score on a passed ball and throwing runners out at 2nd when she had the chance. Memorable defensive plays include Leilah's catches in left field, Maddy's game-saving catch in centre with bases loaded, Emily leaping to snag a hard hit line drive heading past 2nd toward right-centre, Carly catching pop-ups at 1st and Sydney scooping grounders and throwing runners out at 1st. Memorable hits include Meghan's hit to the outfield with bases loaded, Maddy's hit to right-centre to score the tying run followed by her steal to home to score the winning run, a line drive by Leilah down the right field line, a couple of hits pounded by Zee to the outfield, singles by Jaden, Sydney, Carly and Erin. And every player laid down one or more good bunts....how great is that?? Without the score sheets to tell the story of the defensive plays and great hits, much has been missed in this report. Apologies to those whose memorable moments were missed here....there were so many, it's hard to keep track!! But everyone knows that some GREAT ball was played this past weekend. Thunder was undefeated heading into the final game. In a true double knock-out tournament that team would have had to play us again to take the gold medal. THUNDER ROCKS!!
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| Posted Jun 27/12 - Regionals update.... |
| The tournament schedule has been posted. Click the schedule tab to view. Let's get fired up and win this thing!! |
| Posted Jun 20/12 - Next up......Regionals |
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This team is headed to Regionals on the long weekend! We are seeded well to win this tourney. Let's practice hard between now and then and take them by storm!!! Here is some information from the tournament coordinator: 1. All games will be held at Noel Booth. 2. The coaches will receive the tournament draw on Monday, June 25. 3. The tournament Opening Ceremonies will be held on Saturday, June 30 at 5:30 pm. Please gather around the batting cage to march in order to North Centre Diamond. 4. T- shirts will be available for pick up at the tournament office on Saturday, June 30 for those who pre-ordered and paid. 5. Meal tickets will be given out at the tournament office for players and coaching staff on Saturday June 30. Your meal ticket will be valid on Sunday. The menu is: chicken breast, bun, salad, dessert with a choice of homemade lemonade or ice tea. 6. Extra tickets may be purchased for $6.00.
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| Posted Jun 11/12 - Thunder vs Willowbrook Motors |
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Coach Megan reports that I missed one of the best league games of the season. She says: Everyone worked hard in warm-up and was ready to play ball and kick some behind. Carly began pitching and right off the bat the girls were on their game, she pitched great and there were a couple of nice hits but we shut them down with only one run scored. Zee and Emily also had good appearances on the mound. The other team was only able to score four runs in the game. Emma made two fantastic throws to Syd to get the runner trying to steal 2nd and another to 3rd where Lesley was able to tag the runner out. The bats were hot with great hits by Zee, Meghan, Maddy, Emily, Erin and Sydney. Everyone got on base at least once, some a few times. Beautiful bunts by Lesley, Emily, and a PERFECT bunt by Erin, nobody saw it coming and all three made it on base! WAY TO GO THUNDER!! |
| Posted Jun 9/12 - Playoffs to Districts |
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It was an early start to the day and it was pretty chilly outside, but the Thunder players showed up to play ball. Everyone was pumped and working hard in warm-up. We lost both games but we played some of the best ball we have played all year. As it turned out, we will go to Regionals instead of Districts but regardless, the Thunder players can be proud of the outcome today. The game summaries are below. If there had been and MVP for the day it most likey would have been Megan Connolly. While everyone played hard and contributed to the outcome, I think every player recognizes Megan's hard work, pitching every inning and racking up 15 strike-outs in 12 innings. She must have been very sore and tired Saturday night.....but she gave it her all for the team! Way to go Megan and all the Thunder players!! Game 1: Although both games were nail-biters, this game was the more exciting of the two. We held the Bandits scoreless through the top of the 4th. At the bottom of the 4th the score was 1-0 for us. At the bottom of the 5th the score was 2-2. Bandits took the lead in the top of the 6th and the final score was 4-2. Our defense was fantastic: Megan struck out two in the 1st inning and Emily snagged hard grounder to get the 3rd out. In the 2nd inning, Megan K'd all three. In the 3rd, Megan K'd two and Emma scooped a grounder and threw hard to 1st for the out. In the 4th Megan K'd two more and Carly put the last one out unassisted. The 5th Megan made the first out stopping a grounder and throwing the runner out at 1st, then Carly jumped on a bunt while Emily scooted to 1st to take the throw. We had some trouble in this inning, allowing a couple of runners on base with walks and then Bandits ran the bases hard and scored 2 runs. In the 6th inning Megan K'd the first batter then the next batter hit a double and the following batter laid down a bunt. Both runners scored before Megan K'd the 4th batter and Syd caught a pop-up foul to close out the inning. All in all, it was a great showing on defense by the Thunder! On the offense side: Lesley hit two nice singles, Megan and Syd both pounded doubles to the outfield. Maddy hit beautiful single as well. Some other runners got on base with walks. We struggled at the plate, though, and just couldn't string enough hits together to score more runs than the Bandits. Kudos to Bandits for some solid defense, especially by their catcher thowing our runners out on the bases. Game 2: On defense: Once again we played solid game. In the 1st inning, to start things off Carly caught a fly in centre that would surely have turned into a home run if it was missed. Megan K'd the next batter. The Bandits got the next three batters on base, then Emily closed out the inning by stopping a grounder at 2nd. In the 2nd inning, Emma threw out a runner attempting to steal 2nd, Megan K'd a batter and Maddy made a most spectacular out from right field by scooping up a ball that made it through the infield and throwing a rocket to put the runner out at 1st. In the 3rd inning, Megan K'd two and Maddy stopped a grounder at 2nd for the 3rd out. In the 4th inning Emily owned the Bandits, taking all three outs....a pop-up behind 2nd and stopping two grounders then throwing to Carly at 1st. In the 5th inning, Megan had all three outs on K's. In the 6th, Emily caught another fly behind 2nd and Megan K'd two. And in the 7th inning, Megan K'd two more and stole a bunt away, thowing the runner out at 1st. On offense: Our batters put the ball in play more this game, but the Bandit's defense was solid. Zee pounded the ball to right centre for a double that scored Emma and then she came in on a hit by Carly. We only managed to score those to runners, though so the Bandits took the game.
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| Posted Jun 6/12 - Thunder vs Abby Attack |
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Another late game in Abby under the lights. Our players hit the ball and ran the bases hard in this game. We took and early lead and stayed ahead in the score throughout the game. The Abby team rallied in the later innings but we took the win.
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| Posted Jun 4/12 - Thunder vs Abby Chaos (#2) |
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This was our first game under the lights and it as a fun experience. It was a late night, heading home from Abby around 10:15 but it was worth the trip. Our bats were alive tonight so there was lot of action on the bases! We scored three runs in the 1st inning, two in the 2nd and four more in the 3rd. We only managed to get four innings of play in before the game was called for time. We held the Abby team to three runs in the this game with some solid pitching and good defense.
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| Posted May 30/12 - Thunder vs Abby 1 |
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The park was in the boonies.....the traffic was heavy......the weather was iffy.....but it was a great game!! We played some excellent defense this game..... Heads-up play at 3rd base by Leilah, catching a line drive and fielding grounders to take the lead runner at home to save a run (twice!). Great fielding on the mound by both Zee and Carly. An amazing diving catch at short and a 6-3 out by Emma. Solid work behind the plate by both Emma and Sydney.....with a awesome throw by Syd to get the runner going to 2nd. Nice catch by Meghan on the pop-up at 1st. Good play by Emily with a 4-3 out. Both infield and outfield were moving to back-up the plays. Kudos to Megan for pitching 3 of the 6 innings and allowing no runs. On the offense side, lots of players maing good connection on the ball along with aggressive base running. Our hits were coming along in the late innings. This is the level of play that will move us forwad in the playoff tourney next weekend!
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| Posted May 28/12 - Thunder vs NL 2 |
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We came out strong in the first two innings, scoring 8 runs. We seemed a bit rusty after that.....probably because of two weeks away from the ball field. Ooops!! We'll work on that over the weekend at practice and during next week's games! PLAYOFFS FOR DISTRICTS NEXT WEEKEND.....let's rock the ball field!! |
| Posted May 14/12 - Thunder vs Mascott Construction |
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That game was the most fun we've had so far this season. Jaden Carson, Jayden Pohl and the rest of the team are a great bunch of girls. We had the uppper hand throughout the game but they still worked hard, getting some good hits and making some good plays. They were great sports, playing another inning after the ump called the game. Great pitching on our part. Carly faced 9 batters, struck out 3 and allowed only 1 run. Emily faced 12 batters, struck out 2 and allowed only 2 runs. Impressive!! Thunder had solid defense at every position and worked hard with only 8 players. Nice play by Maddy at 3rd taking the lead runner at home, 2 outs at 2nd and a caught line drive on the mound by Emily, a hard-hit grounder stopped by Syd followed up with a wicked throw to 1st, awesome recovery behind the plate by Emma to take 2 runners out at 1st on dropped 3rd strikes.....and others that I can't recall and can't quite make out in the score book!! Keep up the good work, Thunder!
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| Posted May 13/12 - Tourney at Softball City |
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Way behind schedule on website updates.....sorry about that, team. Quick tourney update....lost a tough one on Friday, played like stars and won 2 on Saturday, then lost a heart-breaker in the single knock-out round. We know that the team we played in the last game was beat-able but we just couldn't pull it off. We learned some good lessons and added to our practice "to do" list. Despite the outcome, we had some great hitting, base running and fielding. The weather was spectacular. The lessons learned were worthwhile. Onto the next tourney.....!!! |
| Posted May 7/12 - Thunder vs NL 1 |
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It was the warmest night of the season so far and the Thunder came out ready to play ball. The bats were hot and baserunners were tearing around the diamond. We scored 18 runs over the course of 7 innings. Very impressive! The defense was "on", backing up the pitchers when any of the NL players managed to connect with the ball. We held them to 5 runs. This was a great warm-up game a we head into the tournament this weekend at Softball City. If we hit the ball this weekend like we did last night, we'll be winning games in the tourney!
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| Posted May 2/12 - Thunder vs NL 3 |
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Great game, team! The bats came alive in a BIG way. Great that some who have been in a bit of a slump came back with a vengance, a couple who have been strugging with timing have definitely figured it out and others who we rely on for hits came through with their usual cracks of the bat. RBIs were credited to most players in the score book tonight!! Also....awesome bunts by Emma and Emily. Another solid perfomance by our pitching staff. Megan faced only 10 batters in 3 innings, striking out 7 and allowing no runs. Kudos to Emma for throwing out a runner at 2 and another at 3 (and to Leilah and Sydney for making the tags). Carly cleaned up in the 4th and Emily finished the game in the 5th. Nice combo! Awesome defense by Maddy with a snag at 2 and Leilah fielding a hard grounder at 3rd, throwing the runner out at 1st. Honorable mention to the weather....somehow we managed to squeeze two games in this week in between the showers!
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| Posted Apr 30/12 - Thunder vs Willowbrook Motors |
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That game was what you would call a barn-burner! We came out strong in the 1st inning, taking a 4-2 lead and increasing the lead to 8-5 in the 2nd. The other team battled back and the game ended in a tie. Every single player had a good plate appearance and all made it on base one way or another. Many nice hits by our girls and few great snags by the oppostion that stole a few hits away. Carly started things off on the mound, striking out 4 batters over 2 innings. Emily struck out one more and Megan took over in the 5th, facing 4 batters and striking out 3. Everything we're doing in games and practices is moving us closer to our goal of heading to DISTRICTS!!!
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| Posted Apr 28/12 - Practice rescheduled |
| Have rescheduled the practice to Sunday from 3-5. Too many girls away sick, or working or other commitments today. See you Sunday! |
| Posted Apr 23/12 - Thunder vs Abby 3 |
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We were up against the Abby Chaos tonight....a re-match from the Mission tourney. The coaches and players are a great bunch. Good hitting tonight from Lesley (2 for 3!), Emily, Maddy, Carly and Sydney....with the Abby team serving up walks to the others. Megan struck out 5 in 2 innings, holding them to 1 run. Carly struck out a couple more, then Emily finished off the game in the 5th. Notable plays tonight...two impressive outs by Maddy (one in right field and the other at 2nd) and Leilah snagged a hard hit grounder at 3rd to make the out at 1st. Great game, Thunder!!
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| Posted Apr 21/12 - LFA Icebreaker |
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It was great day for ball....sunny and warm. The jackets came off by the end of the 1st inning of Game 1. Three one-hour games....too short to really get rolling but still fun and good game experience. Game 1 was against the Xtreme '99 rep team. The youngsters played a great game and hit the ball well. The game ended in a tie. Notable plays included a 3 strike-outs by Carly and nice infield plays by Emma, Carly and Emily. Game 2 was against Ball Park Sports. We squeaked out a win in this one thanks to a great catch by Erin in right field as well as solid infield play by Lesley, Carly and Maddy. Game 3 was against Willowbrook Motors. This one ended in another tie. Lots of action in this game including unassisted outs at 1st by Emily and Meghan, a great 3-2 play by Carly and Emma, and a couple of infield pop-ups caught by Syd and Emma. Best hitting for the day was from Lesley. And kudos to her on stealing home (and sliding in!) twice! Now back to the regularly scheduled season......see you in Aldergrove on Monday! |
| Posted Apr 19/12 - Thunder vs Abby 1 |
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Great game under the lights against the friendly Abby team. By the time the fog settled in, we had the game well in hand. Kudos to Emma for a beauty of a home run and great hitting by others to score 9 runs in three innings. Great appearances on the mound by Megan, Carly and Emily with the rest of the team providing solid defense. A few of their batters got on base on walks.....the rest were taken care of by strikeouts and textbook plays. See you bright and early at the Icebreaker!
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| Posted Apr 16/12 - 1st regular season game |
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It was great that the rain disappeared in the middle of the day and we were able to get our game in. We were short-handed with only 8 players on the field. Unfortunately the opposing coach insisted on our "9th batter" being an automatic out. That shut us down in 3 out of 4 innings, just when we were gaining some momentum. We know that it would have been a different outcome if not for that missing 9th batter. We will get them next time! Despite the disadvantage, the team played well, hit well and had a great time. Lots of laughs in the dugout and on the field.
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| Posted Apr 15/12 - Mission tourney!! |
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Great weekend in Mission!! The weather cooperated (no rain, but it was a bit chilly) and the team had a great time. Every single player had one or more GREAT hits and there were many awesome moments on defense. Megan mowed down many batters......with great back-up from Carly and Emily in the pitching department. Top hitters for the weekend (in order): Emma, Lesley, Emily and Sydney. We're in good shape for the season, starting tomrrow...weather permitting.
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| Posted Apr 11/12 - And another calendar update |
| All league games have been added to the calendar. You can click on the 'schedule' tab to see just the games, but please click on the 'calendar' tab to see everything that's coming up, including future tournaments, playoffs etc. The 'fields' tab shows the location of each field (well, some are not yet updated, but most are there). |
| Posted Apr 11/12 - Mission tourney update |
| The calendar has been updated with schedule re the Mission tourney. Email sent with additional details. |
| Posted Apr 10/12 - Another calendar update |
| The calendar has been updated with all of our league games. The LFA Icebreaker is @ Noel Booth on April 21. Here is our schedule for the day: 8:30 - 9:30 Black Ice vs Xtreme 99 on SC 9:30 - 10:30 Opening Ceremonies on NC 11:15 - 12:15 Black Ice vs Ball Park Sports on SC 1:45 Team photos on NE corner of parking lot 2:45 - 3:45 Black Ice vs Willowbrook Motors |
| Posted Apr 6/12 - Calendar updates |
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LONG WEEKEND!!! Practice Friday from 11 to noon for pitchers and catchers only. Practice Saturday cancelled. Practice Monday time changed.....now 10:00 to noon on Noel Booth NC (if it is free, otherwise look around for us). |
| Posted Apr 2/12 - Outdoor practice....finally! |
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Great to be outdoors hitting and throwing again! Thanks to Rob, Lyle, Steve and Scott for helping out. Many hands make for a much more fun and productive practice. We need to be a strong team at the plate this year and it looks like we will achieve that goal. There were a lot of awesome hits tonight (despite the pitcher's rubber arm). See you Wednesday!
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| Posted Mar 31/12 - Saturday practice cancelled |
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Rain, rain.....GO AWAY!! Good thing we were able to spend some time in the gym this week. Although the space is small, we were at least able to get some throwing and fielding in. If the rain ever stops, we'll be ready to practice hard outdoors. The team is looking good so far. We'll give every team in the Bantam division a run for their money! See you all on Monday. |
| Posted Mar 26/12 - Practice this week |
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Due to the forecast for bad weather, practice this week (Monday and Wednesday only) will be in the small gym at Langley Secondary School. The small gym in located off to the left of the large gym (which is the one you can see when entering the front doors of the school).
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| Posted Mar 22/12 - 2012 Season |
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Welcome all new and returning players to the 2012 Bantam season!! Please check out the calendar for important dates....and the rest of the website for other interesting information. First practice is on Monday, March 26. See you then!!
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