Battery Lightning Gold's Johnson on SU Softball Website

The Battery Lightning Gold's Riley Johnson (Pictured above along with Battery Lightning Alumn and Niagara middle infielder Des Maldonado) is part of a strong recruiting class for Syracuse University.  See Coach Ross comments at: http://suathletics.syr.edu/index.aspx?path=softball

Battery Lightning Gold's- Riley Johnson signs with Syracuse!

 
The Battery's Riley Johnson signed her National Letter of Intent to attend Syracuse University today.  Congratulations Riley and keep working hard!!!

Battery Lightning's-Mackenzie Cleary verbals to St. John's!

Mackenzie Cleary of the Battery Lightning Gold has verbally accepted an offer of athletic scholarship to attend St John's University of the Big East Conference.  Mackenzie is a 2013 grad who has worked hard honing her skills and playing the last few summer/fall seasons for the Battery Lightning Gold at some of the best Gold Showcases in the country.  Join us in congratulating Mackenzie as she joins the long list of Battery Lightning players to go on to play in college in only our few short years of existence. 

***The Battery Lightning is a very select organization which operates with 3 teams: 14U-Elite-Gold and has quickly become a formidable player in the ASA Gold circuit.  We play up and concentrate on development and exposure at the younger ages rather than playing for trophies and championships at lower level events.

The Battery's- Riley Johnson to sign with Syracuse

Senior IF/OF Riley Johnson of the Battery Lightning Gold will make her verbal acceptance of athletic scholarship to attend Syracuse University official on Veteran's Day during the early signing period.  Riley will play for Syracuse in the ACC (Athletic Coast Conference) when she arrives for the 2013 season.  Joining us in congratulating Riley!!!

***The Battery Lightning is a very select organization which operates with 3 teams: 14U-Elite-Gold and has quickly become a formidable player in the ASA Gold circuit.  We play up and concentrate on development and exposure at the younger ages rather than playing for trophies and championships at lower level events.

Colorado Fireworks Here We Come!!!



The Battery Lightning continue to rise in the Gold Showcase circuit with their acceptance into the Colorado Fireworks.  THE premier college exposure event in the country attended by the longest and most illustrious list of colleges and universities from all over the U.S.  There is no organization from Buffalo to Syracuse that can boast the schedule or recruiting opportunities we bring to the table and this just adds to it!  Check out what this incredible honor is all about at...www.cofireworks.com.  The list of colleges already committed to attend reads like this:

AL Alabama State University
AL Auburn University
AL Auburn University
AL Bishop State
AL Faulkner State Community College
AL Marion Military Institute
AL Marion Military Institute
AL Samford Univesity
AL Samford Univesity
AL Troy
AL UAB
AL University of Alabama
AL University of Alabama
AL University of South Alabama
AR Lyon College
AR University of Arkansas
AR University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
AR University of the Ozarks
AZ Central Arizona College
AZ Grand Canyon University
AZ Scottsdale Community College
AZ University of Arizona
CA Academy of Art University
CA Cal
CA Cal Poly
CA Cal State Fullerton
CA California Baptist University
CA Concordia University, Irvine
CA Fresno State
CA Loyola Marymount University
CA OnDeck Softball
CA Pacific
CA Sacremento State
CA Saint Mary''s College
CA San Diego State University
CA Santa Clara University
CA Southwestern College - Chula Vista
CA Stanford
CA Taft College
CA UC Davis
CA UC Riverside
CA UC Santa Barbara
CA UCLA
CA University of California- Davis
CA University of San Diego
CA Whittier College
CO Adams State College
CO Colorado Christian University
CO Colorado School of Mines
CO Colorado State University
CO Colorado State University-Pueblo
CO Fort Lewis College
CO Lamar Community College
CO Mesa State College
CO Otero Junior College
CO Regis University
CO Trinidad State Junior College
CO UCCS
CO University of Northern Colorado
CT Central Connecticut
CT Fairfield University
CT Quinnipiac University
CT Quinnipiac University
CT Sacred Heart Univeristy
CT U.S. Coast Guard Academy
CT Yale University
DC George Washington University
DC Georgetown University
DE University of Delaware
FL Bethune-Cookman
FL Brevard Community College
FL Chipola College
FL FGCU
FL Florida
FL Florida Atlantic University
FL Florida Gulf Coast University
FL Florida International University
FL Florida State College at Jacksonville
FL Florida Tech
FL NJCAA
FL Northwood University - Florida
FL Pensacola State College
FL Rollins
FL Saint Thomas University
FL St. Thomas University
FL Stetson University
FL UCF
FL University of Central Florida
FL University of Florida
FL Webber International University
GA Emory University
GA Georgia Southern
GA Georgia State University
GA Georgia Tech
GA Kennesaw State
GA SCAD
GA Shorter University
GA University of Georgia
GA Waycross College
HI University of Hawaii
HI University of Hawaii at Hilo
IA Ashford University
IA Dordt College
IA Drake University
IA Indian Hills Community College
IA Iowa Central
IA Iowa State University
IA Iowa State University
IA Iowa Wesleyan College
IA Kirkwood
IA Kirkwood
IA North Iowa Area CC
IA University of Iowa
IA University of Northern Iowa
IA Upper Iowa University
IA William Penn University
ID Boise State University
ID College of Southern Idaho
ID Idaho State University
ID North Idaho College
IL Bradley University
IL DePaul University
IL DePaul University
IL Dominican University (IL)
IL Eastern Illinois University
IL Illinois State University
IL Kerri Blaylock
IL Lake Land College
IL Northern Illinois University
IL Northwestern
IL Northwestern University
IL Saint Xavier University
IL Sourthern Illinois University
IL Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
IL University of Chicago
IL university of Illinois
IL university of illinois at chicago
IL Wheaton
IN Ball State Softball
IN DePauw University
IN Indiana State
IN IPFW
IN IPFW
IN Notre Dame
IN Purdue University
IN University of Southern Indiana
IN Valparaiso University
KS Baker University
KS Barton Community College
KS Bethany College
KS Brown Mackie College - Salina
KS Central Christian College
KS Colby Community College
KS Cowley Community College
KS Dodge City Community College
KS Friends University
KS Garden City Community College
KS Hesston College
KS Hutchinson
KS Kansas Wesleyan University
KS McPherson College
KS Ottawa University
KS Ottawa University
KS Pittstate
KS Pratt Community College
KS Seward County Community College
KS Sterling College
KS Tabor College
KS University of Kansas
KS University of Saint Mary
KS Wichita State University
KY Eastern Kentucky University
KY Morehead State University
KY University of Kentucky
KY University of Louisville
KY University of Louisville
KY Western Kentucky University
LA Centenary College
LA McNeese State University
LA Nicholls State University
LA Northwestern University
LA University of Louisiana at Lafayette
LA University of Louisiana at Monroe
MA Amherst College
MA Boston College
MA Harvard University
MA MIT
MA Newbury College
MA Tufts
MA University of Massachusetts
MA Wellesley College
MA Williams College
MD Towson University
MD Univ. of Maryland Eastern Shore
MD University of Maryland Eastern Shore
MD Washington College
ME Bates College
ME Holy Cross
MI Aquinas College
MI Central Michigan University
MI Concordia University Ann Arbor
MI Cornerstone University
MI Lake Superior State University
MI Madonna University
MI Michigan State University
MI The University of Detroit Mercy
MI Western Michigan University
MN Northwestern College
MN St. Olaf College
MN University of Minnesota
MO Central Methodist University
MO Evangel University
MO Lincoln University
MO Maryville University
MO Missouri Baptist University
MO Missouri S&T
MO Missouri S&T
MO Missouri Southern State University
MO Missouri State University
MO Saint Charles Community College
MO Saint Louis Community College
MO Saint Louis University
MO University of Missouri
MO University of Missouri, Kansas City
MO William Jewell College
MS Alcorn State University
MS Belhaven University
MS Kevin Montgomery
MS Mississippi State University
MS Mississippi Valley State University
MS University of Southern Mississippi
MT University of Great Falls
NC Appalachian State University
NC Appalachian State University
NC East Carolina University
NC Elon University
NC NC State
NC North Carolina A&T State University
NC UNC Greensboro
NC UNC-Charlotte
NC UNCW
NC UNCW
NC University of North Carolina
NC University of North Carolina at Pembroke
NC University of North Carolina Charlotte
NC University of North Carolina Wilmington
ND Bismarck State College
ND Dickinson State University
ND Jamestown College
ND Mayville State
ND North Dakota State University
ND North Dakota State University
ND University of Mary
ND University of Mary
NE Chadron State College
NE Creighton University
NE Doane College
NE McCook Community College
NE Nebraska Wesleyan University
NE North Platte Community College
NE Peru State College
NE University of Nebraska
NE University of Nebraska-Omaha
NE Western Nebraska Community College
NE York College
NH Dartmouth
NH Dartmouth College
NJ Fairleigh Dickinson University
NJ Fairleigh Dickinson-Florham
NJ Monmouth University
NJ Princeton University
NJ Rutgers University
NJ Seton Hall
NM Eastern New Mexico University
NM Luna Community College
NM New Mexico
NM New Mexico Highlands University
NM New Mexico State University
NM University of New Mexico
NM Western New Mexico University
NV University of Nevada
NY Adelphi University
NY Binghamton University
NY Colgate University
NY College of Mount Saint Vincent
NY Columbia University
NY Finger Lakes Community College
NY Fordham
NY Iona College
NY Long Island U
NY Long Island University
NY Manhattan College
NY Pace University
NY Siena College
NY St. John''s University
NY Stony Brook University
NY Syracuse
NY Syracuse University
NY University of Buffalo
NY US Military Academy - West Point
NY Wagner
OH Kent State University
OH Kenyon College
OH Kenyon College
OH Kenyon College
OH Miami (OH) University
OH Ohio University
OH University of Akron
OH University of Dayton
OH University of Toledo
OK Murray State College
OK Oklahoma
OK Oklahoma Baptist University
OK Oklahoma Panhandle State University
OK Oklahoma State University
OK St. Gregory''s University
OK University of Tulsa
OR Eastern Oregon University
OR Jackson Vaughan
OR Lewis & Clark College
OR Lewis & Clark College
OR Northwest Christian University
OR Oregon
OR Portland State University
OR Southern Oregon University
OR Willamette University
PA Bucknell University
PA Dickinson College
PA Drexel University
PA Holy Family University
PA Lafayette College
PA LaSalle University
PA Lehigh University
PA PITT
PA Saint Joseph''s University
PA Temple University
PA Temple University
PA University of Pittsburgh
PA Villanova University
RI Brown University
RI Bryant University
RI Providence College
SC Coastal Carolina
SC College of Charleston
SC Limestone College
SC University of South Carolina
SD Dakota State University
SD Presenation College
SD South Dakota State University
SD University of South Dakota
TN Ashley Taylor
TN Austin Peay State Univ.
TN Belmont University
TN East Tennessee State Univ
TN Tennessee
TN Tennessee State University
TN Tennessee Tech
TN Texas Tech University
TN The University of Tennessee at Martin
TN Trevecca Nazarene University
TN University of Memphis
TN University of Tennessee
TN University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
TN UT martin
TX Baylor University
TX Blinn College
TX Clarendon College
TX El Paso Community College
TX Frank Phillips College
TX Howard College
TX Midland College
TX Texas A&M University
TX Texas State University
TX Texas Wesleyan Univesity
TX University of Houston
TX University of North Texas
TX University of Texas
TX University of the Incarnate Word
TX UTSA
TX Weatherford College
TX West Texas A&M
UT BYU
UT Dixie State College
UT Dixie State College
UT Salt Lake Community College
UT University of Utah
UT University of Utah
UT Utah Valley University
VA Hampton University
VA Radford University
VA Sweet Briar College
VA University of Virginia
VA Virginia Tech
VT Middlebury College
VT Middlebury College
WA Columbia Basin College
WA Northwest University
WA Seattle University
WA University of Washington
WA Western Washington University
WA Whitworth University
WI University of Wisconsin
WV Marshall University
WV West Virginia University Institute of Technology

Light the Night

The Battery Lightning Elite & Gold will be participating in the "Light the Night" walk on Friday September 9th at MCC!!!

http://www.lightthenight.org/wcny/

This is a benefit walk for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.  The walkers will carry illuminated balloons (Red-Supporters/ White-Survivors /Gold-Memory of a Loved One).  This walk is very dear to the Battery Lightning hearts as the sister of one of our very own is courageously battling as we speak. With the love and support from family and friends pouring in for Emma combined with Aidan and parents John and Jodi standing by her side Emma has an incredible support network established.  We want Emma to know how much we care about her and that she is in our thoughts and prayers everyday and will use the walk to send positive energy her way all the while raising money for a great cause.

Battery Lightning Gold Invited to College Play Day at BAGSAI

We are proud to report that we have been invited to take part in the "College Play Day" in Binghamton, NY on 9/17 & 9/18.  Many of the schools in attendance are recruiting our players currently so this is a great opportunity for our kids to not only see the teams but interact and play along side them. 

1) Colgate			7) Mansfield
2) Binghamton			8) LeMoyne
3) Syracuse			9) St Bonaventure
4) Fordham			10) St Rose
5) Cornell			11) TC3
6) Albany			12) TC Tremors
			13) Battery Lightning Gold

Battery Lightning Softball- Future Looks Bright!

So we just got done with player evaluations for all of our teams (14U-Elite-Gold) and something is very clear.  More and more people are seeing what we are doing and realizing that there is another level of instruction and softball right here in Rochester, NY.  Our Elite and Gold teams are the strongest they have ever been and we are ecstatic with the committed athletes on our newly formed 14U team.  Add to that our affiliation with Bluechip Softball and the TC Tremors organization and Rochester finally has that "next level" organization top to bottom.  We have also added to our already accomplished coaching staff with the additions of Mike Scialo and Lisa Nazarenko. 

Future looks bright!!!

Battery Lightning Gold Update

Post Stop DWI we performed at 2 events over the last few weeks.  First up was the Wicked Extreme Showcase in Hartford, CT.  There we went 4-1 beating some very good Gold teams including the Hudson Valley Hurricanes by a score of 4-1.  Most importantly we have been playing in front of a vast number of college coaches from far and wide.

Next we headed to West Seneca for the first annual Can-Am Championship.  Things started shaky as on Friday night we started off with the Compuware 18U out of Detroit Michigan and fell 2-1.  Their pitcher was popping 63 pretty regularly according to the gun and we hit everything right at people.  Despite only getting the ball out of the infield once Compuware was able to push 2 runs across for the win.  After that very disappointing loss the girls rallied on Saturday going 3-0 vs all Canadian teams including Guelph Gators, Brantford Bobcats and finally the Brampton Blazers.  Brampton was looking for some revenge after losing to us at Stop DWI by a score of 12-3.  This time Brampton had some additonal players back including a pitcher that drew a lot of attention hitting mid-60's on the gun for the entire game.  Thankfully we didn't blink and jumped out 9-0 in the 3rd and 4th innings eventually winning 9-4.  On Sunday we opened up Championship play as the 5 seed and went 2-1.  We began the day by beating the NJ Rocks Gold then followed that with a close battle vs the Brantford Bobcats before pulling away in the end.  That presented us with a re-match of the Stop DWI Gold Bracket Championship vs the TC Tremors Gold.  Once again we fell short 4-1 as our defense made some uncharactersistic mistakes thus providing 3 runs to the Tremors.  We also stranded 8 runners in 4 innings and didn't take advantage of opportunity.  The TC tremors Gold went on to win their next 2 games and ultimately the Championship.

Next up...New England's Finest Showcase!

Off to the Wicked Extreme Invitation only Gold Showcase!!!

Good luck to the Battery Lightning Gold this weekend as they head off to the Wicked Extreme Gold Showcase in Hartford, CT!!!  Looks to be some great competition and exposure this weekend.

Teams Attending:

Newtown Rock Gold	Top Gun Gold	Top Gun Elite	Bay State Cardinals
TC Tremors Gold	EN Avalanche	Delco Diamonds Gold	Wicked Green
Conklin Raiders Gold	Wicked Black	C.J. Lighting Gold	New England Phoenix Elite
Serverna Park Hornets Gold	New Jersey Gators Gold	Battery Lightning Gold	Long Island Ducks
Long Island Chargers Gold	Long Island Express	HV Hurricanes Gold	NJ Avalanche
LI Sudden Impact Gold	Empire State Huskies Elite	NE Phoenix Gold	CJ Tornadoes
Mystics Gold

Top Gun Elite	Bay State Cardinals
Delco Diamonds Gold	Wicked Green
C.J. Lighting Gold	New England Phoenix Elite
Battery Lightning Gold	Long Island Ducks
HV Hurricanes Gold	NJ Avalanche
NE Phoenix Gold	CJ Tornadoes

Register for our 8/1 Player Evaluation Day!

For those of you unaware of what we are about philisophically it is pretty simple.  We prioritize exposure to a large variety of college coaches over all else.  We believe in playing up (no 15 year olds on 14U...).  We seek the stiffest competition available and are less concerned with winning trophies and would rather challenge the girls in this incredibly competitive atmosphere.  We are finding ourselves at the main fields at all of the events we attend such as Newtown Rock Gold Showcase, Stop DWI, Wicked Extreme. New England's Finest...  Most recently we finished in the top 12 during pool play at the 36 team main event at Stop DWI which was a "who's who" of Gold teams- going 3-1.  We went on to defeat a variety of excellent teams before falling in the championship to the TC Tremors Gold 4-2.  The reward in all of this was the large variety of college coaches in attendance watching our games and evaluating our players.  We did this with what is a 16U eligible team and not a single 2011 grad year player but again we choose to play up rather than win 16U events and chase what is really meaningless glory.  ***Also, the week before our Elite which is mostly a second year 14U finished in second place at 16U ASA A States thus qualifying for 16U ASA A Nationals in Chattanooga, Tenn. 

We are now planning for next season and conducting our Player Evaluation Day for 14U, Elite & Gold.  We are looking for Upstate, NY's best softball athletes in graduating classes 2013-2017.  One system at all 3 levels, work out together and push each other.  Non-parent college level coaching, drill work, fundamentals, fast paced workouts... and most importantly frequent open dialogue with college coaches from all over the country.  Register now for a chance to join the Battery Lightning Softball organization "A Bluechip Softball Organization".

www.leaguelineup.com/lightningelite