The St. Thomas Storm Fastball Club from Ontario, Canada is returning to Orlando to compete in the AAU International Fastpitch tournament.
This is the second trip to Florida for the Storm and they are looking to improve on last year’s finish, when they lost in the first round of the playoffs and finished with a record of 2 wins and 2 losses.
The team looks at the event as a nice mid winter vacation and a chance to compete against international teams who we don’t normally get to play against.
The Storm plays in the intermediate level St. Thomas and District league and feature many players with ISC experience.
Pitching this year consists of workhorse Trevor Wardell who was instrumental in helping the St. Thomas Evergreen Centennials win back to back Canadian Sr. Men’s Championships. Also featured on the staff is Dan Beecroft, an underrated pitcher who has led the Storm to 2 straight league titles.
Several players on the roster also helped the Centennials and Storm to their titles including lead off man and shortstop Tyler Lessard, 2B Troy Rick and outfielders Chris Payne and Mark Coleman.
AAU Roster
(pitchers in bold)
P- Wardell, Beecroft
C- Jeff Franklin
P/DP- Peter Mersereau
1B- Tom Edie
2B- Troy Rick
SS- Tex Lessard
3B- Aaron Gould
LF- Mark Coleman
CF- Scott Bate
RF- Chris Payne
Player/coach Tom Edie and manager Bill Horne will handle the coaching duties.
Thanks to Aaron Gould for this info.