Softball: Loudoun Storm 16U Red Wins National Title

 (front row) Addison Dieterich (Loudoun Valley), Hannah Ritter (Skyline), Taylor Stocks (Musselman), (Back row) Jami Adler (Tuscarora), Paige Schaeffer (Woodgrove), Emily Ritter (Skyline), Holly Speacht (Woodgrove), Brittany Umphlett (Woodgrove), Kailey Liverman (Loudoun Valley), Courtney Dieterich (Loudoun Valley), Carrie Merchant (Woodgrove), Jazmyn Rohrer (Woodgrove)

Sterling (Aug. 7, 2012) - The Olympics in London are not the only place where gold medals are being won. A Loudoun county girls fast pitch travel softball team, the Loudoun Storm 16U Red, coached by JJ Merchant, just completed a 32-6-1 spring/summer season by winning the 2012 Amateur Softball Association 16U National Championship Eastern title.

They also finished as the Virginia state runner-ups in both ASA and USSSA age group tournaments. The ASA National Championship tournament, which this year was held in Sterling, had teams from across the eastern and midwest United States attend in the 16U and 18U age groups.

Softball: 14U Loudoun Storm Red Takes Runner-up at Eastern World Series

Salisbury, Md. (July 30, 2012) -The 14U Loudoun Storm Red fast pitch softball team returned from a week-long trip to Salisbury, MD where they competed in and placed 2nd in the 14U “B” USSSA Eastern World Series. The World Series event consisted of 45 teams from NY, NJ, DE, MD and VA. The girls battled both a long list of very talented teams and the tremendous heat that is often a part of this tournament, to take home the runner-up trophy.