18 U AZ Storm: My Site News
Sunday, April 13
Storm 16U Nationals August 2007
Monday, January 15
Storm Wins 18U TCS Cool January Tournament
The AZ Storm Newman team played up in the 18U TCS Cool January National Qualifier and finished with 7 wins and 0 losses for the weekend. The tournament lived up to its name with morning temperatures in the high 20s and ice on the fields. After a 3 and 0 finish in pool play on Saturday, on Sunday the Storm ended up facing the 18U Scottsdale Storm in the semi-finals. Down by three runs in the final at bat. The team rallied for 4 runs to win 7 to 6 and then face the 18U ICE in the championship game. This game ended in a 2 to 2 tie with the Storm winning the international tie breaker and a final score of 4 to 3. Everyone contributed in every phase of the game inlcuding great pitching, defense and great hitting, including two shots into the fence in the final inning of the Scottsdale Storm game and again in the tie breaker in the championship game by Krytal Garcia for critical RBIs.
Monday, May 14
Storm Finishes 3rd at 15th Annual ASA McGonigle Tournament 18U
The AZ Storm returned from the High School season with a 6 to 1 win over the 16U Killer Bees and then beat 18U Team Arizona before dropping a game to Hotshots -Davis in pool play. After receving a bye, the AZ Storm beat the 18U Storm 3 to 1 before falling to the 18U Americans to finish 3rd in the Tournament.
Monday, May 28
Storm Qualifies for Hall of Fame Tournment
The AZ Storm received one of two ASA Hall of Fame Tournament berths in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma with a second place finish in a 14 team field behind the Killer Bees at the ASA Memorial Day Tournament in Tucson. The Storm had a bottom of 7th innning win against Hotshots Davis and then beat the AZ Wolfpack 7-1 before prevailing against a strong Colorado Explosion team 1-0 to stay in the winners bracket. After a loss to the Bees, a 2-0 win against a tough Tucson Inferno team resulted in a champtionship game against the Killer Bees and a second place finish securing the Hall of Fame berth.
Tuesday, June 12
18U TCS Cleats Summer ChampionshipTournament
In a tournament with 24 teams, AZ Storm completed a grueling 8 games in 24 hours with the first pool game on Saturday at 5:00 p.m. and the championship game finishing at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday. After finishing pool games at 11:00 p.m., the morning game at 7:00 a.m. started with a 13-0 win over Lil Miss, followed by wins against AZ Power, a come from behind win over the 18U Lil Saints Cano and a 3-0 win over the 92 Storm. With players pulled due to heat exhaustion, the team kept fighting and had runners in scoring position several times but could not get the timely hit for another come from behind win. The 18U AZ ICE prevailed 4-0 in the Championship game.
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2005-2006 Accomplishments
ASA 14U Nationals
Hall of Fame Tournament in Oklahoma City
Placed in 11 ASA and TCS Tournament (Six at the 16U level)
First Place Finishes
14U ASA Ron Bouldin Memorial Tournament
16U TCS Superbowl Championship (Qualified for 16U TCS Nationals)
14U April Days TCS Tournament (Triple SSS)
16U ASA Memorial Day Tournament
Second Place Finishes
14U Phoenix Spring Fling Tournament
16U Phoenix National Invitational Tournament
Third Place Finishes
16U TCS Fall Qualifier
16U ASA Kickoff Classic
14U ASA April Fools Tournament (Triple SSS)
16U ASA John McGonigle Memorial Tournament
14U ASA Rocky Mountain Regional in Las Cruces (4th qualified for HOF)
Sunday, November 25
Melissa DeWitt Skills Video Class 2009
Melissa DeWitt Skills Video Class 2009 by Jeff
Sunday, November 25
Nora Maschue Skills Video Class 2009
Nora Maschue Skills Video Class 2009 by Jeff
