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Thunder Pride...

Tournament Capsules and (tentative) Schedule...

Blue adds first 2008 title to resume...

Blue Captures Title in SoftballNation Varsity Series...

Thunder Blue 2008

1st (4-teams)

5-0 Tourney

7-3 Overall

2008 season underway as Thunder Blue advances to semi-finals against strong field in 9-team tourney...

Blue Opens Season in St. Patrick’s Day Open...

4th (9-teams)

2-3 Tourney

2-3 Overall

Blue wins 2 of 3 on Saturday before the rains came...

Rain shortens SoftballNation AD Star Showdown...

3rd (8-teams)

2-1 Tourney

9-4 Overall

Blue won 2 of 3 in pool-play to advance to Gold Bracket and a match-up with the Skyliners...

Thunder Blue earns Gold Bracket berth...

Top 8 (16-teams)

2-2 Tourney

11-6 Overall

After a tie in the first game of pool play, Blue drops two — comes back to play well in 1st round of single elimination...

Thunder Blue struggles in NSA “Cash Bash”...

T-9th (14-teams)

0-3-1 Tourney

11-9-1 Overall

Schedule:…

2008 Season Complete...

Results:

 

 

May 17-18May 3-4April 19April 12-13March 15-16

Winning 4 pool-play games, the Thunder kept the momentum, winning 2 close games to take the tournament title...

Thunder Blue wins 6 straight to win June Jamboree...

1st (5-teams)

6-0 Tourney

17-9-1 Overall

June 7-8Text Box: “2 out of 3 Ain’t Bad”
At Glen Allen (April 19), the Thunder Blue won 2 of 3 games to advance to the 4 team Gold Bracket before the rains came, washing out Sunday play in the SoftballNation’s AD Star Showdown...
Text Box: “Dirty Dozens”
At Glen Allen (May 3-4), the Thunder Blue advanced to the Gold Bracket (Top 8 of 16 teams), but were knocked out in an extra-inning battle against the Skyliners in the quarterfinals —- See SoftballNation Dirty Dozens for details...
Text Box: “Cash Bash”
In Colonial Heights over the May 17-18 weekend—Thunder Blue rebounds from rough Saturday, but comes up short in NSA Cash Bash...

After extending their win streak to 10 games, Thunder Blue fell to the Vixens...

Thunder Blue wins 4 straight, ultimately falls in semi’s...

T-3rd (8-teams)

4-1 Tourney

21-10-1 Overall

June 14-15

After going 1-2 in pool-play, Thunder Blue wins 4 straight to win the Valley Blaze Invitational...

After a shaky start, Thunder Blue wins 4 straight, claims title...

1st (10-teams)

5-2 Tourney

26-12-1 Overall

June 21-22

Going 3-1 in pool-play set-up a rematch with the Louisa Thunder in single elimination bracket play on Sunday...

Thunder Blue drops 2 after 3-0 Saturday...

3rd/4th (5-teams)

3-2 Tourney

29-14-1 Overall

Aug 30-31

Allowing only 1 earned run the entire tournament, Thunder bats cooled off in semi-final...

Thunder Blue wins 4 straight, drops 1 to Rampage...

3rd/4th (7-teams)

4-1 Tourney

33-15-1 Overall

Sept 13-14

Behind strong pitching, the Thunder shutdown opponents bats while cranking up theirs...

3-0 Saturday + 2-0 Sunday = 1st Place in Movin’ Up Classic...

1st (12-teams)

5-0 Tourney

38-15-1 Overall

Oct 11-12

A Thunder power surge along with another outstanding pitching effort lead to consecutive tournament wins...

Thunder bats propel Blue to 2nd straight win...

1st (17-teams)

5-0 Tourney

43-15-1 Overall

Oct 18-19

The Thunder batted over 0.400 for the weekend, scoring early and often on their way to the championship…

Red hot bats contribute to another tourney championship...

1st (12-teams)

6-0 Tourney

49-15-1 Overall

Nov 1-2

the Thunder won 3, but ran out of steam in the Myrtle Beach finale…

Against hot competition in frigid temperatures...

1st (23-teams)

3-2 Tourney

52-17-1 Overall

Nov 21-22