Megan Carver, LFA 12u Pitcher of the Year 2009

Megan Carver, Starting Pitcher Cascade Middle School

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Finishes 2009 Middle School Season Undefeated

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LFA 12u

2009 Pitcher of the Year

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Never give up attitude and hard work pays off for Megan Carver and and undefeated Fall season for her school team at Cascade Auburn Middle School.
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"Megan tried pitching last year and had some results but was not totally satisfied. She took some time off from LFA Academy and played mostly infield spots with Acers Kasner 12u for 2009 regular season. Adam has brought her speed up and cleaned-up her mechanics. He also worked on her 'mental game' and put her on a high calorie diet which included peanut butter and jelly sandwitches. Megan goes hard for 3 hour practices with Acers then another 2 hours per week with Coach Adam. It was the middle of Summer and Megan wanted back on the mound. I took her to LFA Pitching Camps and Adam kicked her butt in shape, made her arm much stronger and Megan did the rest, I asked her if she can make the committment and she said alright. " dad, Chuck Carver
"I know Megan works hard at what she wants in everything she puts her mind to. We appreciated her efforts with Adam." mom, Jen Carver
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"This time with a new attitude and hard work paid off big time. I only know of one other team this year that went undefeated and it was a high school team I was a pitching coach for, 4a Emerald Ridge. You ask anyone two years prior if that team could go all the way and you would have laughed. Pitching is everything when it comes to going all the way. Someone strong and with a never give up attitude has to be on the mound leading the charge to such a goal. It sounds far fetched I know... but for me and my pitchers we have a mind-set. Our minds are on the same page and intensity level...go hard to win or go home crying after losing. Winning is not everything to a development recreational team. Try telling that to someone at LFA training camp where winning is everything to a pitcher. These young ladies work harder than any team or club or academy out there. I don't know how to go soft or train for average. Why would you train someone to have a chance of losing. This is not my style and it is not what my pitchers want. The parents go for it!! Once they see a change in their daughter's new attitude, then new player-new person, they just love that about training at LFA. The LFA Pitcher works hard and knows this to be part of a winning philosophy or success recipe."
Congratulations Megan, I am very proud of your major accomplishment at Cascade Middle School and your personal dedication as a person!!
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Coach Adam La Serna, LFA

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LFA
"October Pitcher of the Week"

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Rocks Rainier 28-0 with 7 run rule in effect

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Hard work or work hard?

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Megan Carver does both at Catcher,Shortstop and Pitcher with Acers 12u and now Starting Pitcher for Cascade Middle School.

On a sunny day in October, a tired, over-worked 7th grader awakens for her morning and eats a big breakfast that includes a PB&J, goes to school, works hard-eats PB&J for lunch,comes home does homework,eats dinner, goes to batting practice,takes a break, begins Pitching practice with Coach Adam which takes 60 to 90 minutes of hard work and downs a water bottle, eats a PB&J. Goes home does her homework and gets to bed.

Megan,tired and half awake gets up the next day to go to school,eats lunch has a PB&J,schools out, game starts at 3pm and throws strikes for 4 innings and game over, 28-0 against Rainier (probably has a PB&J after the game) then goes to Acers practice.Hard work or work hard? It's a choice not every athlete can make with a smile on their face. Megan has desire to be a starting pitcher,dedication to get the job done, determination to follow through with a plan, discipline to know right from wrong, dependable and on time, tries hard to do the right thing always and leads by example.

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" I think Megan is kid with good stuff on and off the ball field, maybe an over achiever but she wants to make 2009 a year to remember. She has done that and more, an inspiration. Her peers and even some parents can learn from Megan about hard work, I know I have."

-coach Adam LaSerna

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Federal Way Fastpitch Training and Fastpitch News

Cydni Mason, 12u 2009 LFA Summer Camp

http://tacomafastpitchcenter.blogspot.com/2009/07/lfa-member-cydni-mason.html

Kelsey " KC" Cearley

LFA

2009 14u Pitcher of the Year

http://tacomafastpitchcenter.blogspot.com/2009/08/kc-cearley-rising-star-in-graham.html

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LFA Assistant Coach Camile Depew

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2008 High School Player of the Year

2009 College All Conference Player/2nd year with SCC

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Camile Depew an All Conference Player, leads SCC to 2nd Place with 3 homeruns against PCC in a double header.

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The Lady Dolphin Softball Team pounded Peninsula Community College on Tuesday in a doubleheader at Port Angeles 18-1 and 15-1. The SCC squad pounded out 32 hits in the two games with 8 homeruns.Brittanie Thibodeaux and Camille Depew lead the Shoreline team with three home runs each and Athea Surface picked up two pitching wins. Camille Depew, All State Pitcher/Catcher at Seattle Lutheran in 2008, hit three homeruns for Shoreline! The Shoreline wins coupled with two Everett CC losses to Bellevue CC, moved SCC into second place in the NWAACC Northern Division. The Dolphins are 12-4 in the league, while Bellevue is 15-3. The SCC squad finishes its home schedule on Friday, May 1, at Shoreview Park against Skagit Valley College. Camile is an assistant camp coach for LFA Summer Camp with coach Adam La Serna. Adam trained Camile in pitching for 6 years to present.

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North Puget Sound High School 2009 Fastpitch

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Jefferson shortstop Hannah Kiyohara tags out a Redmond baserunner at second base during the Raiders' loss in their opening game at the Class 4A State Fastpitch Tournament in Tacoma Friday.

The Raiders finished 1-2 at the tournament.
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Jefferson fastpitch finishes 1-2 at state tournament
By CASEY OLSONFederal Way Mirror Sports editor Jun 01 2009

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Thomas Jefferson’s trip to the Class 4A State Fastpitch Tournament ended a day earlier than the Raiders had hoped.
Jefferson (18-8) finished 1-2 Friday in the school’s third trip to the two-day state fastpitch tournament at the South End Recreation Area in Tacoma. The Raiders last played at state during the 2007 season, where they also fell short of winning a trophy.
The Raiders were knocked into the consolation bracket after dropping their opener to the Redmond Mustangs, 6-1. Jefferson came back later in the day to beat the Kamiakin Braves, 4-3, with two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning, but were knocked out of the tournament late Friday night by Stanwood, 5-1.
The Raiders just couldn’t get anything going offensively against Redmond right-hander Erika Hendron in their tournament opener Friday afternoon. The senior held Jefferson to only one hit during her seven innings of work.
The Raiders’ lone run came in the top of the sixth inning when Lexi Goranson crossed the plate to cut the Redmond lead to 2-1. But the Mustangs came right back in the bottom of the sixth to tally four runs and put the game away. Redmond, the champions of the KingCo Conference, got three RBIs from Jenny Eisenmann and two hits from Maria Reisinger and Emily Squiers.
But the Raiders came back Friday afternoon by playing one of the most exciting games of the tournament against the Kamiakin Braves in the consolation bracket to grab a come-from-behind, 4-3 victory.
Trailing 3-2 entering the bottom of the seventh inning and their season on the line, the Raiders responded with a pair of runs to stay alive in the tournament.
The tying run was scored by Jefferson on a perfectly executed suicide squeeze bunt by senior third baseman Jayme Carbon. Second baseman Cassidy DeWaele followed with a game-winning hit to give the Raiders the walk-off win Friday afternoon in Tacoma.
Senior pitcher Jessica Dickson was solid on the mound during the game for Jefferson. The left-hander allowed only two hits to Kamiakin, but was hurt by three Raider errors in the field.
The Braves jumped out to a quick lead with one run in the top of the first inning off Dickson. But the Raiders responded with two runs of their own in the second. Kamiakin pushed two runs across in the fourth to take the lead back, 3-2, which is how it stayed until the seventh.
Jefferson mustered eight hits during the game and were also aided by five Kamiakin errors.
The Raiders couldn’t keep the momentum going late Friday night against Stanwood. The Spartans tallied four runs in the top of the first inning and pitcher Brittany Jeans held the Raiders to only two hits, while striking out 11.
Jefferson’s only run of the game came in the bottom of the first inning when Raider leadoff hitter, Hannah Kiyohara, tripled and later scored. But that was the highlight of the night for TJ.
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The state tournament ends the stellar careers of seniors Erin Fujita, Carbon and Dickson. The threesome led the Raiders to an 18-8 overall record this season and a third-place finish in the rugged South Puget Sound League North Division. Fujita, an outfielder/first baseman, led the Raiders’ offense all season and was one of the most feared hitters in the SPSL during her career. Fujita finished with a career average of .491 and is headed to Hawaii Pacific University in the fall.
Carbon, a third baseman, will attend Eastern Washington in the fall to play golf. She was a four-year letter winner for the Raider fastpitch team and a three-time, All-SPSL selection. Dickson was TJ’s starting pitcher the last two seasons and racked up 14 wins this season on the mound.
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courtesy of; Federal Way Mirror Sports editor Casey Olson can be reached at sports@fedwaymirror.com or (253) 925-5565.