NWO Thunder Fastpitch 12u Elite

NWO Thunder Fastpitch 12u Elite 1st Year travel team based out of Archbold, OH under the NWO Travel organization.

A couple Friendlies tomorrow evening in Rossford to help get us ready for the Valentines 50 🔥Go Thunder!
01/29/2026

A couple Friendlies tomorrow evening in Rossford to help get us ready for the Valentines 50 🔥

Go Thunder!

11/16/2025

Challenged the girls to play “50/50” for 5 straight minutes without a single dropped ball.

Challenge accepted. Slushies earned.

12u Elite girls finished up their fall season on Saturday with a 3rd place finish at the Midwest Monster Mash in Ontario...
10/27/2025

12u Elite girls finished up their fall season on Saturday with a 3rd place finish at the Midwest Monster Mash in Ontario, OH.

Lots of awards handed out this weekend!

Game MVP Awards (Chosen by opposing team)
-Ella Stehulak
-Ada Schaffner x2

Thunder Medals (Chosen by coaches)
🥎Offensive MVP- Shelby Rychener: .545 avg and OBP
🥎Defensive MVP- Vivian Haselman: 0 Errors at 1st base while playing every inning there
🥎Motivator Award- Bexley Remer: Consistently helping to bring the dugout volume up while we are on offense.
🥎Weekend MVP- Ada Schaffner: 11.2 IP, 8 H, 1 ER, 22 K, .514 ERA, opponent AVG of the.160

Extra medals to finish our tournament:
🥎Loud Mouth Award: McKynna Schroeder- Even when in a hitting slump, she was able to pull herself back up and be a leader in the field and behind the plate.
🥎Offensive MVP: Braydee Towns- .333 avg, 3B, HR, 0 K for the whole tournament.

The girls ended the fall season with a record of 17-10-1. For a team that just formed in August, these girls have come so far, and have a great future ahead of them.

For now we take a pause before preparing for our next tournament in January, the Winter Slam indoors in Rossford.

10/24/2025

There were 2 types of girls while painting pumpkins tonight 😂

The 12u Elite girls getting ready for their pumpkin smash tournament on Saturday!

⚡️Still looking for sleeve sponsors⚡️12u Elite still has availability for local businesses to put their logo on our jers...
10/21/2025

⚡️Still looking for sleeve sponsors⚡️

12u Elite still has availability for local businesses to put their logo on our jersey sleeves for the upcoming season.

If you or someone you know may be interested, please reach out to head coach Lauren Yoder at [email protected] or 419.906.5486.

Go Thunder!

The girls capped off their weekend in South Bend today, finishing the tournament with a 4-2 record. Their only two losse...
10/12/2025

The girls capped off their weekend in South Bend today, finishing the tournament with a 4-2 record. Their only two losses were to the champions and the runners up of the tournament.

Sunday Results

🥎Game 1

Michiana Repetition 11u- 10
NWO Thunder Elite- 11

WP: H. Grant- 1.1 IP, 1 H, 2 R (0 ER), 1 K

B. Towns: 1-2, HR, 2 RBI
V. Haselman: 1-2, 2 R
E. Stehulak: 1-2, R, RBI
H. Grant: 2-2, R, 3 RBI
S. Rychener: 1-1, 2 R, 3 RBI

After giving up 8 runs in the first inning, the girls came back and walked it off with the winning hit by Hannah Grant, and the winning run by Shelby Rychener.

🥎Game 2

NWO Thunder Elite- 13
River Bandits- 1

WP- A. Schaffner: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 4 K
Other- E. Stehulak: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R (0 ER), 2 K

V. Haselman: 2-2, HR, 3B, 2 R, 3 RBI
S. Rychener: 2-2, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI
E. Bidlack: 1-2, 3B, R, 2 RBI
B. Towns: 2-3, 2 R
B. Remer: 1-2, R, RBI
A. Schaffner: 2-2, 2 R, RBI
M. Schroeder: 1-1, R, RBI

🥎Game 3

NWO Thunder Elite- 4
Kalamazoo Klash- 14

E. Stehulak, H. Grant, and A. Schaffner all combined for 2.1 IP, 10 H, 14 R, 6 R, 2 K.

M. Schroeder: 1-2, 2B
B. Remer: 1-1, R, 2 RBI

Hadleigh Kessler with an RBI, and additional runs by V. Haselman, Emmalynn Yoder, and Shelby Rychener.

Our weekend award winners 🥇:

💜Offensive MVP:
Vivian Haselman- .455 avg, .500 OBP, 2 triples, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 6 R, 5 SB

💜Defensive MVP:
Evy Bidlack- 0 Errors all weekend at second base and outfield

💜Motivator Award:
Bexley Remer- Bexley stepped up to create a loud and positive dugout culture this weekend, helping generate the energy needed to win games.

💜Weekend MVP:
Shelby Rychener- .667 AVG, .727 OBP, 1 HR, 7 RBI, 5 R, no strikeouts for the weekend, 3 SB. Shelby also had countless great running catches in deep centerfield, as well as scored the winning run in our first bracket play game.

Great weekend for this group!

The girls are in South Bend, IN area today, and went 2-1 in bracket play, with their only loss to the #1 seed. Game 1Mi...
10/12/2025

The girls are in South Bend, IN area today, and went 2-1 in bracket play, with their only loss to the #1 seed.

Game 1

Michigan Rebels: 4
NWO Thunder Elite: 5

WP: Hannah Grant- 4 IP, 2 H, 4 R (2 ER), 4 K

McKynna Schroeder: 1-2, 3B, R, 2 RBI
Bexley Remer: 1-1, R, RBI
Shelby Rychener: 1-2

Game 2

Indiana Magic Gold: 6
NWO Thunder Elite: 0

LP: Ada Schaffner- 4.1 IP, 8 H, 6 R (4 ER), 4 K
Other: Braydee Towns- .2 IP, 0 H, 2 K

Vivian Haselman: 1-2, 3B
Shelby Rychener: 1-2
Scarlett Dugan: 1-2

Game 3

Michiana Impact Futures: 1
NWO Thunder Elite: 11

WP: B. Towns- 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R (0 ER), 4 K
Other: Ella Stehulak- 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 K

M. Schroeder: 1-1, 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI
Ada Schaffner: 2-2, 3B, R
B. Towns: 1-1, 2 R
Hadleigh Kessler: 1-2, R
V. Haselman: 1-2, R
Evy Bidlack: 1-2, 2 R

The girls open bracket play tomorrow morning at 9:30am.

Go Thunder!

Bracket play was cut short today with a loss to a solid Blackhawks team, the same team they had beat in a walk-off the d...
09/28/2025

Bracket play was cut short today with a loss to a solid Blackhawks team, the same team they had beat in a walk-off the day before.

First year teams can be tough, but these girls battled, and we move forward and grow from our losses this weekend!

🥎Defensive MVP- Hannah Grant: 25 batters faced, 7 H, 0.00 ERA, 9K

🥎Offensive MVP- Vivian Haselman: .556 avg, .556 OBP, 3 RBI, 3 R, gave us the walk off 2B on Saturday

🥎Motivator Award- McKynna Schroeder: Always talking every play, even from behind the plate, and is a constant source of support from the dugout on offense

🥎Weekend MVP- Braydee Towns: .500 avg, .500 OBP, perfect fielding percentage while playing every inning in the infield (usually SS), and is constantly talking and supporting her teammates, as well as giving her all every single pitch.

So proud of these girls and their improvement since the beginning!

12u Elite went 2-1 on the day for pool play. 🥎Game 1Blackhawks Mayhem: 7NWO Thunder: 8WP- E. Stehulak: .1 IP, 1 H, 0 R,...
09/28/2025

12u Elite went 2-1 on the day for pool play.

🥎Game 1
Blackhawks Mayhem: 7
NWO Thunder: 8

WP- E. Stehulak: .1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, K
Other- A. Schaffner: 4.2 IP, 8 H, 7 R (3 ER), 4 K

S. Rychener: 1-2, HR, R, 4 RBI
V. Haselman: 1-3, 2 RBI, Walk-off 2B

🥎Game 2
NW Destroyers: 2
NWO Thunder: 6

WP: E. Stehulak: 2.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R (1 ER), 2K
Other- H. Grant: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 4 K

B. Towns: 2-2, 3B, 2 RBI
S. Rychener: 1-1, 2 R, 1 RBI
V. Haselman: 1-2, R

🥎Game 3
Lady Irish: 14
NWO Thunder: 6

LP: H. Grant: 2.1 IP, 6 H, 10 R (0 ER), 5 K
Other: B. Towns: 1.2 IP, 4 H, 4 R (2 ER), 2 K

E. Yoder: 1-2, 3B, R
H. Grant: 1-2, 2B, RBI
S. Rychener: 1-2, R, RBI
B. Towns: 1-2, R
V. Haselman: 1-2, RBI

The girls earned the #2 seed, and will play in the semi finals tomorrow morning at 9:30am on field 8 at Pacesetter.

Go Thunder!

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