ARLINGTON STORM Baseball
THANK YOU, AARON SACKS
Aaron Sacks recently stepped down as the Director of Arlington Storm Baseball after serving in that role for more than four years. Aaron has a long history of volunteering his time and knowledge to Arlington Babe Ruth and Arlington Storm, including coaching his two sons throughout their time playing in the program.
During Aaron's time as Storm Director he focused on adding development opportunities for both players and coaches. For players, he added a Winter Catching Academy, Spring Development Sessions, Summer Academies, a Development Program for 7-8 YO players, and many other opportunities to get onto the baseball field. Aaron provided numerous resources to coaches including a Coach Training Program, membership in the ABCA, a Storm Coaches resources website, and often coach mentoring through his own on-field observations. He fostered relationships with local high school coaches and who have offered training and clinics to both youth players and coaches in recent years. Under Aaron's direction, the Storm program has become a regional power, and teams consistently advance to the Cal Ripken Babe Ruth (CRBR) Virginia State and Southeast Regional tournaments, with one team reaching the World Series Championship game and finishing second. Beyond the Cal Ripken trail, Storm teams consistently play competitive baseball and have had overwhelming success in numerous tournaments throughout the region.
The Arlington Storm program hosted both CRBR Virginia State Tournaments (2021 & 2022) and a Southeast Regional Tournament (2023) during Aaron's tenure — huge undertakings that are great opportunities to highlight the Arlington Storm program across CRBR. Even as Aaron's time as Director was coming to an end at the time of the Southeast Regional Tournament, he attended every game and could be found offering his expertise as a volunteer in many roles, especially helping out in the pressbox.
Aaron's duties as Director included helping to maximize the use of fields and practice spaces throughout Arlington County. Aaron also was instrumental in working to get ABR and Storm teams back to baseball in the summer of 2020 following the shutdown due to COVID. He worked with the county to open fields and developed plans and protocols to keep players safe. Even after all of the program's successes and highlights under Aaron's leadership, he thinks his most important impact has been helping an increasing number of players journey on a path to success at the next level.
The entire ABR and Arlington Storm baseball family says "THANK YOU" to Aaron for his leadership! And WELCOME to Lisa Donnelly who will follow him as Storm Director.
2023 Storm Teams Have Successful Cal Ripken Babe Ruth Trail Runs
8U Storm Black - District 7 Champions & State Final Four
9U Storm Black - District 7 Champions, State Final Four, & SE Regional Final Four
10U Storm Black- District 7 Champions & State Runners Up
11U Storm Black- District 7 Runners Up
12U Storm Black- District 7 Champions, State Final Four, and SE Regional Final Four
2023 Storm Teams are Playing Great Baseball
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9U Storm Red - AYRA High Heat Runner Up For the second straight tournament (in back to back weekends), Storm Red 9U ran through their early competition and advanced to the championship game, this time at the AYRA High Heat in Columbia, MD. They ran into a hot hitting competitor, but finished as Runner's Up, and brought home more hardware! |
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8U Storm Red - Bulldog Bash Runner Up Storm Red 8U blitzed their way to the championship game of the Mt Airy Bulldog Bash, earning the top seed after pool play and then mercy-ruling their semi-final competition, tallying over 20 hits in each of the first three games. They unfortunately ran into a defensive buzzsaw in the championship game and came up just short, finishing as runners-up. |
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9U Storm Red - Essex Father's Day Champs Storm Red 9U went 5-0 in the Essex Father's Day Tournament. After handling both games on Saturday, the boys were trailing in each of their 3 games on Sunday, and never quit fighting. They trailed 9-4 after 4 innings in the Championship game, and came back to win 12-9. |
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8U Storm Black - Memorial Day Mayhem Champs Storm Black 8U dominated the Memorial Day Mayhem Tournament in Manassas, finishing with a 4-0 record. After claiming the #1 seed with 2 wins on Saturday, the boys took care of business on Sunday winning both games via mercy rule after 5 innings. |
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10U Storm Black - Bull Dog Bash Champions Storm Black 10U took home the championship at the Bull Dog Bash Tournament in Mt. Airy, MD. |
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8U Storm Black - Rogue Baseball Summer Classic Champions Storm Black 8U finished 2-0 in pool play, taking the #1 seed in the Rogue Baseball Summer Classic into Sunday. They then dominated their competition to take the championship in Mt. Airy, MD. |
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8U Storm Black - Keys for Soldiers Champs Storm Black 8U survived the heat & humidity in Boyds, MD to bring home the Keys for Soldiers tournament championship. |
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2023 District Warm-Up Tournaments
Several Storm teams participated in the first ever District warm up tournaments hosted in Alexandria, Herndon, and Winchester. Teams at each age level used the weekend to brush up before an upcoming busy summer schedule. The 8U Black and 11U Black teams both brought home the championship at their age level, and 12U Red finished as the Runner's Up - all of which included championship rings for each player!
Several Storm teams participated in the first ever District warm up tournaments hosted in Alexandria, Herndon, and Winchester. Teams at each age level used the weekend to brush up before an upcoming busy summer schedule. The 8U Black and 11U Black teams both brought home the championship at their age level, and 12U Red finished as the Runner's Up - all of which included championship rings for each player!
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Contact Us If You Are Interested in Learning More About the Storm Baseball Travel Program
Storm Baseball team tryouts occur in Fall. However, as our community is enriched with military and public service families that are relocating, Storm Baseball will always consider welcoming new players into the ABR House and Storm Baseball Travel programs. If you are a service member relocating to our area, just new to the Washington, DC, area, or were not able to tryout for the program, please contact us and we will provide you with information regarding team opportunities. Storm Baseball's programs include year-round elements, but with multiple teams at each age group, we're always open for new players. It's never to late to get in the game.
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