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Monday, October 3
COP-16U Fall Festival Champions
The 92Storm played excellent defense all weekend to win their first tournament of the year in the 16U division. They won Saturday's two pool play games against the Spit Fire 11-1, and the AZ Vipers 4-1. This gave them first in their pool and a bye into Sunday's elimination round. They won their first game on Sunday 2-1 against a determined Desert Wolves team. Next up they defeated the Outlaws 2-0 to advance to the championship game against the Desert Chaos. The Chaos were sky high after beating the Hotshots in a very close game in the other semi. As the game began it was obvious the Storm ladies had their work cut out for them against the tough Chaos pitcher. The second time through the line-up the Storm bats came alive and they scored six runs. They tacked on another run in the next inning and played solid defense the rest of way to win the game and the tournament championship 7-2. Congratulations!!!!!
Monday, October 31
TCS-16U Halloween Tournament
The 92Storm was back on the fields for their second tournament of the new season. Pool play started out with a 2-2 tie against the AZ Ice in a well played gamed by both teams. Next up they played a PV Premier team that needs to move up to 18U in January. 92Storm had a couple of rough defensive innings before settling down and winning 4-1. After a break they defeated the Chaos 5-1 which gave the Storm first in their pool and a first round bye in the fourteen team tournament. Sundays elimination round started with a close 4-3 victory against a much improved Vipers team. In the semi's the girls had to play the Chaos again. The Chaos crowd was really pumped-up after defeating the 16U Storm-Fisher in the other quarter final game. The 92Storm jumped to an early 3-0 lead, but had a tough inning late in the game giving up four runs. The Chaos pitcher and defense held off the Storm bats and won a heart breaker 4-3.
Monday, November 14
TCS-14U Fall National Qualifier Champions
The 92Storm out-scored the opposition 52-8 in route to their second tournament championship of the season. Saturday they won their first two games against the AZ Zone 13-1, and the Suncats 11-1 before losing a close one to the AZ Storm 1-2. Sundays elimination round started with a 15-0 win over the Americans. In the semi's they faced the AZ Storm again, but this time they got their bats going and defeated them 7-1. The championship game saw some big hits by both teams, but after seven innings the 92Storm prevailed 5-3 over EV Pride. Congratulations....The girls have now earned National berths in both the 16U and 14U divisions.
Monday, December 12
TCS-16U Holiday Champions
The 92Storm went 6-0 to win their last tournament of the fall season. They took first in their pool by defeating the Extreme 7-3, Sting 17-2, and then the Tornado's 8-3. Sunday's elimination round wasn't pretty, but the girls managed to come up with whatever they needed to pull out each game. In their first game they were pushed to an ITB after letting a 4-0 lead slip away against a determined 90Vipers team. The girls answered with a couple of quick runs in the first ITB, then held on to win 6-5. In the semi's they again jumped to an early lead against the Extreme and held on to win 5-4. In the championship game the ladies faced the Tornado's who defeated one of tournament favorites the Tucson Inferno. The Tornado's came out ready to play. Their pitcher was outstanding and they played some solid defensive behind her to take a 2-1 lead into the 7th inning. It didn't look good for the Storm, with two outs and nobody on base they came up with two hard hits to take the lead 3-2 and their second 16U tournament championship of the year.
Monday, January 30
TCS-16U Super January Championship
The 92Storm was back on the field after a long break from tournament play. They won their pool with wins over Desert Thunder (5-0), Scottsdale Storm (5-1), and the 91Hotshots (5-3). Sunday's elimiation play started out with a forfiet and a long break before a rematch with the Hotshots. The Storm girls took a 4-2 lead into the last inning, but couldn't hold on giving up 3 runs and the game to the 91Hotshots..
Monday, February 6
ASA-16U Back to School
The Storm girls played on consecutive weekends for the first time this season. They lost their first game of pool play to the 91Hotsthots. It was very similar to last weeks semi-finals game. The Storm girls had the lead going into the last inning when the Hotshots got some clutch hits and capitalized on some Storm miscues to win 3-2. The ladies won their next two games against the Scorchers 10-0, and the Scottsdale Storm 5-1. The girls started Sunday with a win against the much improved Outlaws 4-2. This set up a semi-finals game against their long-time rival the 92Hotshots. The ladies played a good game but came up a little short losing 2-3.
Monday, February 27
ASA-14U JO Spring Classic Champions
The Storm ladies played in their second ASA tournament of 2006. Even though they were victorious in their three pool games on Saturday, they looked a little rusty. In their first game they came out on top 10-2 against the 91Desert Heat. They defeated the Outlaws 5-1 in their second pool play game. In their last game of the day they defeated a determined Suncats team 8-5. Sunday came quickly and we saw the team that we're used to watching. They rolled to a 14-1 victory over the Colorado Explosion that was highlighted by some big hits and nice defensive plays. Next up the Storm ladies kept up the intensity with a 6-0 win over the Outlaws. They defeated a much improved Impulse team from Tucson in the championship game 8-0 to take home the tournament championship.
Monday, May 8
TCS- 14U Big League Dreams
The Storm traveled to Palm Springs to play in the 28 team Big League Dreams tournament. They won their first pool play game 11-3 over the Primetime Players. In their second game they played very well in a 13-0 win over AMW. The final pool play game was another 13-0 run-rule victory over the San Diego Navajo. On Sunday they earned a first round bye. In their first game they defeated a strong Cal Lite team 8-2. The next game was at the main complex against the unbeaten TNL. The Storm ladies played a good game winning 5-1. In the semi's they gave up two early run's to the Lakewood Ladies and were unable to muster any offense losing a very competitive game 0-2.
Monday, June 12
TCS 18U-Super Diamonds-Baum Championship
The 92Storm had to battle the heat to win the 18U division. On Saturday they played and won four straight games to get first in their pool and a bye into Sunday's bracket play. With the bye came an 11:45AM start time against the Caliente. The Caliente played some great defense for the first five innings, but the Storm players finally broke the game open in the sixth inning scoring five runs and then played some solid defense to advance to the championship game with a 7-0 victory. In the championship game they came up against the Tornado's who's only loss in the tournament was a 9-1 defeat to the young Storm ladies on Saturday. The game started out like Saturday's game with the Storm jumping out to a quick 2-0 lead in the first inning. The Tornado's did a better job of putting the ball in play, but couldn't make a serious offensive threat against the Storm's stingy defense. The Storm had some timely hits to tack on some more runs and won the game 6-1 and the tournament championship.
Monday, July 10
ASA 14U-Regional Champions
The 92Storm ladies won the 14U regional championship Saturday at Rose Mofford. In their first game Friday night against the New Mexico Fire they started slowly, but picked up steam as the game progressed and rolled to a 15-1 victory. The second game of the tournament they had to face their long time rival the Hotshots. The Storm girls had lady luck on their side and pulled out a 6-5 victory despite making numerous errors. This moved them to the championship game again against the Hotshots who came out of the losers bracket and had some revenge on their minds. In what was a back in forth game the Hotshots prevailed 3-5, and forced the "if" game. The Storm scored early with Hotshots capitalizing on some miscues to take the lead back. Then in the fifth the Storm bats came alive and the ladies opened up the game with a 9-4 lead. The Hotshots rallied in the seventh, but came up a little short with Storm holding on to win the game 9-8 and the regional championship.
Congratulations to both teams for playing so hard late into the night.
Sunday, August 6
2005/2006 Tournament Record
Wins 79
Loses 28
Ties 2
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