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2005
Recap
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Hanover
Thunder Girls 12U Gets Worm in
SoftballNation Early Bird
At RFP Park in Glen Allen, Hanover
Thunder – Blue finished undefeated
(5-0) to win the SoftballNation Early
Bird Tournament.
The Thunder girls, made up
primarily of student-athletes from Oak
Knoll and Stonewall Jackson Middle
School, won 3 games on Saturday in pool
play and then won 2 games on Sunday to
bring home the 1st place
hardware.
Hanover Thunder began their 12U
season in much the same way they
finished their inaugural season last
year at 10U (20-1 in 2005, winning 3 of
4 tournaments entered).
The Thunder, managed by Mark
Berry, combined solid pitching and
consistent offense to win all 5 games
they played in the tournament.
The most exciting game of the
tournament occurred on a rainy and windy
Saturday afternoon between a strong
Vienna Star team and Hanover Thunder.
After 5 innings, the Thunder led
3-2.
The rains strengthened and the
winds blew harder as the top of 6th
began with Vienna at the bat.
The Star’s used a walk and 3
base hits to go up 6 to 3 going in the
bottom of the last inning. The resilient Thunder
team did not give up.
Without surrendering an out, the
Thunder combined a walk, 2 hits, a hit
batter, and couple of passed balls to
score the 4 runs needed for the win.
Final score:
Hanover Thunder 7 Vienna Stars 6.
Courtney Didlake went 8 for 14
and scored 8 runs to lead the Thunder
bats.
Kelly Heinz, along with 2 strong
pitching performances, also contributed
7 for 14 at the plate with 10 RBI’s.
In the Championship game against the
Vienna Stars, the Thunder scored in all
but one inning to build an 8-0 lead;
which was how it ended after 5 innings.
Overall, the Thunder outscored
their opponents 48-10 for the weekend.
Congratulations to the Thunder
girls on representing Hanover County
well in their first outing of the year!
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Game
Summaries and Tournament Stats
Quick
Quips:
 | Tony Stewart (shown above)
celebrates another short-track win
at RFP over the weekend -- uh...wait
a minute...that's not Tony...that's
Billy C celebrating the tourney win! |
| Camp Kenny was alive and well on
Saturday as about 30 players,
family, and friends joined under the
RFP pavilion for some dogs, chips,
and cookies. |
| Thanks to Kelly H and Shelby W for
coming out with "Blue" for
the weekend -- both were key
contributors |
| Buffalo Wild Wings was overtaken
on Sunday for the post-tournament
celebration |
Individual
Highlights:
| Courtney D led the team
with a .571 batting average (8 for
14) with 8 runs scored -- she was
the only person on the team with NO
strikeouts the entire tournament |
| Madison C was flawless at
shortstop, making several nice
defensive plays - she also had an
on-base-percentage of .500 and
scored 6 runs |
| Lindsey N batted .300 to go
with 3 solid pitching efforts giving
up only 5 hits and 4 runs while
striking out 22 in 14 innings
pitched |
| Kelly H was outstanding (as
usual) -- along with getting 2 wins
(including the Championship game) on
the mound, she was 7 for 14 at the
plate with an incredible 10 RBIs |
| Shawna K scored 4 runs in
the tournament to go along with
playing a solid third base - her
catch of a line drive down the line
on Saturday was a defensive gem |
| Lindsay W played a stellar
first base for the entire tournament
-- she made several sound defensive
plays over the weekend |
| Lynnse C batted .400 for
the tournament with 4 RBI and 5 runs
scored and got one of the key hits
in the 4-run bottom of the 6th win
on Saturday against the Stars |
| Shelby W had a .538
on-base-percentage - with her speed,
when she reached 1st base you may as
well put her on 3rd base because
nobody was going to throw her out --
Shelby also contributed on the mound
on Saturday during the rain/wind
game against Vienna |
| Ashley B played solid in
center all weekend and scored the
winning run against the Stars on
Saturday -- she reached base 5 times
on 10 plate appearances |
| Brianna J scored 3 times
and crushed the ball to left in her
final plate appearance of the
tourney |
| Savannah A hit the ball as
well as anyone on the team all
weekend -- she ripped a triple and
scored 2 runs in the Championship
game |
Thunder
Blue
Wins! (Apr
8-9)
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