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2009 News and Photos

 
2010 14A National Championship - Moline, Illinois (Aug 1st thru Aug 8th)

The 2010 14A National Championship tournament was held in Moline, Illinois with 156 teams from around the country.  Oregon Thunder finished tied for 65th, losing their first game to the American Liberty Softball Krusers 5-0.  Thunder then won their next 2 bracket games, defeating the Georgia Impact Black team 3-1 and the South Bay Stars 4-1 before losing to the Vienna Starz 0-3.  Oregon Thunder finished 2-2 in bracket play.

 

2010 14A Region 15 Championship (July 16th thru July 18th)

The 2010 14A Region 15 Championship tournament was held at Delta Park in Portland, Oregon with 21 teams from WA and OR. Oregon Thunder had a one inning let down in their opening game against the Washington Hustle, losing 4‐11 to knock them down into the loser’s bracket Friday morning. Thunder responded to the opening round thrashing on Saturday going on a 5 game winning streak to ensure playing on Sunday. They started by beating the Sudden Impact team from Seattle 8‐0, followed by a 15‐3 win over the NW Classic, a 5‐1 win over Thunder – Brown, a 5‐0 victory over the Washington Vipers, and closing the late evening with a 10‐2 victory over the Riptide ’95 team. Back on the field first thing Sunday morning, Thunder came from behind to beat the Sandy Thunder 4‐3 to setup a rematch with the Washington Hustle team. Thunder held a 3‐1 lead after 4 innings, but the Hustle pulled ahead and held on to win 4‐3 to send the Oregon Thunder home after 7 straight games in the loser’s bracket. Congratulations Thunder for taking 4th Place after losing their first game! Final Score: Oregon Thunder 3, Washington Hustle 4.

2010 14A NSA Western World Series (July 12th thru July 14th)

The 2010 14A NSA Western World Series tournament was held at Hillsboro Stadium in Hillsboro, Oregon as a week day tournament with 19 teams from WA, OR, and CA. Oregon Thunder came out strong winning their two games convincingly over the SBA MsStyx from Washington State 7‐2 and the Mizuno All America team from California 7‐2. In bracket play, Thunder defeated the Oregon Wolves 4‐1, the Spokane Crash 3‐2, the SnoCo Express Black 3‐1 and the Vancouver Attack 4‐2 to reach the championship game. In the championship game, Thunder defeated the SnoCo Express Black team for the 2nd time in the tournament retaining an undefeated record to win the 2010 NSA Western World Series Championship. Congratulations Thunder! Final Score: Oregon Thunder 4, SnoCo Express Black 2.

2010 14A Oregon State Championship (July 10th thru July 11th)

The 2010 14A State tournament was held at Wallace Marine Park in Salem, Oregon. Oregon Thunder jumped out in the winner’s bracket with two early wins by defeating the Oregon Magic 6‐0 and the Salem/Dalles Scorpions 6‐4. The first game Sunday morning, Thunder ran into a hot hitting Sandy Thunder team, losing 9‐11. In the loser’s bracket, Thunder defeated the Sherwood Fireballs 5‐1, Thunder‐Brown 5‐0, and then avenged the earlier loss to the Sandy Thunder by winning 12‐1 to make it to the championship game against Blaze ’95. The championship game was a pitcher’s duel as Thunder eventually lost a nail biter 0‐1 to the Blaze ’95 team, thus finishing in 2nd place for the tournament. Congratulations Thunder! Final Score: Oregon Thunder 0, Blaze ’95 1.

2010 14A Colorado Fireworks, Broomfield, Colorado (June 29th thru July 4th)

Oregon Thunder completed an amazing week in Broomfield, Colorado by playing 16 games in 6 days, culminated with 5 straight wins in the loser bracket on championship Sunday to win the 2010 14A Colorado Fireworks championship!   This year, the Colorado Fireworks had 67 team accepted into the tournament represented by teams from 19 states, Australia, and Canada.  Thunder beat the Oklahoma Explosion 11 to 0 and the Texas Kaos ’96 7 to 5 in practice games on Tuesday.  Pool play started Wednesday and the Thunder started strong with a 6-0 victory over the Texas LITE and a 5-1 victory over the New Mexico Sol ’95. Thunder completed pool play on Thursday with a 2nd victory over the New Mexico Sol ’95 (6-0) and a hard fought 0-0 tie with the Oklahoma Twisters to finish at 3-0-1 in pool play, taking the top seed.  Thunder opened bracket play Friday morning with a 6-0 victory over the Texas Glory (Atkins) and then won a thrilling and an emotional   5-4 extra inning game against the Texas Kaos ’96 to advance to Saturday.  Saturday morning, Thunder played a tough Oklahoma Starz team coming out on top 2-0.  In the afternoon, Thunder came from behind to beat the Scottsdale Fever ’95 team 3-2 to win their 4th straight bracket game.  Saturday evening, the winning streak ended as Thunder came up against an extremely tough Georgia Impact Gold team, eventually losing 0-4.  Thunder entered loser bracket play early Sunday morning and under gray skies, held on to beat the Pearland Phantomz 2-1 and then scored early to hold the Birmingham Thunderbolts off with a 3-1 victory to setup a rematch with the Georgia Impact Gold team which had lost earlier to the Texas Outlaws.  Thunder jumped on the Georgia Impact pitching early and kept on the pressure to win going away with a 9-2 victory to get to the Championship game against the Texas Outlaws.  In the championship game, Thunder rolled to a 12-1 victory in 5 innings to setup the Championship “IF” game.   The final game was a pitcher’s duel, with no score going into the 6th inning.  The Outlaws scored one run in the top of the 6th, but Thunder finally caught up the Outlaw pitcher and broke out for 5 runs before a thunder and lightning storm suspended play for over an hour.  Finally, Thunder completed the 7th inning, holding the Outlaw team to win the 2010 Fireworks Championship.  Congratulations Thunder!  Final Score:  Oregon Thunder 5, Texas Outlaws 1.

14A National Qualifier, Billings, Montana (June 25th and 26th

Oregon Thunder traveled to Billings, Montana for the 14A National Qualifier.  Only 4 teams made the trip, but we had great games and competition.  During Friday round robin session, Thunder jumped on the Billings Fury team for a 9-0 victory and followed up with a hard fought 2-1 victory over the Washington Hustle.  Early Saturday morning in Championship play, Thunder lost their opening game to Washington Hustle 1-5 where the only highlight was a 10 minute delay for the girls to all chase 2 cottontail rabbits off the field.  In the loser bracket, Thunder came back sharp with a strong hitting performance to blast the Billings Fury team 11-0 in five innings to setup a re-match with the Washington Hustle who had lost earlier to the Sherwood Fireballs.  In the re-match, Thunder played near perfect ball to outlast the Hustle 2-0 to secure a berth to Nationals.  In the Championship game, Thunder came out strong against the Sherwood Fireballs team, but couldn’t hold on as Sherwood came from behind to win 5-3.  Congratulations Thunder on securing berth to 14A Nationals in Moline, Illinois!  Final Score:  Oregon Thunder 3, Sherwood Fireballs 5.

Valley Invite College Exposure Tournament (June 19th and 20th)

Oregon Thunder was placed into Division III which consisted of 14 U16A teams and 10 U14A teams.  Thunder lost their first round pool game to the Northwest Wildcats 3-7, but rallied to win their remaining two pool games to finish second in their pool.  Game #2 was a 2-0 shutout over the CC Invasion.  Game #3 was an 8-0 victory over the Southern Oregon Intensity.  Thunder started strong in championship play with an 11-2 victory over the Idaho Diamond Bandits and a 4-2 victory over the Frasier Valley Fusion team from Canada.  In the Quarter finals, Thunder won a hard fought battle with cross town rival Blaze’95 2-0 and in the semi-finals Thunder prevailed during a 1 hour rain delay to beat the Roseburg Indians 3-1.  The championship game against the Oregon Elite, went into 8 inning tie-breaker.  With a modified tie-breaker rule (runners on 2nd and 3rd base), Thunder played great defense to hold Elite to 1 run in their half of the tie-breaker and then Thunder scored two runs in their half with back to back hits to win the Valley Invite Division III Gold Bracket Championship.  Congratulations Thunder!  Final Score: Oregon Thunder 6, Oregon Elite 5.

 

2010 High School Honors

Congratulations to Oregon Thunder team members that received conference recognition this past high school season!

Mackenzie Farnham:     6A Three Rivers League, Honorable Mention

Briana Barzola:               6A Three Rivers League, 2nd Team

Courtney Huston:            6A Three Rivers League, Honorable Mention

Jenna Stanford:              6A PIL, 2nd Team

Morgan Ashton:              6A PIL, 2nd Team

Kayla Kendrick:              5A NWOC, Honorable Mention (5A State Champions)

Panthers 16A Invite (June 12th and 13th)

Oregon Thunder opened the tournament pool play with a tough 3-4 loss to the 16A Oregon Magic, but quickly responded to win their next two pool games: 9-1 over the 16A Hi-Voltage and 15-5 over the NC Storm.  In championship bracket play, Thunder came out swinging with a 12-0, 4-inning victory over the Elmira Crushers followed by a come from behind 4-2 victory over the 16A Northwest Bullets to get into the championship game.  In the championship, Thunder fell behind early 5-0 before rallying to tie the game in the 5th inning 5-5 against the always tough 14A Blaze ’95 team.  Thunder fell short in the end, losing to finish in 2nd Place.  Congratulations Thunder!  Final Score: Thunder 5, Blaze ’95 6.

VGSA U14A Memorial Day Invite (May 8th and 31st)

Oregon Thunder swept the table at the Vancouver 14A Memorial Weekend tournament, winning all eight games to take the championship.   Thunder had pool victories over the Attack (6-0), Something Special (13-1), Washington Hurricanes (6-1), and the Sherwood Fireballs (3-2). In championship bracket play, Thunder started by beating organizational rival Thunder-Brown (7-3) and the Northwest Wildfire (8-0).  In the semifinals the Sandy Thunder provided a difficult match, but Oregon Thunder prevailed (3-2) and in the championship, Thunder completed a shutout over the Attack. Congratulations Thunder!  Final Score: Thunder 6, Attack 0.

Sherwood U14A Invite (May 8th and 9th)

Oregon Thunder completed their 3rd straight tournament as champions, winning the Sherwood U14A Invite tournament over Mother’s Day weekend. Thunder cruised to pool play victories over the Sherwood Fireballs (Hext) and Oregon Wolves on Saturday. In Sunday’s first round bracket game Thunder was tested by the Blaze ’96 team, which played very good defensive. Final Score: Thunder 5, Blaze ’96 1. In the semi-finals Thunder faced the always tough Blaze ’95 team which turned into a hard fought game going down to the last inning. Courtney Huston struck out the last 3 batters to end the game after loading the bases. Final Result: Thunder 5, Blaze 95’ 3. In the championship game, Mackenzie Spencer went the distance to help Thunder seal the championship against the Vancouver Vipers. The Vipers played superb defense and kept the game close through 7 innings. Congratulations Thunder! Final Score: Thunder 2, Vipers 1.

VGSA U14 Open Invite (May 1st and 2nd)

Oregon Thunder’s 2nd tournament of the year started under cloudy skies in Vancouver, WA against the Tsunamis from Longview, WA. Mackenzie Spencer pitched a no-hitter giving up only 1 walk in a 5 inning 8-0 shut-out in the first game of the tournament. Final Score: Thunder 8, Tsunamis 0. The Vancouver Vipers presented a difficult 2nd game of the tournament holding the Thunder bats to one run thru four innings, but a 5 run 5th inning was enough to support another no hit pitching performance, this time by Kaylin VanDomelen. Final Score: Thunder 6, Vipers 1. The third game of the tournament setup a rematch with the Attack. Thunder hit the ball hard throughout the game, but the Attack defense held the score close until the sixth inning when Thunder broke open the game, scoring 5 runs. Final Score: Thunder 7, Attack 1. The Thunder faced the Riptide, from Reynolds for the fourth game of the day. The entire team hit the ball hard and to the gaps the entire game, highlighted with a massive home run over the center field fence by Mackenzie Farnham. Mackenzie Spencer went the distance, giving up only 2 runs to a very good hitting Reynolds team. Final Score: Thunder 11, Riptide 2. The Gold Bracket semi-finals again another re-match with the tough Attack team who had beaten the Sudden Impact team from Federal Way earlier in the morning. Mackenzie Spencer pitched a masterful seven inning performance and timely hitting helped lead the Thunder to a shutout victory. Final Score: Thunder 4, Attack 0. The championship game was what championship games should be – a tough back and forth battle, settled in the last inning. The Riptide earned the title game rematch by beating the Idaho Golden Gloves earlier and they quickly put behind them the loss on Saturday night. Kaylin VanDomelen earned a complete game victory and Thunder sealed the championship with timely hitting and base running! Congratulations Thunder! Final Score: Thunder 5, Riptide 4.

Beaverton U14 Open Invite (April 17th and 18th)

Oregon Thunder started out the 2010 season with a 6-0 record, claiming the Beaverton Invite championship. Thunder opened pool play by defeating the Tigard Blast 15-0 and the NW Classic 9-0 before running into a strong Vancouver Attack team. Behind a five inning outing from Mackenzie Spencer, 2 inning relief/save from Courtney Huston, and timely team hitting with a 3 run 4th inning led by a triple by Courtney Clayton, a single by Courtney Huston, a Fielder’s choice and a 2 RBI double by Mackenzie Farnham, Thunder pulled off a 3-0 victory to go undefeated in pool play. In championship play, Thunder started strong with a 8-1 victory over the Vipers and continued with the hot bats in defeating the Thunder ’96 team 9-1 to reach the championship game with the always strong Blaze ’95 team. Thunder held a 2-1 lead after the first inning as Courtney Clayton singled with one out and Courtney Huston doubled her around. Mackenzie Farnham’s RBI single completed the first inning scoring for the Thunder. Both teams had strong pitching as the score held entering the bottom of the 5th. Maria Dendinger doubled in 2 runs with bases loaded to give Thunder a 4-1 lead and Mackenzie Spencer continued her masterful complete game outing to notch her 4 victory of the weekend as Thunder took the Blaze Invite Championship. Congratulations Thunder!