Tag Archive: Thunder

Goodbye Thunder, Hello Rampage

I guess that does it for ole team Thunder...  after several years of playing together the team has retired and the coaches and girls are moving on.  Many of them continue to play softball with several accepting positions on competitive teams, as is the case with Megan.  The girls had a blast playing together over ...

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Photo Ordering Update

As of today, I've abandoned the DigiBug ordering system of photos from this site and have replaced it with another. We'll call it Phi's Ordering System - not very creative, but since I'll be the one fulfilling orders you can trust that it'll get done. The pricing is a little more than DigiBug ...

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A few kinks with the photo ordering system

OK - nobody panic (including me), but a few kinks have developed with the photo ordering system.  Isn't that how it always goes?  You test and test, then finally release it to the public and the wheels fall off.  Well, the wheels haven't really fallen off, but some of the orders have been delayed due ...

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Thunder goes undefeated!

Thunder wrapped up league play tonight winning a make up game against the Bandits. If I heard correctly, Thunder is the second team ever this year to go undefeated in their league. And provided Sheri and I counted the games right, that's 18 wins in a row. Way to go girls! Pizza ...

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Changes to the Photo section

For awhile now I've been looking for an easier way to manage photos and simplify the "online ordering" of photos from this website. I think I've found it.As you view pictures on this site, you'll notice an "item actions" menu "Order this Photo" link beneath the picture. Clicking on this and selecting ...

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Thunder takes the league championship.

Thursday team Thunder was awarded their champion t-shirts after winning their 17th game in a row. Winning just never gets old. Right girls? One more make up game Thursday and we're all done with softball and baseball for a couple of weeks. Not sure what we'll do with ourselves. Oh yeah, I ...

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Thunder takes 1st place in their season tournament

Thunder continued their amazing winning streak the weekend going 3-0 to walk away with first place in this weekends double elimination tournament.  This makes the girls 14th straight win this season.  Pitching dominated the first first couple of games, but the final game was truly a team effort.  Good pitching, good fielding, good hitting.

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Thunder goes 8-0

Thunder continues to storm all over the competition. Thursday's game, while a close one, chocked up another victory for the girls when they beat the Heat 3-2. This victory secures the top seed for the girls going into this weekends tournament.

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Creditability and coaching

Having watched Sam and Megan play baseball/softball for the last 8 years, I've seen many different coaching styles and tactics. Everything from the incredibly laid back to the "in your face" type. So what makes a winning team? Is it the coaches? The tactics? The players? At some level it's all ...

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The sound of Thunder continues to drown out all the competition

Thunder took on the Heat for tonight's 90+ degree scorcher, in what was to be the toughest game of this early season. And once again, as it's been so many times before, a pitching battle ensued. Thankfully, Devon was on her game once again, giving up only one run in 5 innings of ...

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