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Ohio SWARM
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13621 Hinton Mill Rd
Marysville, Ohio
43040

The Ohio SWARM is a fastpitch organization with teams made
up of  talented softball players from all over Ohio. Ohio SWARM
teams play an All Qualifier schedule and attend a National
Tournament or Worlds Series event nearly every year.

Our organizational goals remain:
1- prepare our players for their HS & college careers
2- promote our players to college scouts and recruiters.
3- win..... while HAVING FUN !!



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2009 18U Schedule

  June 12-14         Whitehall Fastpitch Classic      2nd Place       (5-2-1)                       

  June 19-21         Westerville Invitational            3rd place      (3-3)                            

June 26-28           Heart Of Ohio Celebration                      (1-3) 

  July 3-5               GAPSS                                                              (4-3)

 

July  10-12      Buckeye Showdown        Cols (Berliner Pk)

      Friday    July 10       8 am  College Showcase     (Must register to attend)

        Friday July 10       3:30 pm   Berliner Field 12    vs   Central OH Lady Rebels

Please be ready to go at Field 12 at 2:40 pm !

         Saturday  July 11  8:30 am   Berliner Field 11      vs   Chosen Few 

         Saturday July 11    10:20 am   Berliner Field 10    va   Ohio Danger

        Saturday July 11     3:50 pm     Berliner Field 11     vs  Cent OH Ice- Shriver

         Saturday  July 11    5:40 pm    Berliner Field 10     vs   Turbos- Hatfield

         Sunday  July 12      Single Elimination Championship begins at 8:30 am

 

  July  17 -19         Bellefontaine Bash               Bellefontaine, OH

  July 24-26         Heart of Ohio Final Fling           Marysville, OH 



Monday, June 15
Paige Thompson Selected to Central District Underclass All Star Team

Conrads to Marysville HS Junior Paige Thompson who was selected to play first base for the Central District in the Ohio Underclass All Star softball team in their tournament beginning June 22nd.



2009 SWARM Whitehall
Runner-Up at Whitehall ASA
Monday, June 15
SWARM Battles Back to Claim Runner-Up Spot at Whitehall !

The Ohio SWARM 18U Fastpitch softball team opened up the 2009 season at the Whitehall Invitational last weekend.  Knocked into the losers bracket early on Sunday by the eventual tournament winner, the SWARM made a dramatic comeback, playing six games in a row and eventually defeating the winner’s bracket champion by a score of 1-0. This forced the tournament into a 2nd championship game which was tied at 6-6 going into the bottom of the final inning of the contest. The SWARM gave up a run in the final frame to drop a 7-6 decision to the Rebels (Orahood) and claim 2nd Place in the tourney with a 5-2-1 record.

Ohio SWARM – 0    Rebels (Thomas) – 0                                                                                            The tournament opened Friday evening with a the SWARM registering a 0-0 tie vs the Rebels (Thomas) team. SWARM bats were cold -only Lindsey Pennell (2 for 2) had success at the plate. Still, Marysville hurler Chelsea Burns shut down the Rebels for 3 innings, allowing only one hit and striking out three. She was relieved by North Union pitcher Maggie McMahan who allowed no hits and struck out six in the final three frames.

 

Ohio SWARM – 3    Turbos  - 1 

Game two saw the SWARM jump out to an early lead as Marysville graduate Casey Clarridge singled to begin the game and later scored on a fielders choice. The SWARM made it 2-0 in the fifth as North Union’s Samantha Rouse singled and later scored on a hit by Chelsea Burns.  Marysville’s Paige Thompson drove in another run in the 6th inning while Marysville hurler Lindsey Hershberger went four innings on the mound, holding the Turbos hitless. McMahan finished up the final two innings, striking out three.

 

 

Rebels (Orahood)  - 3   Ohio SWARM – 1     

Sunday at 8 am the SWARM took on the Rebels in an old-fashioned pitchers duel. Maggie McMahan held the high powered Rebels offense scoreless for four innings.  Paige Thompson blasted a triple to begin the fifth inning and scored on a single by Marysville catcher Paige Westfall, giving the SWARM a 1-0 lead.  The Rebels tied the game in the bottom of the fifth, then added two runs in the sixth to claim the win. Paige Thompson and Westland’s Hailee Johnson lead the SWARM offense with two hits each. The loss threw the SWARM in the tournament Loser’s Bracket.

 

Ohio SWARM – 9     Cardinal Crush – 3 

SWARM bats began to heat up as they handed the Cardinal Crush a 9-3 loss. Marysville’s Shelby Allmon recorded two hits and Clarridge added two more.Rouse, Beasy, Thompson, Westfall, and Burns also hit safely while Jonathan Alder’s Jacquelene Justus laid down a perfect, two strike suicide squeeze bunt to plate a run.Chelsea Burns earned the win on the mound, pitching a complete game while giving up only two earned runs.

Ohio SWARM – 8      Rebels (Thomas) - 3 

The offense continued to roll as the SWARM took on the Rebels in a rematch of game one. The SWARM banged out twelve hits including three by Hailee Johnson and two each by Paige Thompson and Casey Clarridge.  SWARM pitchers Lindsey Hershberger and Maggie McMahan held the Rebels to five hits and only two earned runs in the win.

Ohio SWARM – 7      SWARM  (Orange) - 0  

Game six was the Championship Game for the loser’s bracket and featured a first time match-up between the two local SWARM teams. Maggie McMahan was masterful in the circle allowing only two hits and striking out six to earn the victory. The SWARM jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning as Casey Clarridge and Samantha Rouse both singled then scored on a double to center by Paige Thompson. The SWARM added four more runs in the second inning as Allmon, Clarridge, Rouse, and Johnson each scored. Clarridge and Thompson recorded two hits each in the victory while Brittany Pontious and Dani Feldman hit safely for the SWARM Orange team.. 

Ohio SWARM – 1      Rebels (Orahood)  - 0    Championship Game 

Now into late afternoon Sunday, the SWARM refused to quit as they took on the Winner’s Bracket champion. Chelsea Burns was outstanding in the circle throwing a complete game, seven inning shutout. She allowed only three hits while striking out three. The only run of the game came in the fifth as Paige Westfall doubled, then scored on another double by Westland’s Carly Beasy. Both Westfall and Paige Thompson recorded two hits in the win.

Rebels (Orahood) – 7     Ohio SWARM – 6    Championship Game 2 

The SWARM began the 2nd Championship game Sunday evening at 7 pm, 12 hours and six games into the day.  The Rebels scored three runs in the second inning, but the SWARM refused to quit as Samantha Rouse singled to lead off the fourth inning and Hailee Johnson doubled. Both scored as Paige Thompson blasted a double to left field.

 

Casey Clarridge singled to lead off the fifth inning, stole second and scored on another hit by Rouse to tie the score at 3-3. The Rebels charged back in the bottom of the fifth, scoring two runs to retake a 5-3 lead. SWARM made it 5-4 in the sixth inning as Beasy doubled and later scored on a towering double to left field by Maggie McMahan. The Rebels added a run to take a 6-4 lead in the bottom of the sixth, only to see the SWARM charge back once more in the top of the seventh as Clarridge and Thompson both singled, then scored on a hit by Beasy to tie the game at 6-6.  Sadly, the Rebels first batter tripled to lead off in the bottom of the seventh, and scored on a suicide squeeze to earn a 7-6 win.

 

SWARM players ended the 14 hour day exhausted, but the coaches were thrilled with the team’s effort, attitude, and performance. Larry Orahood, longtime coach of the Rebels said the final game was the “finest softball game I have ever been involved in” and had nothing but praise for all of the SWARM players. 

 

The SWARM will take their 5-2-1 record to the ASA Westerville Warcat Invitational next weekend beginning play at 8 am Saturday.



2009 SWARM Player AWARDS

Ohio SWARM players received the following awards for  the 2009 high school season:

                 Maryville High School players:

Shelby Allmon  - 2nd team OCC Conference

Lindsey Hershberger - Honorable Mention OCC Conference

Paige Thompson - 2nd Team OCC Conference

                             North Union HS:

Maggie McMahon1st Team MOAC Conference 

                           Westland HS players:

Carly Beasy  -  2nd team OCC Conference

Hailee Johnson - Honorable Mention OCC Conference

 



Thursday, December 14
SWARM Hall of Fame Players

The Ohio SWARM organization has had a number of
All Ohio and college level players since 2003. 
They are:

   Player                  HS Grad            Pos                Awards                                          College 
Alison Davis                 2003      P/ IF       All Ohio 1st Team (D3)          Wright State
Kristen Farley            2003        C       
All Ohio 1st Team (D1)       Wright State
Hannah Hoffman    2003      1B       All MOAC Conf                 Marietta
Amber Church       2004       P        All Ohio 1st Team (D1)     Wright State
Amanda Kern        2004       SS      All Ohio 1st Team (D1)     Wright State
Rayann Klingler      2004       3B      All Ohio 1st Team (D4)      Capital Univ 
Coree Price           2004        SS      All Ohio 1st Team (D3)     Heidelberg
Annisa Larimer      2005        IF       All Conference              Baldwin Wallace
Lauren Richardson 2004       OF      All Central District (D2)  Ohio Dominican
Danielle Larson      2005        OF     All Ohio 1st Team (D3)  Ohio Dominican
Brittany Creviston   2006        IF      All Ohio 1st Team (D3)    Rio Grande
Krista Smith           2006        IF       All Ohio 2nd Team (D2) 
Rian Kenney          2006        C            All Conf                           Capital University
Stephanie Peterson 2007       SS      All Central District         Toledo University
Ashlee Hein           2007       C        All Ohio 1st Team (D1)      Kent State Univ
Kacie Dunn           2007     P OF    All Central District (D1)       Rio Grande
Ashley Price           2008        P      All Ohio 1st Team (D3)        Muskingham

Casey Clarridge    2008      OF      All OOC Conference (D1)          Otterbein          

Samantha Wolfe   2008   C 3B      All Central District (D1)        Ohio Dominican  

Natalie Zwicker     2008        P        All OCC Conference (D1)     Muskingham



CLASS OF 2009 SKILLS VIDEOS

Coming Soon - Videos of 2009 team players !

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