22 current and former West Seattle Thunder players will be representing their high school teams in the 3A state fast pitch tournament on May 29 in Tacoma. (This represents about 10% of the athletes who will be participating in this event). Several of these athletes were key in helping their teams earn a state berth.
For West Seattle High School during the District 2 games, Thunder 18U teammates Kelsi Baker and Corinne Kleeberger shared the pitching with Kelsi pitching 18 of the 23 innings played during the Friday games. Kristin Jackson (18U) who caught all 37 innings during the distict tournament also had 2 hits in the WS Wildcats must win game against the Mt Si Wildcats. Annie Patnode (16U) drove Kelsi Baker in for the winning run in the 9th inning to advance the team to State for the first time ever. West Seattle was helped to the win in part by some cheering support by Holy Names Thunder players and other Holy Names West Seattle community members. Holy Names took 4th in the District tournament with contributions from 18U Thunder athletes Madie Baker and Ally Gale who combined for multiple hits during the tournament including 2 triples by Madie Baker. (Several former Thunder athletes contributed to their team’s successes including Farleigh Winter, Holy Names and Millie Osborne, Katelyn Elder and Cortney Elliott all from West Seattle High School)
In the District 3/4 Tournament both Mount Rainier and Kennedy advanced to State. Helping Kennedy stay alive in their first and must win game on Saturday was the hitting of Natalie Budner (Thunder 16U), her sister Sabrina (a former Thunder player) and Halle Davis (Thunder 16U) who combined for runs in a come from behind 4-3 victory over Timberline. Other Thunder players contributing to Kennedy’s success include Jenni Grosz (16U) and former Thunder athletes Toni Spadoni, Kerri Selk and Shannon Josie. Kennedy qualified for state with a win over the Thunder laden Mount Rainier Rams including 16U teammates Kelsey and Kristi O’Keefe and 18U Amanda Hopkins and Hillary Klein. (Former Thunder players on the Rams include Sonny and Maddi Dorhoffer and Tayler Fillmore). The Rams also went on to win their final game on Saturday to qualify for the State tournament.
Several former Thunder Fast Pitch players will also represent Seattle Lutheran which has qualified for State in the 2B bracket. Additionally, Emilie Schwartz (Thunder 16U) is headed off to state, not for fast pitch but for Track representing the Northwest School.
Good luck to all in state which begins 5-29-09!
Lindsay Willmann threw a 1-hitter and Bainbridge pounded out nine hits, including doubles from Taylor Greenfield, Hailey Willmann, Chelsie Kakila and Haylee Baker. The Spartans scored four runs in the second inning and two in the fourth.
Bainbridge plays Union, a 2-0 winner over Lynnwood, in the quarterfinals at 3 p.m. Friday.
In the Class 2A fastpitch tournament in Selah, North Mason's game against Anacortes was scheduled to start at noon.
West Seattle Thunder-Schwartz 14uPlayer Position ERA
Benita Beale P/ERA 1.56
Kayla Estes P/ERA 10.5
Jordan Kelly P/ERA 2.80
Sylvie Thomas P/ERA .78 (leads the team in k's with 17)
The girls did great, finished 5-1. Sudden Impact got our number this time due mostly to the one bad inning we had all tourney, five run first where we gave them five outs. Held them to one more run and we ended up losing 6-2. Sylvie had one of her tougher outings, after the game she told me her elbow was hurting and she couldn’t really throw the drop. I think it’s just a muscle strain, as the pain doesn’t seem to be in the joint, but on more on the forearm muscle. So we kept her out the rest of the day and iced, hopefully she’ll be OK. Benita pitched another great game in the last one and beat the Woodinville Reign 5-1. Yes, we were proud of them. They were one inning away from being 6-0. Sylvie definitely was not her normal self in the SI game, e.g. in her first complete game she threw 50 strikes and 11 balls, while in that game she was down around 60% strikes, which is way below her average. -Coach Jeff
Congratulations on a fantastic weekend in the Tri Cities. You all played great but more importantly, you all came together as a team. It was a true pleasure to watch and participate. Thanks to each and every one of you. For those of you who have not heard, Thunder had an outstanding weekend at the Ice Breaker winning 5 and 3/4 games and losing 1 inning. That is how close we were to being a perfect 6-0 for the weekend. This was a tremendous start to the season but one that left room for growth and improvement. It will be a lot of fun for all of us to set new goals so that we continue to improve over the season. - Coach Steve
May 9th Mothers's DAY Weekend Tournament
9:00 AM vs. Seattle Spice Field 3 Celebration Field Federal Way
10:30AM vs. Grays Harbor Heat Field 2 Celebration Field Federal Way
3:30 PM vs. Maple Valley Stealth Field 3 Celebration Field Federal Way
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