12U Storm finishes Runner-up in Sandusky!

The 12U Lake Erie Storm baseball team had another great showing over Memorial Day weekend in an out of town tournament in Sandusky, Ohio. In the 21-team Brawl-by-the-Bay tournament they were one of four teams to bring home some hardware finishing as the runner-up in the "Brawl" bracket.

They kicked things off on Saturday with a sound 11-3 win over the Oregon Jr. Eagles and then followed it up with a 21-0 pounding of the Northern Ohio Storm. Their 2-0 record and 3 runs allowed in pool play earned them a #2 seed in bracket play where they were matched up once again with the Northern Ohio Storm and came away 9-1 winners. They faced a tough Bay Area Baseball club in the finals and held a 5-4 lead going into the bottom of the fifth inning before Bay Area Baseball put up a big six run inning to finish the scoring and win the game and tournament by a 10-5 score.

It was once again another great team effort with several strong pitching performances, sound defense and some good hitting up and down the lineup. The boys have now made the semi-finals in all four tournaments they have played that have reached bracket play and own a 10-1-1- record in pool play in tournaments. Way to go and congrats on another great tournament showing!

12U Storm takes third place in Solon Spring Classic

The 12U Storm had another strong showing the weekend of May 20-22 as they went 3-1 and finished in 3rd place out of 12 teams in the Solon Baseball Classic.

The boys played three very close baseball games against three very good opponents in pool play winning 4-2 over Hudson Navy, 8-5 over Diamond Kings Baseball (Kent) and 3-2 over the North Coast Red Devils to advanced to the championship bracket on Sunday. They lost a hard fought game with Final Score Heat Baseball, 4-1, in the semi-finals.

It was another great weekend of baseball that involved a lot of clutch pitching, clutch hitting and many crucial moments that will only make they stronger as a team as the season plays on. Way to keep grinding boys, never giving up and congrats on a another great tournament!

12U Storm takes 2nd place in Batter-Up Classic!

The 12U Storm had a great Mother's Day weekend going 4-1 and finishing runner-up in the 14-team Batter-Up Classic.

The boys went 3-0 in pool play to advance to bracket play on Sunday with a 7-5 win over the Kenston Bombers, 7-5 win over Shaker Heights and 27-3 win over Cleveland Heights.

The highlight of the weekend was on Sunday in the semi-finals against Final Score Heat Baseball when the boys came back from a late inning 6-1 deficit to score three runs in the 6th inning and two runs in the 7th inning to tie it and force extra innings before eventually winning it 7-6 in 9 innings and move on to the championship game! They almost did it again in the championship falling behind 9-2 before rallying to make it 9-7 before eventually falling 13-10 to the Medina Sting Black team.

Great job once again from the boys! They never give up!

12U Storm finishes in top two at GLBL Early Bird

The 12U Storm had another very good tournament showing going 1-0-1 in the rain shortened GLBL Early Bird Qualifier. They along with the Medina Sting Green were the only teams without a loss in the tournament and both finished tied for first.

The Storm kicked things off with a good 10-8 win over the Golden Spikes. The faced a very tough Medina Sting Green elite level team in the second game and tied them 10-10. This was the highlight of the weekend as they fell behind 10-1 and battled all the way back to tie it in the last inning. Both teams were set to be top seeds in round robin play the next day before Mother Nature washed out the rest of the tournament.

Another strong showing of toughness, resilience and good baseball this weekend boys!