Pairings Announced for Spring Leadoff NIT

The schedule is out for the Thunder's next tournament, and their first game will be a rematch of the Winter Countdown Silver Division Championship. The Thunder have been placed in Pool B with the Central Colts and North Alabama Sharks.

Pool play games will take place on Saturday with a single elimination tournament on Sunday. There will be NO Friday night games. The first pool play game will be on Bynum Field against the Colts at 10:40am. The second pool play game will be on Veteran's Park Field against the Sharks at 5:20pm.

On Sunday, the schedule is as follows:

6 vs 7 - 9:00am
5 vs Winner of 6v7 - 10:40am
1 vs 4 - 12:20pm
2 vs 3 - 2:00pm
Championship - 3:40pm

GO Thunder!!

Schedule Change

The Thunder have registered to play in the Spring Leadoff NIT in beautiful Scottsboro, Alabama, a USSSA event.

The dates will still be 28-30 March, and this will now be The Thunder's next tournament event instead of making a trip to Albertville.

Here's the link to the Scottsboro USSSA site: http://www.playusssa.com/.

Currently, the North Alabama Sharks, Alabama Diamondbacks, North Alabama Senators, and two teams we've matched up with previously, the Central Colts and East Madison County Red Sox, are potential opponents!! And we also hear that this is the Home of the World Famous Unclaimed Baggage Center.

Thunder Opens Season With Victory

Congratulations to all the boys for a very successful Winter Countdown. And for their efforts, they were awarded a team trophy as runners-up in the Silver Divsion, and many walked away with cool looking T-shirts as well.

The highlight of the tournament was certainly the 8-2 victory over the Huntsville Panthers, which was led by an outstanding pitching performance, some timely hitting, and a couple of nifty plays in the field.

Unfortunately, after a close 5-4 loss on the last play of the second game against the Arab Knights, the competitive edge was somewhat dulled by a nearly 4-hour wait before the final game against the Central Colts.

Still, the Thunder showed some good baseball skill (especially for early March), got their first win, and Ms. Stacy got to utilize her long-distance radio commentating skills.

Winter Countdown Schedule Change, Part Deux

Games for Friday evening have been cancelled, and the entire tournament will be played on Sunday, March 9th.

The Thunder are now scheduled to play at 10:15am and 11:30am with another game to follow based on seeding. Games are now limited to 1 hour.

Here's the link to the pairings again: http://alabamausssa.org/2008schedulehuntsvillemar8

Winter Countdown Schedule Revision

Because of the forecast for inclement weather on Saturday, the Winter Countdown Tournament Director has moved Saturday games to Sunday. Friday night games remain unchanged for the time being. This means that we will now play our second game at 10:00am Sunday morning.

The link given below will still take you to the pairings. Stay tuned!!

Winter Countdown Pairings Announced

The brackets for our first tournament have been released and can be found at http://alabamausssa.org/2008schedulehuntsvillemar8. However, there is some chance that they could be tweaked before Saturday.

Currently, we are scheduled to play the Huntsville Panthers at 7:45pm on Friday night on Field 3 and the Arab Knights at 10:00am Saturday morning also on Field 3. Remaining opponents will be determined by seeding teams following these first two pool play games.

Additional information on our opponents can be found by clicking on their team names in the bracket.