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Wisconsin's Premier fastpitch program located in southeast WI. A non-profit organization putting the players first
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Let's go softball community. How many retweets can we get to spread the word to wear a baseball jersey on Friday.
#jerseyforjackson
#jersey4jackson
@ExtraInningSB
@IHartFastpitch
@BrenttEads
@Los_Stuff
@DaveBetcher1
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Yesterday was a special day as we celebrated our 2024's college commitment from both our 18u teams. Great job ladies and keep up the hard work
#LightningPride
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Updated college coaches list. Thanks to all who have come already
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Special day. Thanks to all the current and former families who attended and thanks to everyone who has volunteered over the years to make this org so special
Watch
@sauce67
cut the ribbon and then the unveiling of our wall of college players
#LightningPride
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Thank you to all of these and the other coaches who showed up to help make our event so special
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Wow ... what a special group of teams. Thanks to all the team who applied. So many great teams. Was very tough making selections. College Coaches make sure to get June 17-19 on your calendar. Going to be a great event. Can't wait for summer to get here.
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This weekend we dedicated a field to Jeff Klein (
@dadofgirls53105
). Jeff has been involved with the Lightning for 10+ yrs and has been our go to guy to build anything we need (dugouts, storage buildings, tables for our facility and many more)
Thank You!!!
#LightningPride
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Congrats to all of our 2023 players who participated in our Lightning Signing day. 10/10 going on to play in college
#LightningPride
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Well that’s a wrap for this year’s Battle of the Borders.
Thanks to all the players, coaches, umpires, college coaches, parents and volunteers for making it such a great event.
Good luck to the teams the rest of the summer.
… til next year
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We lost a special person this weekend. Please help out the Callahan family in their sudden moment of loss.
#HighFivesFromHeaven
The Callahan Family Medical and Funeral Expenses. Click to Donate:
#GoFundMe
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Thank you to all the coaches who were able to make our
@SilverHawkSball
/
@WI_LightningSB
college exposure event. We appreciate your time and effort.
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What a beautiful sight. Thanks to everyone who helped make this possible.
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We are excited to announce beginning next fall we will be moving into a new indoor home. In collaboration with
@WestoshaSports
they will be building a second facility that will be the exclusive home of Wisconsin Lightning Fastpitch 24/7/365 ... many more details to come.
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Great day. Official ground breaking. Can’t wait to get into the facility this fall.
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Thanks to all the coaches who have already come out to watch. If you haven’t already checked in please check in at the college coaches tent at Salem Grade School.
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Thanks to all the teams, players, umpires and families for a great King of the Hill - Qualifier. Special shoutout to all of our parents for their hard work throughout the weekend dragging, chalking and preparing the fields for each game.
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So amazed at our parents efforts. 8 straight days of rain including the rain that came thru around 3 am today and games are off and running. 2nd year in a row when other local events are cancelling we found a way to get as many games in as possible for as many teams.
#NoQuit
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168 Lightning players and families in attendance tonight at the
@BadgerSoftball
game to cheer on Kayla Konwent and her teammates.
Thanks
@BadgerSoftball
for inviting our young players on the field for intro / Anthem
#LightningPride
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Congratulations to Christina Crawford on her commitment to The University of St Thomas (MN) who will be D1 starting in June 2021.
#LightningPride
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Congratulations to Wisconsin Bandits for winning this years 18u Battle of the Borders
Also congrats to Velocity for their runner up finish
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Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Marty family and the entire Bandit family
Our hearts are broken as we have lost one of our Bandits last evening. We are devastated that this beautiful soul was taken too early. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Marty Family, 14U Bandit families, and everyone who has known Kate. We love you and will miss you
#17
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Congratulations to
@WiLightning2024
for winning the 18U Championship and
@SilverHawkSball
for their runner-up finish in the Queen of the Hill - WI Qualifier
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Still a lot of finishing touches to put on it, but our hitting facility is open for our teams to start using.
Grand opening / open house coming in Nov. More details coming soon
#LightningPride
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The forecast doesn't look great for tomorrow, but our parents / grounds crew is amazing. We will get to working on the fields the minute the rain stops.
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What a great first day of the Battle of the Borders. Amazing competition, lots of college coaches and beautiful weather. On to day 2
#LightningPride
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Today the Lightning organization is happy to present
@jesseklicker
the Lightning for Life award. Jesse has played 10u-18u all with the ⚡️
#LightningPride
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Championship games are under way. Thank you to all the college coaches from all levels and associations that came out to evaluate players. We appreciate all of you.
Quite a great list. 73 college roster books handed out to the schools below
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We have 101 athletes committed to play in College in the 2018-2025 graduating classes. 31-NCAA D1 / 7-NCAA D2 / 42-NCAA D3 / 5-NAIA / 16-JC
#WhyLightning
2024-2025 Tryout registration:
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So proud of the three of you and your commitment and loyalty to the Wisconsin Lightning
Special shout out to 3 players who earned the Lightning for Life award. Played every year from 10U-18U with the
@WiLightning2022
@kbaumeister19
@meaganbaume
@morgan_klein04
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And this year our first annual HR derby. Special thanks to
@WilsonSportingG
@DeMariniFP
for the donation of gloves and bats. Thanks to them we were able to raise an additional $2,800 to help support the Callahan family
#HighFivesFromHeaven
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Biggest shoutout to our parents. You are amazing. The commitment all of you put into this organization is what makes this event so special.
#LightningPride
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Wishing all the fathers Happy Father’s Day on Championship Sunday at Battle of the Borders. What a great way to spend the day
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Lots of 💣’s hit within 60 seconds in our 3rd Annual HR Derby. Here are top finishers for our 13U-18U division.
Abby Plapp (15U) - 18
Madison Babcock (15U) - 17
Riley O’Grady (15U) - 16
Aubriella Garza (18U) - 16
#LightningPride
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Congratulations to Velocity for winning this years 14u Battle of the Borders
Also congrats to Silver Hawks Dennison for their runner up finish
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With 10 hits and a .526 average
at the Panther Invite at GSU,
@HaileyConger30
is named
BIG EAST Freshman of the Week!
📝 -->>
#ButlerWay
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Great to see all the success former Lightning pitchers are having.
We have 5 Lightning players pitching this year at the D1 level (with 3 more D1 pitchers entering college next year) and many more making major impacts at all levels of college softball.
#LightningPride
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Great day at the Silver Hawks / Lightning college exposure day. Thanks to all the colleges that attended
@bucsoftball
@ButlerSoftball
@GBPhoenixSB
@LewisSoftball
@LFCollegeSB
@NIUSoftball
@RamblersSB
@rvc_softball
@UIC_Softball
@UWWSoftball
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Congrats to Wasco Diamonds on their victory over Impact in the 18u championship.
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Save the Date: Battle of the Borders tournament will be June 17-19th, 2022. Application will be open around end of October. Generally get over 175+ applications and attracts 50-75 college coaches every year. Stay tuned for more details
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And the biggest congratulations and thank you to our amazing parents. Your efforts to put on a first class event is what makes this event so special !!!!
#LightningPride
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Huge shoutout to all our families who put in the effort to make this past weekend's events such a great success. We are lucky to have such amazing families.
#LightningPride
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Congratulations to
@IAPremier_Car
for winning the 16U Championship and
@lightning_2025
for their runner-up finish in the Queen of the Hill - WI Qualifier
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Thrilled to announce next year's great coaching staff.
10U - Dave Sunden
11U - Jason Sturino
12U - Allison Eichholz
13U - Peter Plapp
14U - Steve Goluch
15U - Scott Clark
16U - Randy Boydston
18U - Don Spohr
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Congratulations to Silver Hawks Dennison for winning this years 16u Battle of the Borders
Also congrats to GTS for their runner up finish
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We have our own, 9,000 sq. ft. indoor training facility and 4-field outdoor complex that allows our teams to practice year-round, Our facility has multiple pitching machines and utilizes Rapsodo technology
#WhyLightning
2024-2025 Tryout registration:
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What a great weekend at Stars and Stripes for the Organization.
16U -
@2023Wilightning
5th Place
18U -
@WiLightning2022
3rd Place
16U -
@WiLightning2024
2nd Place
#LightningPride
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Day 1 of Battle of the Borders about to start in 50 minutes.
Good luck to all 129 teams
Thank you to all the umpires
Thank you to all our parents for all their hard work making this such a great event.
#LightningPride
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What a great run. Congratulations !!!
#LightningPride
Tied for 5th of 84 teams @ PGF Nationals in Huntington Beach, CA. What a run ⚡️
#lightningpride
@WI_LightningSB
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Congratulations to GTS for winning and to Ethics for placing 2nd in the 14u division.
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Happy to announce our fees for 2023-24. Since we are a non-profit and our focus is on the players, not $, we are able to offer more practice and games at a cost that is dramatically less than most.
Maximum development and exposure does not require high fees.
#LightningPride
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Congratulations to WI Lightning 2022 for winning the Battle of the Borders 16u championship.
2nd place TN Mojo 2022
3rd Place WI Bandits Gold/Silver Hawks Dennison
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Our committee has been pouring over the applications for Battle of the Borders. Wow. Going to be a special year. Announcement coming soon.
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Congratulations to
@emmiecibrario5
from
@TrempAthletics
class of ‘21 on her commitment to
@uwsp_softball
#LightningPride
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We have 83 athletes committed to play in college in the 2018 - 2024 graduating classes (120+
since 2011).
26 NCAA I
6 NCAA DII
39 NCAA DIlI
13 NAIA
9 JC
All of our 2023's have committed to play college softball
#WhyLightning
Register now for tryouts
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Amazing what can be accomplished when an orgs forcus is providing the best experience for our players and not on $.
Early results
14U-Wins PGF Labor Day Showdown
18U-Up 1-0 in semi's of Queen of the Hill when weather ends event
12U-wins the Queen of the Hill
#LightningPride
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College coaches don't miss out on the
@SilverHawkSball
/
@WI_LightningSB
college exposure day on Sun Nov 19th.
Already schools from 7 different states registered.
You can register here:
For more info Contact Chris Conger @ wilightningsb
@gmail
.com
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Congratulations to 16u-2022/2023 for beating 18u Silverhawks-Dennison in the championship game of the
@Chicago_Bandits
18u tournament. Going 8-0 and beating all 3 other 1 seed.
#lightningpride
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We are excited to show off the new Lightning hitting facility.
This facility
Honors our past
Allows growth in the present
Embraces the future
Ribbon cutting/unveiling ceremony on
Sat Nov 26th at 12pm
All (past, present, and future) are welcome to attend
#LightningPride
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One goal for this event. Help student-athletes and colleges find good fits. We charge $20/player to help cover some of the cost, but we actually lose money on the event. We are proud of our relationship with
@SilverHawkSball
and both of our commitments to our players over money.
Can't wait for this weekend. Already 24 schools signed up. College coaches if you haven't signed up already please sign up asap as we are working on getting the books and food prepared.
We are so appreciative of all the coaches coming to the event
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And the biggest congratulations of all is to our parents. Once again you guys showed what makes our organization so special. The effort everyone puts in to make this tournament the best it can possible be is so special. Tremendous roles models for all the daughters.
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So proud of all the players and their efforts
Big day today for our 2024’s. We are so happy for them. Lots of hard work and all of them found their fit.
@HannahConger16
@maddy_balsiger
@AlonaBoydston
@Vermett81
@kmcallahan24
@JaclynShowalter
@GKramschuster1
@TaylerBaker12
@MaggieFeng12
#LightningPride
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Great org picnic yesterday
Had 45 participants and raised $1,125 at our 2nd Annual Charity Home Run Derby. All proceeds are donated to Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer
14U-18U Winner:
@maddy_balsiger
(10 💣’s)
10U-12U Winner:
@HaileyCalkins6
(5 💣’s)
#LightningPride
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What a great day at our skills camp. Special thanks to
@BadgerSoftball
great Kayla Konwent for joining camp and being an amazing role model and ambassador of the game.
#LightningPride
#GrowTheGame
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This weekend in the Indiana Magic Gold Invite, Lightning had 2 teams playing. 10u wins the championship 7-6 against In North Stars.
@WiLightning2024
lost 1-0 in the championship game to the Beverly Bandits. Congrats!
#lightningpride
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Final cleanup of old hitting facility. Thanks to all the families that did some amazing clean out and clean up work.
#LightningPride
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So excited to have these great former Lightning / current college players assisting and mentoring our teams this year.
10U -
@Chey_softball9
11U - Christina Crawford
12U -
@KassieJimenez2
13U -
@CaeliKinsella
14U -
@BellaAtkinson21
16U -
@JesseKlicker
#LightningPride
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Congratulations to Battle of the Borders winners
10U
Illinois Sluggers-1st
Muskego Storm-2nd
12U
WI Lightning 2029-1st
BennieGirls-2nd
14U
Illinois Sluggers 09-1st
WI Lightning 2010-2nd
16U
Semi & finals rained out
18U
WI Lightning 2024/25-1st
Velocity 18U National Otto-2nd
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Congrats to Iowa Premier for making the sweep.
18U Champs
16U Champs
14U Champs
Nice job ladies.
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Good overall performance for the 4 lightning teams in action this weekend. Ended up a combined 13-3-2 including a championship by
@WiLightning2024
#lightningpride
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Congratulations to all the teams in this years Battle of the Borders tournament. Special congrats to our finalists
18u: 1st Silverhawks Dennison, 2nd WI Lightning Hermes
16u: 1st Siverhawks McNulty, 2nd Minnesota Force Bruzek
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Congratulations to
@SilverHawkSball
- Kweder for winning the 14U Championship and
@09_WIlightning
for their runner up finish in the Queen of the Hill - WI Qualifier
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Given tomorrow’s forecast. We will have people at our sites before day break tomorrow to access each complex. We plan to send out our first update in the Wisconsin Lightning app before 6 am and will continue to send updates as needed.
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What a great day.
133 Lightning players and family members watched
@BadgerSoftball
compete.
#OnWisconsin
#LightningPride
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Congrats to our two winners
14u-18u winner
@morgan_klein04
10u-12u winner
Lexi Currington
Special shout out to Kayla Konwent
@BadgerSoftball
for continuing to be such an amazing mentor to our players at the entire softball community.
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Every current team in our program has at least one former Lightning player who is playing or played in college as an assistant coach. This is another way we continue to invest in our current and former players.
2024-2025 Tryout Registration:
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Congratulations Hannah
#LightningPride
Excited to have you in a Badger uniform, Hannah!
✍️: Hannah Conger
🥎: Infield
🏡: Gurnee, Ill.
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Special thanks to Paul Klicker, Kevin Schreiner, George Baker, Chris Johnson, DJ Butenschoen, Jason Patterson for all their hours and sacrifices. Incredible examples to the players of giving back without it being about $. Pay it forward
#LightningPride
@18uPk
@wilightning2021
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After visiting 2 sites current count is 31 volunteers, 4 four wheelers, 2 gators, 7 generators, 6 shop vacs and 4 pumps. 3 more site to check out. What special things parents do for their kids to play softball
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Congratulations to
@wilightning2021
for finishing 3rd ( out of 95 teams) at the
@USASoftball
Class A national championships. Only loses in bracket play were to TN Mojo and Birmingham Thunderbolts.
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Our parents provide such a great example for our players of what it means to sacrifice for the greater good. Something special about an all volunteer organization. Players thank your parents they rock.
#LightningPride
So amazed at our parents efforts. 8 straight days of rain including the rain that came thru around 3 am today and games are off and running. 2nd year in a row when other local events are cancelling we found a way to get as many games in as possible for as many teams.
#NoQuit
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Our families never cease to amaze. Thanks to all the parents, players and siblings who helped clean out the old hitting facility and into storage.
Now time for the ground breaking of our new facility this afternoon 2:00pm
What a day
#LightningPride
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Can't wait for this weekend. Already 24 schools signed up. College coaches if you haven't signed up already please sign up asap as we are working on getting the books and food prepared.
We are so appreciative of all the coaches coming to the event
College coaches don't miss out on the
@SilverHawkSball
/
@WI_LightningSB
college exposure day on Sun Nov 19th.
Already schools from 7 different states registered.
You can register here:
For more info Contact Chris Conger @ wilightningsb
@gmail
.com
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Due to the weather forecast we do not see anyway possible to complete today's bracket and most likely may not even be able to get a single round of games played. We are forced to cancel the rest of the tournament. Thanks to all the teams who participated and good luck this season
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For the 2nd week in a row a Lightning team is in the championship of the King of the Hill. Last week
@wilightning2022
Took 2nd at 16’s. This week let’s see if
@wilightning2024
can top them. Championship game starting soon.
#LightningPride
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