Southern Baseball NIT Pairings Released

The tournament pairings for the upcoming Southern Baseball NIT at the Heritage Point Complex in Dalton, Georgia have been released.

The Thunder, leaving the state of Alabama for the first time, will be matched against a team from Tennessee (Chattanooga Chiefs) and two teams from Georgia (Powder Springs Indians and Ringgold Bandits) in the first day of competition on Saturday, April 12th.

Directions to the park and details on times and the single elimination tournament on Sunday can be found here:

http://www.usssa.com/sports/tournament3.asp?TournamentID=446867

Good Luck, Thunder.

Thunder Set Tournament Record

The Thunder scored the most runs in a single tournament game and finished as Runners-up in the Silver Division for the second tournament in a row this weekend in the Spring Lead Off NIT. The team also had the second most runs scored for the whole tournament.

Despite playing against teams in a higher classification in 5 of their 7 games, the Thunder have held their own, though Coach Wilson acknowledges that the boys still have room for improvement. "We're getting better, we've still got to fix a few things, but we started hitting the ball. I'm proud of the team."

The highlight of the tournament had to be the 19-3 victory over the East Madison County Red Sox where the Thunder batted all the way through the order twice in the same inning. Coach Haynes was heard to say that this feat was "a first in Thunder history".

The boys of Thunder will now take a week off to concentrate on starting their park seasons and will hit the road again the second week of April with Dalton, Georgia and Cullman, Alabama potential destinations.