Valley Of Thunder Tournament April 4 and 5

[SVKickr782001]

VALLEY OF THUNDER 2008
Friday April 4, 2008
Field
Field 1
Symmes Valley vs Northwest 2:00
Field 3
Wellston vs East 2:00
Field 4
Ashland (KY) vs Spring Valley 2:00
Field 1
Brunswick vs Wheelersburg 4:00
Field 2
Eastern Meigs vs Greenup Co. (KY) 4:00
Field 3
Waterford vs Northwest 4:00
Field 4
Notre Dame vs Marietta 4:00
Field 1
Symmes Valley vs Brunswick 6:00
Field 2
Amherst Steele vs Russell (KY) 6:00
Field 3
Fairland vs East 6:00
Field 4
Ashland (KY) vs Wheelersburg 6:00
Field 1
Fairland vs Waterford
8:00
Field 2
Notre Dame vs Greenup Co. (KY) 8:00
Saturday April 5, 2008
Field
Field 1
Symmes Valley vs Wellston 10:00
Field 2
Eastern Meigs vs Ironton 10:00
Field 3
Brunswick vs Fairland 10:00
Field 4
Amherst Steele vs Marietta 10:00
Field 1
Gahanna vs Wheelersburg 12:00
Field 2
Waterford vs Ironton 12:00
Field 3
Portsmouth West vs Spring Valley (WV) 12:00
Field 4
Fairland vs Eastern Meigs 12:00
Field 1
Symmes Valley vs Marietta 2:00
Field 2
Wellston vs Huntington (WV) 2:00
Field 3
Notre Dame vs Amherst Steele 2:00
Field 4
Ashland (KY) vs Brunswick 2:00
Field 1
Portsmouth West vs Gahanna 4:00
Field 2
Greenup Co. (KY) vs Waterford 4:00
Field 3
Wheelerburg vs Spring Valley (WV) 4:00
Field 4
Russell (KY) vs Northwest 4:00
Field 1
Huntington (WV) vs Ashland (KY) 6:00
Field 2
Russell (KY) vs Notre Dame 6:00
Field 3
Greenup Co. (KY) vs Northwest 6:00

[mattash]

Nice lineup.

[Tartanblue]

I knew East was going to be in it this year. It will be interesting in seeing how they match up with Wellston and Fairland.

[ManitouDan]

I've heard alot about this event ---can someone give me the history of it ---where it is played, who started it, etc etc ? MD

[Tartanblue]

It is held at Symmes Valley

[ItownHosscat]

It is a very well run tourney M.D check it out.

[ManitouDan]

I was thinking it was like a 2 day "showcase" but i see it's a tourney . So are all the games played at SV ? How many fields do they have ? How do you get that games in ? MD

[ManitouDan]

DUH ----I see they have 4 fields ---are they at the complex ? MD

[Tartanblue]

yes, Symmes Valley has around a total of 5 total fields including the high school baseball field. They also use these fields for little league at Symmes Valley.

[ManitouDan]

Russell is one of the top picks in the 16th region, Ashland is'nt bad either. any idea if Greenup has much ? MD

[ManitouDan]

What is the format Pool play into single elim ? Double ? MD

[What If?]

MD no pool play or tournament , just games against good competition.

[mattash]

It's a showcase. The games scheduled are the games played. Always some of the top competition in the state.

[softball_player]

Does anybody else find it interesting that Clay was invited last year but not this year?

[The_Sports_Junky]

Did Clay want to be in it this year?

[What If?]

I may be wrong on this but the story going around on this was Clay backed out at the last minute last year.I overheard one of Clays players saying that since they had games with some of same teams the next week,they didn't want those teams to be able to scout them. If this was the case it would not be surprising that they are missing from this years event.

[upi34]

Rumors...rumors...rumors...Clay isn't playing in the tournament simply because they did not want to...they've gone a different direction with scheduling...the tournament in Symmes Valley is not an invitation only...you call to request to play...as I hear it, several teams did not play in the tournament last year due to the snow

[buckeye221]

It is a very well run tourney M.D check it out.

Without making a big fuss over it.....from what I have heard not everybody would agree with this statement at all. I have heard several complaints from several schools...but this was from a few years ago. Things do change! So maybe they have. But like it is with anything, I am sure different people/teams had different experiences with this tournament than others.