Official Site of Lightning Baseball: News
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Elk Grove Wood Bat Challenge August 18-19th
Lightning Baseball finishes 2nd in Elk Grove Wood Bat Challenge. Details to follow.
Monday, September 17
Santa Maria BPA Labor Day Sept. 1-3rd
Lightning Baseball took two teams to the Labor Day tournament in Santa Maria over Labor Day Weekend. Details and stats to follow.
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Lightning Wins AABC Sandy Koufax Super League Championship
Pictured above Top Row Right to Left: Coach DeLaCruz, Will Rosado, Alex Giltimier, James Lopez, Jerry Arneson, Destin DeLaCruz, Coach Domingues. Front: Coach Owens, Ryan Massey, Zack Wright, Quinten Owens, Jay Massey, Kirk Haskill, Zack Domingues, Ray Baca, and Coach Baca.
Tournament Update: We won our first game 5-1 over Fresno Blue Devils. We then played and beat the Bakersfield Braves 12-2. This kept us in the winner's bracket to play Buchanan Bears in the Semi Final. It was eventful. We were down 6-4 going into the top of the 7th and we ended up putting on 4. We held them in the bottom of the 7th and called it a day. The Mariners who continued to win in the Loser's bracket beat Buchanan in the championship of the loser's bracket 12-2. We faced the Mariner's in the Championship game, and lost 16-12 in a combined 34 hit game. We sent 42 hitters to the plate while they sent 45. It was unreal. The Mariners had to beat us twice (just like last year with the Frozen Rope). We played them last night back at Clovis High. Our bats stayed hot and we beat them 14-1 to win the championship. Stats will be posted on the website shortly. Click on the link to see the bracket. Stats: Visalia Lightning 5, Fresno Blue Devils 1 (Box Score) (Score Card) Visalia Lightning 12, Bakersfield Braves 2 (Box Score) (Score Card) Visalia Lightning 8, Buchanan Bears 6 (Box Score) (Score Card) Visalia Lightning 12, Mariners 16 (Box Score) (Score Card) Visalia Lightning 15, Mariners 1 (Box Score) (Score Card)
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Lightning Baseball Wins Tulare Mother's Day BPA
Pictured above from left to right: Coach Domingues, Ray Baca, James Lopez, Brandon Jeffries, Alex Giltmier, Tyler Cummings, Jerry Arneson, and Coach DeLaCruz. Bottom Row: Coach Gilbreath, Zack Domingues, Destin DeLaCruz, Boo Massey, Quinten Owens, Aaron Sing, Drew Gilbreath, Travis Beck, and Coach Owens.
Lightning Baseball wins Mother's Day Tulare BPA this weekend. Pool Play Game #1 Lightning 5, Fresno Titans 1 Pool Play Game #2 Lightning 7, Norcal Grizzlies, 8 Elimination Game #1 Lightning 13, Porterville Bombers 0 Elimination Game #2 Lightning 8, Norcal Grizzlies 7 Elimination Game #3 Lightning 5, Fresno Titans 4 Championship Game Lightning 5, Bakersfield 4 Stats to follow.
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BPA Cinco De Mayo Woodland
Pictured Top Row L to R: Coach Owens, Taylor Temple, Ray Baca, Jerry Arneson, Tyler Cummings, Coach Domingues. Bottom Row: Destin DeLaCruz, Zack Domingues, Aaron Sing, Drew Gilbreath, Quinten Owens, Ryan Massey.
Lightning Baseball finishes 2nd place in the Cinco De Mayo Woodland BPA.
Pool Play #1: Lightning Baseball 3, Triple Crown Ballz Out 2
Pool Play #2: Lightning Baseball 2, South Valley Bull Dogs 3
Semi Final: Lightning Baseball 3, Triple Crown Ballz Out 1
Championship:Lightning Baseball 3, Red Dogz 9
Stats to follow
Wednesday, May 16
Lightning Baseball finishes 3rd in Manteca BLD Super Series
Pool play Game #1: Lightning Baseball 12, Hard Show 90 0
Pool Play Game #2 Lightning Baseball 10, NorCal 0
Semi Finals Lightning Baseball 7, Norcal 11
March 24-25, 2007
BLD Manteca & Elk Grove, CA
14 National Division
Champion: StarMaker Stingrays
2nd- NorCal Baseball
3rd- Lightning Baseball
4th- Club All Star
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Lightning Baseball Wins Tulock BPA March 17-18
Listed above: Top Row Left to Right: Coach Owens, Travis Beck, Alex Giltmier, Billy Flamion, Dustin Baisdon, Boo Massey, Jerry Arneson, Coach Domingues. Bottom Row: Ray Baca, Quinten Owens, Drew Gilbreath, Zack Domingues, and Destin DeLaCruz
Pool Play #1 Lightning Baseball vs.
Pool Play #2 Lightning Baseball vs.
Semi-Final Lightning Baseball vs. Club Allstar
Championship Lightning Baseball vs. Red Dogz
Stats to follow.
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Super Series Trophies
Saturday, December 22
Lightning Baseball- National Champions
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Lightning Baseball Wins the 2006 Super Series Winter Nationals(Stats) in Peoria, Arizona. 28 Teams attended the Winter Nationals in the 14 year old division, as the Lightning who ended up 4th in pool play seeding defeated 8 different teams going 8-0, scoring 75 runs, only allowing 23, beating the #5, #3, #2, and #1 seed, including last years American Division Champions, and last years National Division Runner-Up. Great job Lightning Baseball. Game summaries and stats are listed below. Click on Game Description on left to view score card and oponent on right to view game stats:
Winter National Pool Play #1 Lightning Baseball 7 Vs. Arizona Inferno 4.
Winter National Pool Play #2 Lightning Baseball 15 Vs. Arizona Heat 7.
Winter National Pool Play #3 Lightning Baseball 9 Vs. Arizona Titans 3.
Elimination Bracket Game #1 Lightning Baseball 7 Vs. Slugger's Baseball 3.
Elimination Bracket Game #2 Lightning Baseball 8 Vs. #5 Seed Glendale Gauchos 0.
Quarter Final Game Lightning Baseball 10 Vs. #1 Seed Washington Baseball 0.
Semi Final Game Lightning Baseball 6 Vs. #3 Seed Arizona Blaze 5.
Championship Game Lightning Baseball 5 Vs. #2 Seed SoCal Angels 3.
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Lightning Basketball Kicks Off January 7th
Lightning Basketball team ended the season in third place after going 8-5. Great season, it was really enjoyable. Special thanks to Dereck Domingues and Scott Reeder for taking the time to put this opportunity together. Please feel free to visit the team website at: http://allnetcentral.d4sports.com/leaguemanager/teams/default.asp?TeamID=149402
Wednesday, December 6
Lightning Wins CeresSuperSeries
Lightning Baseball went to Ceres to play in the final qualification tournament for Super Series Winter Nationals. The tournament was shortened by rain after pool play, and the Lightning Baseball was declared the winner after going undefeated in pool play and only allowing 5 runs. Stats will follow.
CERES SUPER SERIES
14 American Division
1st - Lightning Baseball 2nd - America's Game Hornets
15 Year Old Division
1st - Ceres Allstars 2nd - Manteca Stealth
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Annual Turkey Bowl
This year's annual Turkey Bowl went very well with one team seriously out playing the other. I want mention which team won, but my team didn't lose. The score was 45-27. Nobody sustained any major injuries, however, several of the dads were limping around the next day. The game took place at Neighborhood Church from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM. Thank you to everyone who participated.