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North Shore Storm Team Roster and Coaches Information

U10      U12     U14    U16     U18

The Storm goals and philosophy offer girls an option for high level of play and competition along with a much focused skill progression program throughout the year.

The objective is to have each player noticeably improve her game.

 

 

U18 Storm

#1 Cassie - OF
#2 Gabby - C/IF/OF
#3 Lauren - SS/3B
#4 Marissa - 2B/SS
#19 Jessica
#7 Nicole - P/OF
#9 Ashley
#10 Courtney - P/2B/OF

#84 Samantha
#12 Raylyn - 1B
#11  Meghan
#22 Lisa - IF/OF
#24 Melissa - P/1B/3B/OF

John Gambale of Swampscott, MA has been with the Storm since inception 8 years ago!  John has been focused on improving the game of softball through strong fundamentals and effort.  Many tournamnent victories and NSA World Series qualifications have occurred.

Tom Begin of Salem, MA has been with the program for 5 seasons.  Tom is very strong in working with the pitchers, to help them to better understand the complete game of softball, i.e. situations, seeing hitter's strengths & weaknesses, etc.  He has a solid grasp of the game itself!

Assistant Coach - Rick Policelli of Tewksbury, MA is new to the Storm in 2008.  After coaching against the Storm for many seasons, Rick has joined the staff and will be focused mainly on game situations.

 

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U16 Storm

#3 Angela - 1B/3B
#4 Lisa - 2B/OF
#5 Alyssa - P/IF/OF
#11 Courtney - IF
#12 Shannon - OF
#13 Gabby V. - OF
#15 Abby - C/IF/OF
#19 Gabby C. - OF
#23 Michelle - IF/OF
#24 Laura - SS/3B
#27 Sarah - P/OF
#29 Olivia - SS/3B
#33 Cara - C/1B/3B
#72 Kellie - P/1B/OF

John Gambale (see above)

Tom Begin (see above)

Joe Crowley of Lynn, MA has been with the Storm family for 6 years.  Joe's primary focus is working with the infielders.  He also works closely with the catchers.

Greg Story of Middleton, MA is beginning his 2nd year with the team.  Greg works mainly with the outfielders.  Greg also focus' on keeping the team in tune with game situations. 

 

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U14 Storm

Team forming for 2009 click here if you’re interested in coaching

 

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U12 Storm

#2 Jaclyn - OF/1B
#14 Kendall - P/3B/2B
#7 Chrissy - SS/C
#4 Alison - 1B/CF
#12 Nicole - OF/C
#11 Jennifer - P/OF
#6 Jess - C/1B
#27 Becky - P/2B
#8 Tori - OF
#00 Courtney- OF/3B
#13 Courtney - P/3B/1B
#5 Alea - 1B/CF
#21 Julia - CF/IF
#22 Jackie - OF/2B

Bill Pszenny of Danvers MA, has been involved as a coach/manager in a variety of youth sports over the past 20 + years. This includes 12 years of Little League baseball, 5 years of Youth Hockey and most recently 6 years of girls fast pitch softball.  Bill is focused on improving the fundamental skills of the Storm softball players with an emphasis on team work, fundamentals and effort.

Nick Gikas of Danvers, Ma, has been involved as both a manager, coach in baseball, football and fast pitch softball. Nick has coordinated and coached AAU baseball programs participating in National tournament throughout the United States, Nick has also been involved in Little League baseball as a manager coach and administrative leader in the organizations he has been involved in. He has also coached youth football and most recently has been involved as a manger and coach of fast pitch softball.Nicks involvement in these programs has spanned over the last 25 years.


Scott Meehan of Danvers MA, has been involved as a coach/manager in a variety of youth sports over the past 15 + years. This includes 10 years of Little League/Babe Ruth Baseball and  6 years of girls fastpitch softball.  Scott is focused on improving the fundamental skills of the Storm softball players with an emphasis on team work, fundamentals and effort.

 

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U10 Storm
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News

 

5/26/2008 U12 Storm finish 3rd overall in Memorial Day at Lowell 

The North Shore Storm U12 Junior Olympic girl’s softball team competed in their first tournament of the year on Memorial Day weekend in Lowell MA. The team, in its first year together, is made up of girls from seven different towns and cities (Danvers, Everett, Medford, Lexington, North Reading, Lynnfield and Saugus) should see tremendous success this summer based on the team competing well against some top Jr. Olympic programs from all over New England, finishing third in a nine team tournament.

In the first of three games on Saturday the Storm faced a traditionally strong Hot Shots team based out of Woburn. After a scoreless first inning the Storm used a mix of speed and discipline at bats to score 8 runs in the second inning behind hits from Becky and Julia. The eight runs would prove to be more than enough behind the pitching from Becky and Jennifer and some strong defensive play at third base form Courtney.

The second game in the seed round on Saturday had the Storm face the NH Lightning who jumped out to an early lead with Courtney pitching for the Storm. After settling down and she shut down the Lightning then next 4 innings. The Storm battled back to score two runs in the 3rd with a hit each from Allison and Chrissy both using their speed to steal 2nd and 3rd eventually scoring on wild pitches. In the 4th inning the Storm would tie the game with Courtney walking eventually getting to third on a pass ball and a steal, then scoring on a perfectly placed bunt by Jaclyn P. Kendall then got the Storm rolling again with a single and eventually scoring on a wild pitch. The game ended in a tie but not without a last chance to win it in the last inning, when Becky hit a bomb into left center resulting in a triple but was stranded there. Defensively the Storm had a very strong game from Jackie R at second base making 4 put outs including a big catch on a line drive that would have resulted in another NH run.

In the last seed round game on Saturday the Storm played another NH team the North East Invasion. Kendall started the 3rd game and pitched 3 strong innings and left the game with a 5-3 lead before giving way to Hoffman. Behind hits form Alea, Nicole and Allison the Storm was able to post a 7 - 3 lead going into the 5th inning however the long day and fatigue seemed to set in and they could not hold off the Invasion who made a strong come back to tie the game.

The Saturday seed round had the Storm in the 4th seed of a nine team field and facing a strong NH based Hudson Heat team in the single elimination championship round on Sunday. After a scoreless first inning the Storm got a big hit from their catcher Jess driving in two runs that proved to be all pitcher Becky would need as she went on to pitch a 3 hit 1 run strong 6 innings. Chrissy also had a big hit in the 3rd inning driving in Julia and Alea. The Storm eventually won their first Sunday game 5-1 to advance to the semi-finals.

The semi final game had the Storm face off against one of the strongest U12 teams in the North East, The Mass Drifters based out of southern Massachusetts. The Drifters proved to be too much for the Storm on this day however they should meet again in upcoming tournaments this summer. The players and coaches are committed to work hard in the areas where they need to focus in order to have more success in the upcoming tournaments.

The Storm finished 3rd overall in the nine team Memorial Day  tournament and are preparing for their next one held the weekend of June 6th with teams from 4  northeastern states competing in the NSA State Qualifiers.

 

 

North Shore Storm-Competitive Fastpitch Softball program based out of North East New England