Will wonders ever cease with this incredible team. This past weekend we played up in our first ever College Showcase Tournament. The tournament is a round robin type event with no bracket play so the college scouts can watch teams at specific fields and specific times.

We played some of the top 16u teams in the country and went an amazing 4 wins, 1 loss, and 1 tie. We played at a very high level as it seemed we were in 'Nationals' form competing toe to toe with these great teams.

But the most amazing thing, and the thing we are now trying to accomplish, was we attracted a lot of attention from the college scouts in attendance. The fact we won ASA Nationals and that our girls are so accomplished as players really attracted some college scouts. We even had some of our girls this past weekend invited already to some college camps that were invite only.

Wow! This is happening so fast, but it is awesome for these very talented group of girls. Go Power Surge!

POWER SURGE FINISHED THE SEASON WITH ONE OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE RECORDS I HAVE EVER SEEN. POWER SURGE WON 92 GAMES, LOST ONLY 7, AND TIED 1.

POWER SURGE WON 7 TOURNAMENTS THIS PAST SEASON ALL WITHOUT A LOSS AND ONE TOURNAMENT BEING A 14U TOURNAMENT.

POWER SURGE 12U WINS ASA NATIONALS IN NORMAL, ILLINOIS--POWER SURGE IS THE 2009 ASA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Power Surge 96 12u has been crowned the best 12u team in the entire United States by winning the 2009 ASA Fastpitch Softball Nationals Tournament in Normal, Illinois.  What a fantastic accomplishment traveling all the way accross the country and competing against the best teams in all the United States and coming out undefeated and the National Champions.

Power Surge went 9-0 in the national tournament run-ruling all but three teams, scoring 64 runs and giving up only 7.  What a truly dominating performance by our Power Surge players.  All the hard work has paid off.  Congratualations girls, coaches, parents, and supporters.  Thanks to all who traveled across the country to support us.  Thank you to our great sponsors who helped us raise over $24,000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

Power Surge started its Fall season the way it ended its Summer season, that being champs of a tournament.  The Summer season ended with Power Surge 96 being crowned National Champions of ASA in Normal, Illinois.  This past weekend, our first tournament of the Fall season, Power Surge 96 won the Triple Crown 14U Monster Mash tournament.

Power Surge scored 44 runs and gave up only 2 runs.  The girls played like mid-season form hittng the ball with power, pitching great, and playing its usual solid defense.

Power Surge 96 will be hosting Friendlies on Nov. 15.  Come play some great games and enjoy San Diego.

-1 hour 30 minutes no new inning
-Free substitution
-1 game ball
-$50 umpire fees

Contact Scott Berndes at berndess@aol.com

Power Surge 14U would like to introduce its Fall 2009 team.

Power Surge 2009:

Carlee Wallace--Santee ASA

Erin Mario--Penasquitos ASA

Katie Schultz--Penasquitos ASA

Tiana Miller--Rancho Berndardo ASA

Kailey Hill--Romona ASA

Sara White--Rancho Bernardo ASA

Katie Byrd--Santee ASA

Rebecca Dvorak--Mira Mesa ASA

Selina Taamilo--Murrieta ASA

Abigail Metsch--East County ASA

Julea Cavazos--Temecula ASA

Sami Schwartz--Laguna Nigel ASA

Cassidy Clough--Clairemont ASA

Power Surge, 2009 12u ASA National Champions, have added two impact players who will improve our team which is a scary thought. Adding these two players to an already proven team is going to make Power Surge even stronger. We would like to add that all 13 of the girls who helped us win ASA Nationals return in tact for the Fall season. We are so proud of our Power Surge family.

We have added Sami Schwartz who played last season with the very strong Firecrackers. She will add more power to our powerful team. Also added is Cassidy Clough who last played for TNL. She is as fast as any girl on our team and can really play great defense and slap. We look forward to both of our new players to make us an event better team this coming season.

POWER SURGE 96 SO CAL ASA 'STATE' CHAMPIONS 2009!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow! Will this Power Surge team ever stop accomplishing and striving to be the very best there is?????? I sure hope not as the sky is the limit for these great players.

Power Surge 96 just went to probably the toughest tournament of the year, The Southern California State Championships with 48 teams, and went undefeated 6-0 and were crowned CHAMPIONS! Power Surge scored 52 runs and gave up only 7 in the six games they played. What a team! What a great group of girls! What a great group of parents and supporters! All always perform with class!

Next up for this talented team.....................ASA Nationals in Normal, Illinois, in late July early August. We have the talent and the confidence to do well at Nationals.

Look out for Power Surge 96 SO CAL STATE CHAMPIONS. We have now won the last five tournaments we have been in and have been undefeated in all five tournaments. Our record is now a whopping 61-5. We look forward to representing Power Surge and California at ASA Nationals.

POWER SURGE 96 ACCOMPLISHMENTS SINCE OUR BEGINNING

2009 SUMMER SEASON

2009 ASA NATIONALS CHAMPIONS, NORMAL, ILLINOIS 

SoCal ASA State Championships,1st place

Fresno Force Classic Tournament, 1st Place

Surf City Tournament, Huntington Beach, 1st Place

Big League Dreams, Palm Springs, 1st Place

Pre-States Revenge Tournament, Co-Champions

USSSA 14u PreNationals Tournament, Saboba, 1st Place 

TCS Qualifer 14U, Hemet, 2nd Place

2008 FALL SEASON

ASA Turkey Tournament, Chino Hills, Ca. 3rd Place

USSSA Qualifer, San Diego, Ca. 1st Place

2008 SUMMER SEASON

ASA Regionals, Fairfield, Ca. 2nd Place

ASA Nationals, Montgomery, Al.

TCS Qualifier, Palm Springs, Ca. 1st Place

TCS Qualfier, Hemet, Ca. 3rd Place

Fresno Classic, Fresno, Ca. Tied 13th Place

USSSA Qualifier, San Pedro, Ca. 2nd Place

2007 FALL SEASON

Toys For Tots, Orange County, Ca. 2nd Place

USSSA Qualifer, Hemet, Ca. 3rd Place

Power Surge really had to play its best this past weekend against some older tough well respected teams to become the Champions of the 14u Division of the USSSA tournament in Saboba. We had some tough games, a 2 extra inning International Tie Breaker in the semis agains OC Elite, and tied a game against the Minors Gold 94's in pool play coming back with two runs to tie it with two outs in the bottom of the last inning. In the final playing the tough Minors Gold 94's again we won 7-0 and Selina Taamilo had 17 strikouts in seven innings to dominate to take the title.

We look very ready for ASA Nationals in two weeks. Lets start packing and get ready for the Big Show!

Power Surge went undefeated this past weekend and was declared co-champions with the OC Batusters.  Injuries to Batbuster players caused the final not to be played.  Power Surge scored 19 runs and gave up only 1 in the three games they played.

Power Surge is now 55-4 for this season.  Not bad.

Power Surge went to Palm Springs to defend the title it won last year as an all 11-year old team. We are proud to announce that we won the Palm Springs TCS Tournament again this year. Power Surge scored 66 runs and gave up only 5 runs in seven games. Our girls hit some huge home runs, our pitchers were up the the task, our defense was outstanding making only 2 errors all weekend, and as always is the case our baserunners stole many bases. Great job ladies!

What a great accomplishment for our girls. We have now won two tournaments in a row in two succesive weekends and finished 2nd in a 14U tournament three weeks ago. We are certainly on a roll!

Power Surge 96 is really getting its game together. This past weekend we played in a 14U tournament with the older girls and finished in 2nd place out of 24 teams. We certainly could have won the tournament as we had the lead for a part of the game and when the game ended we had the tying run at third base and the winning run at second base. OC Elite 14U, the winning team, had to make a very good play to get the last out.

We did have a great tournament both defensively and offensively. We scored 44 runs in seven games, had 4 shutouts and gave up only 7 runs. Outstanding ladies!

Power Surge 96 had a long day last Sunday. Always looking to improve our hitting we went all the way to Los Angeles for a hitting session for 3 hours. The session was designed to improve our weak points to a point where they become our strong points. It was a very interesting 3 hours. Hope it all works.

Later that day we played a double header to make sure we got in some games. We defeated Team Smith 4-2 and Crush 5-1. A long day but we hope it was worth it.

Today was the first round of bracket play in double elimination.  This is now where it all counts, the tournament has truly started.

Well, I am shocked and saddened to say we came out listless and not ready to play and got our behinds kicked 6-1 by the Lady Cats From Houston, Texas.  I am really at a loss to explain our poor play as we have been playing so well this week.  The team we played was not an overpowering team and I thought we were much better than they were.  But only scoring one run in a game, you don't win often.

Now it is 14 wins to be the champion.  A long road ahead.

Texas Lady Cats 6  Power Surge 1

We are out!  Unfortunately our bats went completely quite in the elimination bracket getting only 6 hits and scoring 2 runs in the 14 innings we played.  At this level of competition you just can't do that.  Every team here has at least one very good pitcher.  We needed to adjust to that and come out swinging.  We lost to the Tsunami from Jacksonville, Florida, 9-1. 

But, being I think only 1 of 4 all 1996 birthday teams of 11 year olds at ASA Nationals is quite an honor, no matter how we did.  To win over 60 games this past year, to win the huge Triple Crown tournament in Palm Springs, to travel to NorCal and qualify for ASA Nationals, to go to Montgomery and play against the best of the best at ASA Nationals is an amazing acomplishment!!!!  Look out for this team next year at ASA Nationals in Moline, Illinois.  We may be the favorites..........

Power Surge won another tough game, its last of pool play.  We played a very good team from Oklahoma called the Force.  They had some fireball pitchers who really threw heat.  But we were aggressive at the plate, had great pitching, defense, and won.

Power Surge 6  Oklahoma Force 1

Power Surge 12U 96 is in Montgomery, Alabama, participating in the top National Tournament in the country with all the top teams from all the states in the United States, THE BEST OF THE BEST!  We will be updating daily when time permits from our busy schedule on how Power Surge is doing.

We all arrived safely and are very excited to be here with the best teams in the country representing Power Surge and San Diego.  The first day of Opening Ceremonies and the Teams Social, and a practice here in Montgomery, really showed the girls what they were to face, the heat and a lot of amazing teams. 

 Day 1 Monday, July 28

Power Surge plays some giant girls from Portland, Oregon, in the first of two Pool Play games.  I think they drove themselves they looked so old.  Oh well, we got to play them so lets go!  Would you believe:

Power Surge 96  9  Portland, Oregon, Fireballs 4

Power Surge played a really flawless game, bunting up a storm in the beginning of the game and then turning on the hitting to win easily.  Carlee Wallace had three hits to lead the way. 

Power Surge 96 young guns have qualified for ASA Regionals July 11-13 in Fairfield, Ca.. This is quite an accomplishment for our young team. Only teams that finished in the top tier of ASA States recent tournament qualify. Again, another barometer on how we are doing and what next year will hold for this great team.

Most important, we have a chance to qualify now for ASA Nationals in Montgomery, Alabama, in late July.

--POWER SURGE 96 CHAMPIONS--TRIPLE CROWN PALM SPRINGS QUALIFIER APRIL 5-6 

Power Surge 96 comes home to San Diego as Champions of the Field of Dreams Triple Crown Qualifier in Palm Springs.  This was a very quality tournament with 30 teams from all over the Western States. 

For this young team to win against mostly older 12U 95 teams is certainly impressive.  But to know how Power Surge won is even more impressive.  PS96 gave up only 7 runs in 7 games.  PS96 scored 48 runs.  A huge stat is Power Surge hit 15 home runs in the tournament sending its opponents outfielders deep every game.

This team is truly reaching the potential we felt it has.  Still more improvement will make this great team even better.

Congrats girls, you won a great tournament being the best you can be.