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196 Wins 59 losses- 2006,2008 World Champions
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Lou Rivera takes over Storm coaching duties
December 1, 2008
Jerry Lehman has handed over the Storm to Assistant coach Lou Rivera from this point on. Lou will be in charge of all coaching decisions and putting th eteams together for future play. Lehman will assist in bringing talented players to the Storm so we can continue the tradition of winning. Coach Rivera will contact all of you very soon!
Storm 28+ team is 2008 World Champions
October 12, 2008
After losing in the Championship game in the 18+ division a week earlier the Storm wins in the Championship game against the Denver Bears 4-2. Starting pitcher "Jason Jarvis" shut down the Bears going all(9)innings and striking out (9) batters. Jarvis gave up no earned runs and was named "MVP" of the game. DH- Brett Grebe hit his only HR of the tourny in the second inning which tied the game 2-2. With the game at 3-2 in the 8th inning "Javier Gamboa" hit a lead off triple. Than catcher Kevin Gram walked to make it 1st and 3rd with 2 outs. Lehman called for a double steal which paid off and Javier Gamboa scored on the play before pinch runner "Larry Koweleski" was tagged out for the 3rd out. Storm now was up 4-2 and Jarvis shut down the Bears in the 9th to secure the win. Storm went 5-2 in the 28+ division and won it's second World Title in two years. The Storm 28+ team has entered two tournaments and have won both. Next tourny is in Jan 2009.
Storm 18+ Team loses in World Championship game
October 6, 2008
The Newport Beach Storm 18+ plus team was the strongest team ever assembled at the World Championships. The Storm went undefeated at 7-0 going into the Championship game as the #1 seed and faced off against the #2 seed LA Bruins who were the 2007 Champions. The Storm started RHP- Jeff Groeger who was the winning pitcher in the 2006 World Title win for the Storm. Groeger pitched great going (6) strong innings and only giving up (2) runs but only (1) was earned. Jessie Smith surrendered (1) earned run in the 7th to put the Storm down 3-0. High Schooler "Aaron Northcraft" came in to shut down the Bruins in the 8th and 9th innings. The Storm just could not get that timely hit when needed against OC Flyers pitcher Bob Kramer. The Storm left (9) runners on base in scoring position but could not get them across the plate. With winds blowing directly in from center field, 1B-Terry Mermer 425 shot to center with one man on fell short at the wall which would have tied the game at 2-2. We were the best team on the field that day and in the tournament but could not get the breaks we needed after (3) Bruin errors and out hitting the Bruins 7-6. Congrats to the bruins for pulling off another win and going back to back champions. Check stats under 18+ AZ division to see how everybody did.
Storm players win GBL Championship
September 16, 2008
The OC Flyers won the Golden Baseball League Championship this last Sunday night by beating the Calgary Vipers 10-9 on a walk off base hit by retiring player "Jeff LaRue". Congrats to all the players who were apart of a great season. Some Newport Beach Storm players were apart of this great season. 0F/1B- Terry Mermer who in his first season hit(8)Hr's in just (62) at bats. 1B- Fernando Pacheco who ended the season batting over .300 with 17 hr's. Utility player Nick Guerra who came out of retirement to hit .330. RHP-Mike Natale who played in Italy than came and resigned with the Flyers and help them win the Championship.
Storm battles to beat Dodgers scout team 6-5
September 8, 2008
The Newport Beach Storm squeeked another win this last Saturday 6-5 over the Dodgers scout team in (9) innings. The game played (11) innings of ball at Irvine HS so both teams could get some work. After (11) innings the Storm had won 9-5. Jeff Olson(Storm) Pitched (4) strong innings and Striking out (4) Dodger hitters. Andrew Soto struggled a little after not pitching for 6 weeks but ended on a good note striking out two in a row. Youngster "Aaron Northcraft" pitched (2)shut out innings and was working on his new side arm pitches which showed how nasty this kid will be in the future. Lehman pitched (1)Inning and struck out (2)with no hits. New comers 1b/3b "Steve Hindman" had two hits and was just short of a homerun. The Storm faces off against the E. LA Dodgers this Saturday so stay tuned for more news next week.
Storm vs Dodgers Scout team
September 4, 2008
Storm vs Dodgers Scout team at Irvine HS at 1pm this Saturday 9/6/2008. Warm up games for AZ World Series.
Storm wins 6th straight AWBL title
August 21, 2008
In the final season of the AWBL the Newport Storm won it's 6th straight league title in the AWBL. Unfortunatly there was some drama in the Championship series against the Riptide which caused a forfeit of game three in the series and handed the Storm the title.
In game 1 Storm ace LHP "Jeff Olson" once again shut down the Riptide by only giving up one run in a complete game with 8k's. Jeff brought his record to 9-0 with a 1.5 ERA this season which is a AWBL record.
In game 2, RHP "Jon Fisher" also pitched a complete game and only gave up two runs and the Storm won the game 5-2 after some drama by a Riptide player who charged and threatened a league official in the 6th inning which got him a three game suspension which was the remainder of the play offs.
Game 3, started off with the coach of the Riptide disregarding the ruling of his player being suspended and had him in the line up. He was told before the game started that if he played that they would recieve a forfeit and he ignored the warning and had the player take the field. This was a selfish act and he made the decision with out asking his team first. This caused the Riptide to forfeit the game and lose the series. Storm sweeps 3-0!
Newport Beach Storm - 2008 AWBL League Champions
Storm sweeps Tigers in first round of AWBL play-offs
August 10, 2008
The Storm swept through the Tigers this last weekend with not much offense but manage to sneek out a couple of wins 2-0 and 3-1. Pitching once again pushed the Storm through two tough games. Jeff Olson once again pitched (7) shut out innings in game one to get the win and in game two Lehman pitched 7 1/3 shut out innings with 8k's and picked up the win. Championship series starts 8/16 in a best of 5 series.
Joe Northrop signed to St. Geroge in GBL
August 9, 2008
The Storm's RHP "Joe Northrop" was signed by the St. George Roadrunners in the Golden Baseball League this last Friday night. Northrop was taping 92 mph in his bull pen session and caught the eye of Head Coach Cory Snyder. Good luck to Joe in his new Pro career. This makes (30) AWBL players signed to the pro's since 2002.
Terry Mermer/Nick Guerra signed to GBL- OC Flyers
August 10, 2008
1B/OF- Terry Mermer was signed by the OC FLyers on Friday to replace some injured Flyers players. Also 2004 GBL "Rookie of the Year" Nick Guerra was signed by the Flyers after C- Buddy Moralas was hit in the eye by a fould ball. Congrats to the new OC Flyers players.
Aaron Northcraft to return to Storm this week.
July 8, 2008
Mater Dei pitcher "Aron Northcraft" will rejoin the Storm this weekend after goping 8-2 in his Junior year. Aron has raised his velocity up to 91 Mph and has caught the attention of major league scouts. At only 16 yrs old Aron has shown he has a huge future ahead of him. He will close out the 8th and 9th innings at this Sundays game at Sage Hill HS. 10am game time.
Billy Nowlin drafted in 20th round
June 30, 2008
Catcher Billy Nowlin was drafted by the Detroit Tigers this year and has headed off to his team. Billy hit .460 at Goldewest JC this year with 10 Hr's. Billy is currently batting .286 with 1 HR in the NY Penn League at class A. Good luck to Billy as a new pro.
Storm players signed to GBL
June 3, 2008
The Storm once again has players signed to GBL for 2008 season. First baseman "Fernando Pacheco", RHP- Mike Rocco, Catcher " Buddy Moralas"and OF- Terry Mermer were signed by the Flyers.
Storm players signed to Pro contracts
June 21, 2008
RHP- Mike Rocco, 1B- Fernando Pacheco were signed to pro contacts this week. Mike Rocco was signed by the Freedom in the Frontier league and in his first start he pitched 5 1/3 innings with 4 k's and 2 earned runs. Pacheco is tearing up the GBL batting .333 with 10 bombs. Good luck to you guys!
AWBL Opening days proves to be top league
March 10, 2008
The AWBL opened it's 2008 season this last Sunday and there were some great close games and one high scoring hitting battle. In the first game of the season the Storm's "Fernando Pacheco" was offered a contract from the Fullerton Flyers(GBL)to come to Spring Training in May. Just another player signed out of the AWBL which brings the total players signed to (22) since 2002. The Mezcal and East LA Dodger game was more like a football with 30 runs scored between the two teams. The Storm vs Riptide was a pitching battle and it came down to the final inning with closer Mike Rocco (Storm) and Bob Kramer(Riptide) held each team to no runs and 3k's each. The Tigers lost both games in their double header but both games were very close except for a bad inning in each game that left them trying to play catch up. The league looks really strong and with the addition of the Flyers scout team "TEAM VICTORY" every team is now very competitive. Every team in this league would win any other league in So. Cal and it's nice to see all of the top teams in So. Cal fighting for who's #1 and the $4000 prize purse.
Storm ads new talent to roster
March 3, 2008
The Storm picked up 1B/OF- Fernando Pacheco who was released by the Cleveland Indians last year. Fernando brings a power hitting lefty to the Storm's line-up for the AWBL league. Fernando will be referred to the Flyers organization to hopefully get signed on for 2008. Storm also picked up RHP-Mike Rocco who was released by the Chicago White Sox last season. Rocco was hitting the low 90's at the Flyers try out this last weekend.
Storm wins 2008 Las Vegas Tournament
February 19, 2008
The Storm just cam off a big win in Las Vegas this weekend by taking out the Las Vegas Astros 13-7 in the Championship game. The Storm scored 63 runs and only surrendered 14 in 5 games and finished with a 5-0 record.
Storm blanks Heat 17-0
February 11, 2008
The Newport Beach Storm pounded the Heat this last sunday in an exibition game at Gahr Field in Cerritos. The Storm has 5 professional pitchers who took the mound against the Heat and only surrendered 2 hits all game. Hugo Hernandez hit a 2 run HR in the first Inning to get the Storm on the board and finished with a 4-5 day. AWBL opens March 9th at Gahr field and it is the most stacked league in So. Cal. Come out and watch us play!!
Reed Dickert - Signed to Brewers
January 14, 2008
The Storm's "Reed Dickert" was just signed by the Millwakee Brewers today after his try-out in AZ this weekend. Reed was clocked at 92MPH and impressed the Brewers scouts. After dominating the GBL over the past two seasons by finishing 2nd in strike outs and now holds the most K's in one game record in the GBL (15)it was about time somebody saw his talents. Good luck to you Reed in 2008.
Milwaukee Brewers acquire Reed Dickert from Orange County Flyers
Golden Baseball League All-Star Slated for High-A Florida State League
(Dublin, CA. January 15, 2008) The Golden Baseball League (GBL) announced today that the Milwaukee Brewers have purchased the contract of RHP Reed Dickert of the Orange County Flyers. Dickert will report to Milwaukee's spring training next month and is slated for the High-A Brevard County Manatees in the Florida State League. The big right-hander has two years in the Golden Baseball League and this will be his first opportunity with a major league organization.
Dickert, 23, a right-handed starting pitcher for the Orange County Flyers, was one of the top pitchers in the Golden Baseball League in 2007. He finished 2nd in strikeouts and in the top five in games started, wins, and shutouts as he posted a 6-3 record while striking out 112 batters in 85 innings pitched. The second year Flyer, out of Oklahoma City University, was used primarily in relief in 2006 but moved into the starting rotation early in 2007..
Dickert is the first GBL player in 2008 to be acquired by a major league organization followng the 17 players sold in 2007. He is the second pitcher off the 2007 Orange County Flyers staff to be acquired as teammate Alex McRobbie went to the Los Angeles Angles last July during the season.
Storm picks up key players for 2008 season
This weekend coach Jerry Lehman recruited some new talent to the Storm. Since the Tinsel Town Terror is no longer around Lehman picked up Short Stop Mike McNielly and RHP/3B- Vince Kolby for the Storm infield. We also added some new pitching with the Flyers set up man RHP "Nick Casanova" who hit's the low 90's and RHP-Jared Terrabone who pitched for the Flyers in 2007 and the Yuma Scorpions in 2006. The Long Beach Armada's RHP-"Brandon Thompson" will also be throwing for the Storm this Spring and should finalize the best pitchng staff in the AWBL this season.
Storm faces E. LA Dodgers Dec. 23rd
December 14, 2007
Storm -vs- Dodgers 10am@ Irvine HS. Game 2- 1pm vs- Blaze
Storm shuts out Dodgers 6-0
November 4, 2007
The Storm's "Jeff Olson" pitched (7) shut out innings striking out(7) E. LA Dodger batters in a 6-0 win at Irvine HS sunday. Closer Jared Endroslen closed the game out with a 1-2-3 inning with (2) K's. Offensive stand outs were Hugo Hernandez who was 2-4 with (2)Rbi's and a 385 foot two run HR. Rolando Ramirez was 2-4, Jerry Lehman went 2-4 with an RBI. Brian Spottsville went 1-3 and scored. Newcomer catcher" Luke Sergent went 1-3 with a walk and Cody Moore was 1-3.
Storm to host East LA Dodgers this sunday at Irvine HS
October 30, 2007
The Storm will host the East LA Dodgers this Sunday Nov. 3rd at Irvine HS at 2pm with some new players added to the Storm.
Storm loses in Semi Finals in World Championships
October 27, 2007
The Newport Beach lost in this years NABA World Championships 5-0 to a good LA Bruins team. The Storm just could not get a rally going to score runs. Storm Starter Reed Dickert Pitched 7 strong Innings striking out (8) and only giving up one earned run. Twice the Storm made an 2 out error which scored 4 unearned runs. Every time we hit the ball hard there was a fielder there to catch it. It just wasn't out year. The Storm will be doing 28 & over tournaments this year and we expect to win each one.
Reed Dickert and Mike Natale lead GBL in K's
September 17, 2007
RHP - Mike Natale and RHP-Reed Dickert finished #1 and #2 in the Golden Baseball strike out category. Natale led the league with 116 k's just edging out Dickert with 112 k's. Both Pitchers are headed to AZ for the Storm. Congrats on a great season!
Storm makes 9th inning come back to win 7-6 over Scrappers
September 15, 2007
The Newport Beach Storm had one of it's first practice games to warm up for the World Series tournament this last Sunday. The So. Cal Scrappers came out to play with new uniforms and a Long Beach Armada pitcher. With the absence of catcher Nick Enciso, past balls killed us and runs were scored which put us down 6-3 in the 9th. After 2 hit batters in the ninth and 4 hits the Storm came back to win 7-6. The Storm picked former AAA catcher "Tony Piazza" for the AZ tournament. This Sunday we will play at Irvine HS at 3pm 9/23. See Ya there!
2007 AZ World Series - Storm stacked
July 16, 2007
The Storm will be defending it's 2006 World Championship this year Oct. 4th-7th in the AZ World Championships and we looked to be even stronger than 2006. With the pitching Staff of "Reed Dickert", Mike Natali, Mike Renery, Eric Lindgren, Daniel Prieto, Pat Williams, Mike Touse, Jared Endroslen and Jeff Olsen.
1B- Hugo Hernandez ,SS-Manny Lariano,DH-Javier Gamboa, C- Nick Enciso, C- Tony Piazza,OF- Rich Tobin,1B- Eric Mendoza,UT- Cody Moore,OF/RHP-Eric Lingren,Paul Sabo-OF, Ron Peridon-OF.
Newport Storm to end Season against The Palm Springs Power
July 19, 2007
The Newport Storm will end it's college season against the Palm Springs power at Palm Springs Stadium on July 28th 2007(Sat Night) at 7pm.
1B/DH- "Terry Mermer" Storm MVP for College summer League
July 16, 2007
The Storm's "Terry Mermer" out of Cal Ploy Pomona had an incredible summer. Terry led the team in Batting Avg.(.370), RBI's(23), HR's(6), Walk's(13), HBP(6),Runs Scored(16) and hits(20). Terry was the only Storm player to show up to every game this summer and he gave 120% at every game. We're proud to have such a dedicated and talented player playing on our team. Terry also has come up big in clutch situations by Hitting(3) of his (5) homers in clutch situations. The sky is the limit for Mermer and we hope he has a great Senior year.
Storm wins - 2007 PCBL Cal Cup Tournament
July 8, 2007
The Newport Beach Storm entered the PCBL Cal Cup Tournament on July 4th weekend. The Storm went 3-0 in pool play and only surrendered (2) runs. The Storm matched up with Belted USA in the Semi Final game at Anteater Stadium in Irvine which is UCI's Campus. The Storm started pitcher" LHP-Brandon Mozley who threw 6 shut out innings with (8) k's. Third baseman "Terry Mermer" put the game away in the 5th inning with a monster three run HR over the left field fence to make it 8-0 Storm. Reliever "Jon Fisher" closed the game out with (3) strong shut out innings. The Storm went on to win 9-0. In the Championship game the Storm faced off against the So. Cal Snappers who also came in undefeated and came off of a semi final shut out with a win over the LA Barracudas.
Former Pro pitcher " Mike Hoyt" would be the starter for the Snappers and he came out hurling and hitting all of his spots. Hoyt shut down the Storm threw (6) innings until the 7th when Terry Mermer hit another (3) run home run to bring the game to 6-3 Snappers. After that HR the Storm went on with (8) more hits through the next 3 innings and tied the game at 6-6. In the 9th Inning the Storm had to hits right out of the gate and than with one out Coach Lehman had Jason Machado pinch run for Terry Mermer who led the ninth off with a single up the middle. Pinch hitter "Hugo Hernandez" than came through with a single to centerfield and with a great throw to the plate by Charles Scuitti it made the play close but the game was over. Hugo comes threw again for the Storm.
Storm ends it's season 7-7 in WBA league. (16-9) over all
July 15, 2007
The Storm went from 1st place to 3rd place in just 3 days by players not showing up for games and letting their team down. The last 2 games against the Rockies mean nothing so we will not be playing them. The PCBL Storm team will play into September so Invited College players will be notified when those games will take place. We will also be playing the Palm Springs Power the last Saturday night in July. Thank you to all of the loyal and respectful College players that played for us this summer. You are always welcome to play with the Storm in the future.
Storm holds on to 1st place in NBC league
July 7, 2007
The Newport Beach Storm(7-3)in league and (14-6) overall, swept the Wildcats this last Saturday with a 5-0 win in game 1 and a 3-2 nail bitter in game 2. Game one starting pitcher "Mike Calodanado" pitched a gem after being on the DL for two months by striking out (11) Wildcats in just (6) innings of work. Closer "Jon Fisher" came in to close it out and pitcher (3) shut out innings with (6)k's. In game two "Daniel Manos" pitched a strong four innings but did not get the decsion. RHP- Ryan Torey came in to finish with a strong (5) Innings of work and only giving up one run to secure the win for the Storm. The Storm went back and fourth until the eight inning when they took the lead 3-2 and hold on to the win.
Terry Mermer hit's 2 Hr's to Lift Storm to Cal Cup Tournament Championship
July 8, 2007
DH- Terry Mermer had a power day at the plate in the Cal Cup PCBL Tournament at UCI Anteater Stadium. In the Semi Final Mermer hit the first of his (2)three run Homers on the day to put the the Storm up 8-0 over Belted USA and would go on to win 9-0 in the Semi Final game. In the Championship game the Storm was down 6-0 in the 7th inning when Mermer hit his second three run homer to start a six run ralley. The Storm tied the game 6-6 after a Shevas Shima Double that scored two. In the bottom of the ninth inning Mermer lead off the inning with a single to left field, than followed up by a Ryan Averkief single to make it first and second base with no outs. Than by daddy "Hugo Hernandez" came through with the game winning hit up the middle to score pinch runner" Jason Machado" with a close play at the plate. Great come back win for the Storm and congrats to Mike Hoyt of the Snappers who pitched a great game to hold us down til the 7th.
Storm pitchers Drafted - Daniel Prieto shown here.
June 9, 2007
Storm Pitchers "Robert Dell Grotta" 37th Round from Newport Beach and "Daniel Prieto" Florida Marlins 23rd Round from Long Beach. Della Grotta finished his senior year at Pepperdine University and will report to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays camp. Prieto finshed his 2nd year at LCBB and finished with 1.74 ERA in 95 innings. Good luck to both of you!
Nick Enciso hitting .328 in the Continental League in Texas
June 4, 2007
Lewisville, TX- Nick Enciso went 2 for 4; including a home run and a double to help the Heat (3-3) win 7-3 in the final of a five game series against the Lizards (3-2). Nick was selected to the 2007 Continental League All-Star Team.
Nick is hitting .329 with a 7 HR'S and 20 RBI's. Keep up the good work Nick!
Storm signs Santa Ana Conference pitcher of the year "Daniel Fenwick"
May 14, 2007
Santa Ana Don's ace "Daniel Fenwick" has just joined the Storm College team for the 2007 summer. Daniel finished 11-0 on the season and a 2.52 ERA. Daniel will be the Storm's #1 Starter.
Storm signs LBCC Ace " Daniel Prieto"
May 14, 2007
Long Beach City College ace Daniel Prieto has joined up with the Storm for the College summer season. Daniel was 5-3 with a 1.74 ERA and also led the team in hitting with a .369 batting avg. Daniel will be our #2 Starter in the rotation and will be a lefty handed DH for us.
Crispin Tarango wins All-Conference honors
May 7, 2007
Crispin will be playing SS for the Storm this Summer and after taking home All-Conference honors and a .403 Batting Avg. We expect for him to excel even more. Congrats!!
Newport Beach Storm goes to 4-0 with win over Flyers scout team
May 12, 2007
The Storm brought it's record to a perfect 4-0 in the PCBL Wood Bat League in Orange County with a tough 5-4 win over the newly formed team Flyers Scout team. Former Kansas City Royals pitcher 'Mike Nitale" (Fullerton Flyers) pitched (4) strong innings and only gave up (1) earned with 5k's. Jon Northrop(1-0)(Fullerton Flyers) made his Storm debut with a two inning shut out performance and only surrendered one hit with (3)k's and the win!
Storm picks up Bat sponsor for 2007
March 18, 2007
Route 66 baseball bats will be providing the Storm with Wood Bats and possibly some financial help in Tournaments.
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Storm's Cody Moore - 2007 AWBL - MVP
March 15, 2007
The Storm's "Cody Moore" was just named the AWBL'S 2007 Leagues Most Valuable Player Award. Cody just edged out Storm Center fielder "Chris Powell by a small margin and it came down to the final game. Congrats to Cody Moore. 2007 AWBL MVP. Final stats on the way!
Storm wins 5th Straight AWBL Title
February 24, 2007
February 21, 2007
The Newport Beach Storm(11-3) won game 1 in the Championship Series at Tee-Winkle Park in Costa Mesa 9-1 behind the pitching of RHP- Larry Kowaleski. Kowaleski is the front runner for the Cy Young Award with a 4-0 record and an ERA below 1.00. Kowaleski threw 7 innings and only gave up one run and struck out five. Catcher Nick Enciso hit his first HR of the season of Ryan Joslyn(51's) with one man on to make it 2-0. Cobi Cradle, Chris Powell, Josh Olsen and Rich Tobin were hot at the plate that night and the Storm finished with a 9-1 win to go up 1-0 in a best of three series.
Game 2- Game two would be a different story with thot 51's sticks the Storm found themselves out slugged. With a 3-1 lead in the 4th inning 1st Baseman "Paul Ambrose hit a monster three run HR to put the 51's up 4-3 and in that same inning with two on Jimmie Fernandez(51's) hit another three run HR to put the game out of reach 7-3. The Storm would make some rrors and make a small run at a come back but it would not be enough. 51's take game two 12-6.
Game 3- Tee-winkle Park in Costa Mesa@5pm. Who will be crowned AWBL Champs??
Storm stomps Saints in 1st Round play-offs
February 10, 2007
In the first round of the AWBL play-offs the Storm faced off against the SJC Saints #3 seed at Loara High School in Anaheim this last Saturday. Unfortunatley for the Saints their two best Pitchers could not pitch do to injury and being out of town so the Storm took advantage of it by winning game one (10-0) behind (8) innings of shut out baseball by RHP-Cody Moore. Cody aslo went 5-8 at the plate with (6) Rbi's, 2b and (5)runs scored. Other stand out were Chris Powell with a 4-8 day at the plate with (4)Rbi's and (2)runs scored. Josh Olsen had a great day also with a 2-4 day with (4) Walk and (5)Rbi's. First baseman Hugo Hernandez went 2-5 with (6)Rbi's with SAC Fly's. Eric Mendoza hit his first HR of the season and ended the day with (3)Rbi's.
In game two the Storm let lose with a 20-1 pounding of the Saints who were out of pitching and it would prove to be the end of their season. Storm sweeps 2-0 and have made it five years in a row that they have made the AWBL Championship. They will square off against the number one seeded LA 51's(8-2) Best of 3 series starts this Saturday at Tee-Winkle Park in Costa Mesa at 5pm.
Storm players Dominate in Mexico
January 30, 2007
Storm players have been playing in Ensenada Mexico on Sundays and have been dominating the Independent Professional"Industrial League" in Ensenada. Players are, RHP/OF-Jerry Lehman, C-Nick Enciso, RHP-Larry Kowaleski and RHP-Jeff Greoger. The pitching combination of Lehman, Kowaleski and Greoger has been unstoppable the last two weeks. The Tomateros were down 0-2 in the round robin to make the play-offs but the last two weeks the Storm players have helped the Tomateros to their first play-off birth. The Tomateros will face the #1 team "Octopus" in the first round of the play-offs on Feb.12th.
Storm to enter PCBL OC Summer League for 2007
January 30, 2007
The Newport Beach Storm will busy this summer with it's WBA College summer team and it's PCBL Sunday team. The Storm will be entering the new PCBL Orange County Open Woodbat Division which is shaping up to be the most competetive Adult division in California. Teams like the So. Cal 51's, California Blaze, Newport Storm, SJC Saints, LA Twins, and more teams that are interested. The WBA team will consist of College players from around the nation competing to go to the World Series in Wichita, KS in July. Any college players interested in trying out please call Coach Lehman at 714-396-4185.
Storm hold strong for AWBL play-offs
January 30, 2007
Newport Storm has been on a winning streak with it's faithful core players the last couple of weeks. With the addition of two key players along with the strength of the Storms pitching staff the Storm has scored 24 runs and only given up 5 in the last two games. With the Play-offs approaching the Storm seems to be rolling towards another AWBL League title but we'll have to get through the pesky SJC Saints and the 1st place 51's.
Storm in Toy's for Tot's Tourny
November 30, 2006
The Storm has entered the Toy's for Tot's Tourny this year after winning it in 2004 and runner-up in 2005. The Storm has a 25 man roster with 11 arms so we expect nothing less than another championship!
Diamond Sports sponsors Storm in AZ World Series
September 30, 2006
Official sponsor of the Newport Beach Storm. Diamond Sports has provided the Storm with free batting gloves and Under shirts for the AZ World Series.
Lehman Coaches Storm to World Title.
October 8, 2006
Founder and Coach Jerry Lehman coaches Storm to first World Title.
Jeff Groeger - Championship game winner
October 8, 2006
RHP - Jeff Groeger pitched a gem in the Championship game against the Reno Astros in the AZ World Series Tournament on October 8th 2006. Jeff pitched (6) Shut out innings only to finally give up (2) earned runs in the 7th inning. We couldn't have done it with out Jeff's great pitching performance. The Reno Astros were made of professional players from the GBL which ended up being their downfall since Groeger had faced most of the Astros players all summer. Once again a great performance by Jeff Groeger. Matt Foster came in in the 8th and 9th innings to hold the Astros to no runs and no hits.
Newport Beach Storm - 2006 World Champions!!!
October 8, 2006
Newport Beach Storm - 2006 World Champions!!!
October 8, 2006 - -- The Newport Beach Storm surprised everybody yesterday at Peoria Stadium in Peoria Arizona with a 6-2 dominate win over the Reno Astros pro All-Star team. Starter Jeff Greoger threw (6) shut out Innings only to give up two earned runs in the 7th. With the Storm up 5-2 in the bottom of the eighth, Lehman went to the bullpen and called on LHP Matt Foster to close it out. Matt dominated the Astros by getting six straight outs to secure the World Championship for the Storm. Reno #1 seed had mercy ruled 4 of 5 games in Pool play and was 7-0 coming into the Championship game against the Storm. The Storm came into the championship game as the #7 seed with a 5-2 record and had scored (59) runs and only gave up (21) runs in seven games. The Storm pitching staff was solid and was led by new comer Eric Lindgren who threw (7) shut out Innings and (7)k's in game two over the Tri-State Titans and another Inning in play-off game one with (3)k's to strike out the side.. Final score was a seven Innning mercy rule of 15-0. Game (3) was a close win over the San Fransisco Benders with a 4-1 win and a great pitching performance from Larry Kowaleski. Game (4) was another Mercy rule over the Montabello Dukes of 12-2 and Outfielder Kalen Norton decided to pitch and eat up some Innings for us and only gave up (2)runs in (5)Innings of work. Game #5 matched us up against the Reno Astros (4-0) and with our Pro pitchers showing up for us Coach Jerry Lehman decided to save the arms and pitch game five. Lehman had the Astros off balance through out the whole game and only gave up (4) earned runs and (6)k's. Lehman got the loss of a 7-2 Storm loss but the important thing was we kept the runs low and got us into the play-offs as the seventh seed. Play-Off game #1 started RHP- Jeff Greoger (Fullerton Flyers) and from the first Inning we new it was over against the team who beat us in our first pool game, the Salt Lake City Lug Nuts. The Storm went up 7-0 by the second inning and Lehman decided to pull Greoger after only throwing 30 pitches to save him for the Championship game. The Storm went onto win 15-4 in a seven Inning mercy of the Lug Nuts. Play-off Semi Final started RHP- John Grijalva (Fullerton Flyers) who had gotten no sleep the night before, came out and dominated the Boston Rockies by striking out (8) and only giving up (2) earned runs in a complete game masterpiece. The Storm would go on to win 9-5. Offensive Stand out were Outfielder Chris Powell, Javier Gamboa, Nick Enciso, Josh Olsen and Rich Tobin. Championship game MVP was Javier Gamboa who hit a 2nd Inning HR over the bullpens in Left field and a 3-5 day. Golden Glove went to Hector Zamora(Fullerton Flyers) who made some amazing plays through out the whole tourny. Stats on the way and photos!!
American Wood Bat League Starts November 11th 2006
A fallen Storm player and friend
September 25, 2006
This last saturday Storm LHP "Chris Inouye" lost his life after getting cought in the cross fire of a shooting that took place at Puente Hills Mall Saturday night around 2am. Chris was doing great pitching for the Storm and was trying to make a comeback with baseball. Chris came down September 16th and pitched 4 shut out innings for us and had left the field excited to go with us to the AZ World Series next week. We will dedicate this Tournament to you Chris. Our condolences to his family and friends and we are truly sorry for your loss. Rest in Peace my friend. We will miss you! God Bless you Chris!
Newport Beach Storm enters WBA College summer league
April 4, 2011
The Newport Beach Storm will be competing in the Western Baseball Association this summer. The WBA is affiliated with the National Baseball Congress. College players from all over will be competing in this league and it should be the most competetive baseball provided anywhere in Southern California.
August 24, 2006
We have set up a deal with Akadema Sports to provide a package deal for all AWBL players and Storm players. Hit the "HANDOUTS" link and view the special rates on Bats, Gloves and other accessories. CHECK IT OUT!
July 24, 2006
MVP Pitcher, Ryan Clear 4-2, 4.11 ERA, 31K's
July 24, 2006
Infielder and Storm lead off hitter Brian Spottsville took home the Team MVP honors with a team leading .418 batting Avg., Hits(26), Walks(11), and OBP%. Pitcher of the summer went to RHP Ryan Clear who ended up with a big season ending win over the Palm Springs Power this last Saturday night. Ryan ended up at 4-2 and a 4.11 ERA ith 31k's in 46 innings. Great job guys!
July 23, 2006
Today the call came in from "Gary Templeton" Head coach of the Fullerton Flyers in the Golden Baseball Professional League to sign RHP Reed Dickert of the Newport Beach Storm and Oklahoma City University. Reed just finished up his senior year at OCU and left with a 37-7 record, a 2005 National Championship and is now ready to begin his pro career. Reed will join the team this tuesday night at Goodwin Field in Fullerton where they face off against the SD Surf Dogs at 7pm. Congrats to Reed and best of luck. As of 8/8/2006 Reed has pitched 10.1 inn. with a 0.00 ERA, 14K's and only 3 walks. Reed was just invited to the Padres try-out in September!
June 20, 2006
The Storm's Center fielder Kaylan Norton was signed by the Yuma Scorpions and is batting a strong .351 in his third week with the Scorpions. It's nice to see that talent was finally recognized. Good luck to Kaylan on his new Pro career.
July 17, 2006
First baseman Terry Mermer 6'4 250lbs, had the game of the season going 3-3 with a Opo Grand Slam and a total of (6) Rbi's and (2) runs scored in game one against the Marines this last Saturday at University High. Terry leads the team in Rbi's (10) and Home runs (2). Mermer will play at Cal State Pomona this year so we ill keep an eye on him. He has shown why he was the MVP in High School and JC ball last year. Major league scouts will be all over this kid!!
June 16, 2006
In game two of the NBC tourny The Storm faced off against the San Fransisco Angels at 4pm. The game was close through eight innings and with two out in the 9th and a Storm 4-3 lead a fielding error let the tying run come across the plate. The game than went into extra Innings. Ryan Clear had entered the game in the 2nd inning with bases loaded and did not give up a earned run in 9 1/3 innings. I the 12 th the Storm bats lit up Angel pitching and scored the go ahead run. Pitcher Kyle Smart came into get a 1-2-3 inning and his first save of the year. Offensive stand out were Brian Spottsville who went 3-4 with a double and Rbi. Rich tobin has (2) hits in the game.
May 24, 2006
The Newport Storm squared off against the GBL's Fullerton Flyers on 5/24 at Fullerton JC. This was a Pre-Season game in the Flyers spring training week. The Storm had their ace on the mound Reed Dickert who just finished up at Oklahoma City University finishing with a 17-3 recored over two seasons and a Nation Championship in 2005. Reed was brilliant striking out (3) with no walks and no earned runs. Gary Templeton showed interest in Dickert and may get signed by next week. The Storm pitching shut down the Flyers through (7) innings until Rick Elder hit a bomb to right center and was the first earned run of the game. Offensive stand outs were Hugo Hernandez who went 2-3 with (2) Rbi's, Rich Tobin 2-3 with an Rbi, Sciutti, Williams, also had hits but the hit of the day was from outfielder Matt Smith who hit a 405 Ft shot off the Center field fence to end up with an Rbi Triple. The game ended up being a 12 inning game so the Flyers could see all of their pitching and the games ended up at 8-8 in (12) innings. "This was a great game for us" said Lehman. We always new we had the talent to compete with the best. "We are so exciting for what's ahead of us this summer". "This has to be the best team we've ever assembled" Next game is 5/30 against the Fullerton Flyers again at Fullerton JC at 1pm.
May 23, 2006
Storm ace Reed Dickert just finished up his senior year at Oklahoma City University and is now looking to get signed. He will get the start against the Professional team "Fullerton Flyers" this Wed. May 24th 2006. This is an exibition game in the Flyers Spring Training week and some players may get signed. Gary Templeton has been waiitng so see Reed pitch so hopefully he'll be signed this week.
April 25, 2006
THe Newport Beach Storm won it's fourth straight title in the AWBL by way of forfeit. Not really the way we wanted to win but it happened. Looking forward to play some great ball starting in June!
April 10, 2006
Prarie Stix will be sponsoring the Newport Beach Storm in the WBA College summer league. We thank you for your support!
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