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2011 Premier Girls Fastpitch National Championship (Irvine, CA) – 25th Place
Oregon Thunder once again played strong all week by winning their PGF Championship pool with an overall 3‐0 record with quality wins over the SoCal Jynx, SoCal Choppers, and the Arizona Hotshots – Gatti. In bracket play, the Thunder started hot with a 9‐1 victory over the SoCal Wicked before running into the 2011 Adidas Futures Champions, the San Diego Renegades Fox which turned into a highlight of the tournament, but resulted in a 1‐0 loss in 9 innings. Thunder responded positively with a 5‐2 win over the USA Athletics – Mora club before losing to the independent CA Cruisers to finish the tournament in the 25
th place position. San Diego Renegades Fox finished 3rd overall and the Champion (Firecrackers – Blanco) was a team we gave a great 6‐4 game against in the NoCal Qualifier in June. Congratulations Thunder – Great Season and way to play with the best teams in the country!2011 Oregon ASA 16A State Tournament (Medford, OR) – 3rd Place
Oregon Thunder defeated a good Oregon Panther team to start the tournament Friday evening, but was knocked into the loser bracket with an extra inning loss to the Oregon Lobos in the first game Saturday. The Thunder pulled it together with consecutive wins over the Oregon Magic and in a re‐match with the Oregon Panthers to reach Sunday. In the first game Sunday, the Thunder played flawlessly in defeating the Oregon Lobos in a tough re‐match and then cruised to a 10‐0 victory over the Oregon Blaze ’95 to advance into the final 3. The gas tank went empty though, and Thunder came up short, losing to the Northwest Bullets to finish at 3
rd Place for the tournament.2011 Louisville Slugger Independence Day Tournament (Erie/Boulder, CO)
Oregon Thunder played strong all week, with a 2‐1 record in practice games and by winning their pool with an overall 5‐0‐1 record. In the Single elimination bracket play, Thunder went 1‐1, losing to one of the 8 Finalists. The lone loss in the practice games was a 3‐1 loss to the eventual champion of the 16A bracket, the Illinois Southern Force. Overall, a great first experience with the Louisville Slugger Tournament and we look forward to returning in 2012!
2011 Northern California Premier Girls Fastpitch Qualifier (Stockton, CA) – QUALIFIED
Oregon Thunder bounced back from a very tough first round loss to the CA Firecrackers (4‐6) to win 4 in a row in the losers bracket to secure a berth in the 2011 PGF National Championship in Irvine, CA. For the pool game, the Oregon Thunder wore a new uniform dedicated to Kyron Horman with Kyron’s name, number, and a frog logo on the front. Thunder had victories over the CA Mizuno All American, the CA Lady Hustle, the CC Dirt Dogs, and the CA Grapettes to earn their qualifying berth. Congratulations Thunder!
2011 Northwest Valley Invite – Division 1 Gold Bracket – 2nd Place
Division 1 had 56 18A and 18G teams and 8 16A teams for a field of 64. The Oregon Thunder completed pool play with a perfect 3‐0 record and was rewarded with a seeding in the upper gold bracket. The Thunder stared out by beating the Ovita Blaze 9‐1, the Idaho Diamond Bandits 18‐0, and the Kelowna Heat 17‐3. In the first bracket game, the Thunder held on to beat the Montana Avalanche 10‐6 and then completed a 7 inning nail biter with a 1‐0 win over the Boise Blast to get into the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinal, The Oregon Thunder won by forfeit when the NW Bullets could not complete the game. In the Semi‐final game, the Thunder played their best game of the tournament coming out on top of the Absolute Blast 18G 5‐1. In the Championship game, the Oregon Thunder finally fell, 2‐8 to the very strong WA Lake Breeze 18G team.
2011 High
School Honors
Congratulations to Oregon
Thunder 16A team members that received conference recognition this past
high school season!
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Jenna Stanford: 6A Special District #1, 1st Team
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Mackenzie Spencer: 6A Metro League, 1st Team
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Kaylin Vandomelen: 4A Cowapa League, 1st Team
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Briana Barzola: 6A Three Rivers League, 2nd Team
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Mackenzie Farnham: 6A Three Rivers League, 2nd Team
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Morgan Ashton: 6A Special District #1, 2nd Team
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Courtney Clayton: 6A Pacific Conference, 2nd Team
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Alex Portesi: 6A Metro League, 2nd Team