April 21-22, 2012 Marysville, WA -- A golden start for Storm 97A’s 2012 season. The team went undefeated going 5-0 for the weekend. Their hard earned wins included: Wa Synergy Dunn 2-1; Port Angeles Impact 9-4; Woodenville Reign Intensity 12-0; Lake Breeze 4-0 in the semi-finals; and championship game against the Wa Synergy again with a 4-2 win. Special thanks to Jess Fasolino (98A) and Makenzie Petty (96B) for their important and great performances to support for our team.

Acer’s Best in the West 14U Tournament May 12-13, 2012 Kent/Federal Way, WA -- After a marathon day of playing 6 games (35 innings) on Sunday, the coaches and parents are so proud of the girls for their determination and outstanding performance to make it to the championship game finishing silver or second place out of forty-five teams from Idaho, Oregon, Canada, and all over Washington State.

The Storm girls played through injuries (incl. a hospital visit), heat, aches and pains to win their 16 team single elimination bracket at Russell Road Park which placed them in the final 3. Their wins at Russell Road included: Lake Breeze, Flame Infernos, Wa Synergy, Edmond Stars, Oregon Titans, and Sidewinders to finish 1st in the bracket. Great pitching performances all weekend came from #42 Tyler Lapeyre and #13 Mikaela Molnar.

Storm's 2001A team came back from Seattle this week a little sunburnt. The girls finished 1st in the silver division and had alot of fun at the tournament.

Another Storm Alumni Jennifer McKellar recently received an award from her University - Aitken Technical College, in South Carolina where she earned a scholarship to play softball after playing with the Surrey Storm 1991A team. Jenny received the Buck Grant Award – the highest honor recognizing academic records and service to the college.  [read the article in the Aitken Standard].

Surrey Storm 1991 Alumni Hayley Bevan recently earned an award for her stellar defensive play at Valley City State University, North Dakota. Hayley played Storm midget softball under coach Michelle Peters. Congratulations Hayley! Here's the press release:

"Valley City State Viking Softball junior outfielder Hayley Bevan has been chosen as a Dakota Athletic Conference Gold Glove recipient for the 2012 season. Bevan, from South Surrey, British Columbia, transitioned from right to center field during the season.

The change increased Bevan's chances and the Vikings saw the results with Bevan yielding a .967 fielding percentage. Bevan committed only two errors in 60 chances on the season.

The Gold Glove list is a defensive reward given to the top DAC players with the highest fielding percentage at each position with the outfield receiving three awards."

Storm 95B has started off their tournament season strong, going undefeated this past weekend at the annual Kelowna Midget B Spring Sizzle Invitational Tournament held at Kiwanis High Noon Ball Park. In Round Robin games, Storm defeated Red Deer Rage 10 – 8; Calgary X-treme 10 – 2; Castlegar Kodiaks 9 – 0; and the Calahoo Erins 8 – 0. Game MVP’s were Hayley Brooks, Karlee Takasaki, Kelsey McDonald and Regan Cumiskey. In quarter-final action, our girls stung the River City Hornets 4 – 1. In the semi-final, they tamed the Ridge Meadows Rage 10 – 5… and in the Championship Final, Storm shot down the North Vancouver Stars by a score of 7 – 0. Great job ladies!!

View images of the Candlelight vigil for Kassandra Kaulius and read the story in the Peace Arch News.

Check out this article in the Vancouver Province newspaper about Storm alumni Brittany Ribeiro and Kelsey Haberl - set to graduate from SFU.