The Lightning Bolt
The Lightning Bolt Date: 07/12/2016 General: The 2016 softball season is quickly winding down with only a few tournaments left on the summer schedule. It has been a very successful summer with all of our teams playing well. Our 10U team has finished Runner-up in Athens, and made the semi-finals in Hilliard & Westerville. Our 12U team continues to improve every tournament, including winning their pool in Westerville, and winning their first 2 pool games in Toledo. Our 14U team has finished Runner-up in Beavercreek, made the semi-finals in Athens and Westerville and the quarterfinals in Pickerington. Our 16U team has made the semi-finals in Westerville. The organization’s future is looking very bright with all of this success, and we are looking forward to seeing all the hard work shine through. We will be turning our focus (very quickly after the summer schedule is complete) to the 2016/2017 Season with tryouts scheduled on August 6th & 7th at Watkins and August 13th at Hoback Park in Heath. The Fall Lightning Strikes Tournament (a tournament that LC Lightning is running), is being held on October 22 & 23 at Hoback Park in Heath. We will need everyone’s help to make this tournament a success. Specific focus committees have been established to help keep the tournament organized and ALL PARENTS are expected to help when their daughter(s) is not playing. Committees include concessions, field maintenance, check-in, etc.
Board Decisions: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
10U & 12U Coaches were given $75 spend on gifts for upcoming world series tournaments. Board approved up to $500 for advertising of 2016/2017 Tryouts in local papers. Annual End of Year Party Date set – Tuesday July 26th – Waiting for pool confirmation 2016/2017 LC Lightning Day set for Saturday August 27th – More to follow. 2016/2017 Coaching Assignments completed
Upcoming Important Dates: 1. July 26th – End of Year Celebration – Beechwood Trails Pool 2. August 6th & 7th – 2016/2017 Tryouts at Watkins Memorial (see website for times) 3. August 13th – 2016/2017 Tryouts at Hoback Park, Heath (see website for times)
Upcoming Tournaments: 1. July 15th 2. July 23rd -
12U at Dixie Days – Mt Vernon, OH 14U at Lancaster Pride – Logan, OH 16U at Summer Celebration @ the Creek – Beavercreek, OH 10U at ASA National Tournament – Marion, OH
3. July 29th -
12U at All Sanctioned World Series – Columbus, OH (Berliner)
LC Lightning Softball | P.O. Box 169, Pataskala OH 43062|[email protected]
The Lightning Bolt Player Spotlight: 10U – 12U – Warcat Invitational (Westerville) Madison Boals - Madison had a great game at the plate going 3-3 against the Big Katz in a close loss. Congratulations Madison!!!!
12U – ASA Tournament of Champions (Marion) Laney Zak – Laney showed off her defensive skills by turning 2 double plays. The first was unassisted against the Ohio Outlaws, and the second came against 03 Lancaster Pride. Autumn Blankenship – Autumn also turned a double play against the 03 Lancaster Pride that started with a pickoff by Kayla Siddell. 12U – SGS Shootout (Toledo) Taylor Kistler – Taylor hit a game winning Grand Slam Home Run against Wizards 03 earning her MVP honors. She received 2 MVP honors for the weekend. Congratulations Taylor!!! Amber Ramey, Laney Zak & Autumn Blankenship – Laney, Amber & Autumn also received MVP honors for their outstanding play over the weekend. Congratulations!!!! Kayla Siddell – Kayla had a great weekend pitching as she recorded 19 strikeouts in only 13 innings on the mound. Congratulations Kayla!!!!! 14U – Warcat Invitational (Westerville) Reghan Benschoter - Reghan had 6 hits, including a double and three triples. Her big hit in the quarterfinals against the Starz really set the table for our big inning that put us over the top. Offensively, she added 5 runs and 4 RBI. Reghan also worked hard behind the plate catching Sat and Sun. Reghan plays in the spring for Granville HS, where she will be a sophomore this coming fall.
14U – Summer Games at the Creek (Beavercreek) Kaitlyn Brown - Kaitlyn went 5 for 17 with 3 singles and 2 doubles, 2 walks plus 3 RBI. Kaitlyn also fielded her position well with a 1.000 fielding percentage. Most importantly over the weekend, Kaitlyn stepped up to pitch 28 2/3 innings and pitched us into the championship game with 4 wins and 18K's. Kaitlyn plays for Granville High School in the spring and will be a sophomore this fall. Kaelyn Chester - Kaelyn had her best tournament of the summer going 7 for 14 for the weekend, while adding 2 walks and scoring 3 times. Kaelyn has really improved defensively at second base and in the outfield and made some nice defensive plays at second in Beavercreek. She is a versatile player that can play multiple positions for our summer team. Kaelyn played for Liberty Union Middle School in the spring and will be moving up their high school program this fall.
14U – Fastpitch & Fireworks (Pickerington) Tavian Leonard - Tavian followed up a nice tournament in Beavercreek with an even better offensive showing in Pickerington. She batted .583, going 7 for 12 with 5 singles, 1 double and 1 triple. Tavian had an .833 slugging percentage, a .615 on base percentage, added 4 RBI and scored 6 times. Tavian also plays multiple spots and completed the last two innings in the circle for us in our first pool play game when KB was injured. She did a great job all weekend.
LC Lightning Softball | P.O. Box 169, Pataskala OH 43062|[email protected]
The Lightning Bolt Kaitlyn Vaubel - Kaitlyn performed well in the circle and at the plate. Offensively, she batted .556, going 5 for 9 with 4 singles and a triple. She also added three walks, scored twice and knocked in 8 RBI. Kaitlyn had a .778 slugging percentage and a .667 on base percentage. Even more importantly than her offense, Kaitlyn pitched additional innings this weekend with KB getting hurt in the first game. She pitched well with 3 wins, 5 K's and pitched 15 innings. Kaitlyn will begin high school this fall at defending Division II champion, Lakewood
16U – ASA State Tournament - Findlay Alyssa Hartman – Alyssa led a potent offensive attack, especially for our two Pool games, going 7-10 over the four games as our team finished 2 - 2 against some of the better competition that we have faced all year. Congratulations Alyssa!!!!!
16U – Buckeye Recruitfest – Berliner Nicole Jones - Nicole turned in a fine 5 - 12 performance at the plate and made several nice rally killing catches in the outfield for us.
LC Lightning Softball | P.O. Box 169, Pataskala OH 43062|[email protected]
Board Decisions: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
10U & 12U Coaches were given $75 spend on gifts for upcoming world series tournaments. Board approved up to $500 for advertising of 2016/2017 Tryouts in local papers. Annual End of Year Party Date set – Tuesday July 26th – Waiting for pool confirmation 2016/2017 LC Lightning Day set for Saturday August 27th – More to follow. 2016/2017 Coaching Assignments completed
Upcoming Important Dates: 1. July 26th – End of Year Celebration – Beechwood Trails Pool 2. August 6th & 7th – 2016/2017 Tryouts at Watkins Memorial (see website for times) 3. August 13th – 2016/2017 Tryouts at Hoback Park, Heath (see website for times)
Upcoming Tournaments: 1. July 15th 2. July 23rd -
12U at Dixie Days – Mt Vernon, OH 14U at Lancaster Pride – Logan, OH 16U at Summer Celebration @ the Creek – Beavercreek, OH 10U at ASA National Tournament – Marion, OH
3. July 29th -
12U at All Sanctioned World Series – Columbus, OH (Berliner)
LC Lightning Softball | P.O. Box 169, Pataskala OH 43062|[email protected]
The Lightning Bolt Player Spotlight: 10U – 12U – Warcat Invitational (Westerville) Madison Boals - Madison had a great game at the plate going 3-3 against the Big Katz in a close loss. Congratulations Madison!!!!
12U – ASA Tournament of Champions (Marion) Laney Zak – Laney showed off her defensive skills by turning 2 double plays. The first was unassisted against the Ohio Outlaws, and the second came against 03 Lancaster Pride. Autumn Blankenship – Autumn also turned a double play against the 03 Lancaster Pride that started with a pickoff by Kayla Siddell. 12U – SGS Shootout (Toledo) Taylor Kistler – Taylor hit a game winning Grand Slam Home Run against Wizards 03 earning her MVP honors. She received 2 MVP honors for the weekend. Congratulations Taylor!!! Amber Ramey, Laney Zak & Autumn Blankenship – Laney, Amber & Autumn also received MVP honors for their outstanding play over the weekend. Congratulations!!!! Kayla Siddell – Kayla had a great weekend pitching as she recorded 19 strikeouts in only 13 innings on the mound. Congratulations Kayla!!!!! 14U – Warcat Invitational (Westerville) Reghan Benschoter - Reghan had 6 hits, including a double and three triples. Her big hit in the quarterfinals against the Starz really set the table for our big inning that put us over the top. Offensively, she added 5 runs and 4 RBI. Reghan also worked hard behind the plate catching Sat and Sun. Reghan plays in the spring for Granville HS, where she will be a sophomore this coming fall.
14U – Summer Games at the Creek (Beavercreek) Kaitlyn Brown - Kaitlyn went 5 for 17 with 3 singles and 2 doubles, 2 walks plus 3 RBI. Kaitlyn also fielded her position well with a 1.000 fielding percentage. Most importantly over the weekend, Kaitlyn stepped up to pitch 28 2/3 innings and pitched us into the championship game with 4 wins and 18K's. Kaitlyn plays for Granville High School in the spring and will be a sophomore this fall. Kaelyn Chester - Kaelyn had her best tournament of the summer going 7 for 14 for the weekend, while adding 2 walks and scoring 3 times. Kaelyn has really improved defensively at second base and in the outfield and made some nice defensive plays at second in Beavercreek. She is a versatile player that can play multiple positions for our summer team. Kaelyn played for Liberty Union Middle School in the spring and will be moving up their high school program this fall.
14U – Fastpitch & Fireworks (Pickerington) Tavian Leonard - Tavian followed up a nice tournament in Beavercreek with an even better offensive showing in Pickerington. She batted .583, going 7 for 12 with 5 singles, 1 double and 1 triple. Tavian had an .833 slugging percentage, a .615 on base percentage, added 4 RBI and scored 6 times. Tavian also plays multiple spots and completed the last two innings in the circle for us in our first pool play game when KB was injured. She did a great job all weekend.
LC Lightning Softball | P.O. Box 169, Pataskala OH 43062|[email protected]
The Lightning Bolt Kaitlyn Vaubel - Kaitlyn performed well in the circle and at the plate. Offensively, she batted .556, going 5 for 9 with 4 singles and a triple. She also added three walks, scored twice and knocked in 8 RBI. Kaitlyn had a .778 slugging percentage and a .667 on base percentage. Even more importantly than her offense, Kaitlyn pitched additional innings this weekend with KB getting hurt in the first game. She pitched well with 3 wins, 5 K's and pitched 15 innings. Kaitlyn will begin high school this fall at defending Division II champion, Lakewood
16U – ASA State Tournament - Findlay Alyssa Hartman – Alyssa led a potent offensive attack, especially for our two Pool games, going 7-10 over the four games as our team finished 2 - 2 against some of the better competition that we have faced all year. Congratulations Alyssa!!!!!
16U – Buckeye Recruitfest – Berliner Nicole Jones - Nicole turned in a fine 5 - 12 performance at the plate and made several nice rally killing catches in the outfield for us.
LC Lightning Softball | P.O. Box 169, Pataskala OH 43062|[email protected]
