2011 Thunder Baseball



Top Row (L-R) #2 Gabe Martin, #3 Lindis Kopepassah, #7 Randy Runge     
2nd Row (L-R) #8 Brayden Huck, #10 Carsten Schmidt, #12 Kyle Lease
3rd Row (L-R) #15 Justin Dolezal, #17 Kailer Yamamoto, #21 Caleb Countryman
4th Row (L-R) #22 Cole Hattenburg, #25 Kea Vargas, #51 Jake Filer
 

2011 THUNDER Overall rECORD
 wINS - 55
 lOSS - 15
2011 Spokane PONY League CHAMPIONS
  wins - 13
  loss - 0

september 15 - 18, 2011
**Spokane Thunder Baseball played in the FALL NATIONALS TOURNAMENT in Las Vegas, Nevada and finished 1 and 3. Great trip for all involved and even though 5 weeks without baseball showed in our play, the boys where in every game. The 52 team National Tournament was a blast and we where matched against the defending champions in our first game and played them tough. 

Game 1    Thunder 7        San Diego Cherokee    9
Game 2    Thunder 5        San Fernando Valley    9
Game 3    Thunder 12      All Americans - CA       2
Game 4    Thunder  6       Vegas Black Widows    8


2011 Bob Haney Memorial Champions

Front row - Brayden Huck, Caleb Countryman, Cole Hattenburg, Kailer Yamamoto
Middle Row-Carsten Schmidt, Ryan Gross, Gabe Martin, Lindis Kopepassah
Back Row -    Coach Countryman, Fabian Green, Conner DeGeest, Coach Hattenburg    
Not Pictured - Justin Dolezal, Jake Filer 


    July 17, 2011 - Spokane Thunder show very well at the Puget Sound Collegiate Invitational in Lacey, WA. Some tough luck, and tough calls played a hand in a 7-6 quarter final loss to Eastside Select from Seattle.

Pool Play - THUNDER     8    Washington Warriors 0
Pool Play - THUNDER     21    Knuckleballs             8
Pool Play - THUNDER     26    Onalaska                   0
Pool Play - THUNDER     5      PS Shockers            11
Qtr Final  -  THUNDER    6      Eastside Select         7          
  

      june 18, 2011 - The Spokane Thunder - TNT TAKE 2ND IN A 31 TEAM TRIPLE CROWN - WORLD SERIES QUALIFIER. The Thunder had to beat the #1 Ranked Battleground Boys twice to move on. The great showing by the Thunder earned us a spot in the Park City, Utah - World Series June 25-30. The strong finish also qualified the Thunder for the Summer National Tournament in Las Vegas in September. Great job Thunder players !!

Pool Play           Thunder    2    Battleground     1
Pool Play           Thunder    17  PBC Auburn Athletics  3
Gold Quarter Final     (2)Thunder  7   (9)Battleground  4
Gold Semi Final         (2)Thunder  11 (4) CC Thunder  3
Championship           (2) Thunder  2  (1) Eastside (Bellvue) 10    


2011 Spokane THUNDER Tournament Schedule  

*March 18-20 "The Gathering" Pasco, WA  4th Place 
 Game 1         THUNDER 10   vs   Pasco Dawgs  9        WIN        
 Game 2         THUNDER 11   vs   Auburn Select  4        WIN
 Qtr Final        THUNDER 10   vs   Dirt Dawgs      0        WIN
 Semi Final     THUNDER  3  vs     Columbia Reach 4      Loss
 3rd Place       THUNDER  4  vs     Eastmont Select 10    Loss
**4th place out of 14 teams...not a bad start
Tournament Hits -
 Hits - Martin-4, Kopepassah, Runge-2, Schmidt-3, Dolezal-4, Yamamoto-4, Countryman-3, Vargas, Filer-4, Gross-2
2B- Schmidt, Dolezal, Countryman
HR - Schmidt (1)

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*April 16-17        "Battle of Bats"      **Yakima, WA -
Game 1    Thunder 1        Kennewick Heat 5
Game 2    Thunder 3        Rawlings Baseball  11
Game 3    Thunder 6        Legends Baseball 7
Game 4    Thunder 11      Iron Pigs 0    
     
*April 29-May 1   "Cinco Da Mayo"   Spokane, WA -
Game 1    Thunder 15      Longhorns 2
Game 2    Thunder 7        Post Falls Pirates 5
Game 3    Thunder 4        Lewiston Broncs  2
Qtr Final   Thunder 2        Missoula Oulaws 3 

*May 6-8 "May Melt Away"   Moses Lake, WA - CHAMPIONS
Game 1    Thunder 11        Brooklyn Rawlings 4
Game 2    Thunder 4          Latah Co Rebels 0
Semi         Thunder 11        Wenatchee Rivercats 4
Championship     THUNDER 10    Kennewick Heat 5


      
*May 20-22 "SF East vs West" Yakima, WA - CHAMPIONS
Game 1        THUNDER 11        Yakima Dirt Dawgs 9
Game 2        THUNDER 11        Columbia Reach 4
Semi Final    THUNDER 12        Titans BBC 3
Final        THUNDER 7          Kennwick Heat 3


  CHAMPIONS...

 
*May 27-30          "Memorial Day"     Spokane, WA - Runner Up
Game 1                Thunder 12        Strorm 6
Game 2                Thunder 2          Idaho Norsemen 8
Game 3                Thunder 9          MonsterDogs 7
Game 4                Thunder 7          Brooklyn 3
Quarter Final       Thunder 11        Dirt Dawgs 3
Semi Final            Thunder 6         Toro's 3
Championship      Thunder 3         Pullman Hounds 4

        
*June 4-8             "City Championship"    Spokane, WA

 
Game 1        THUNDER     10       Longhorns    0
Game 2        THUNDER      3        Generals      2
Game 3        THUNDER    16        Toro's           3 
Game 4        THUNDER     4         Crew            9 
Championship    THUNDER     6        CREW    3