Oklahoma City Storm

Okc Storm vs. Okc Knights!

2009-02-26T21:51:00.000-06:00

Tomorrow night the OKC Storm will be playing the OKC Knights for the first time since 2001! No gate, Free Admission Friday February 27th at Harvest (Church of the Harvest (6800 N. Bryant Ave. Oklahoma City, OK 73121) Varsity Boys will start at 7:15and the Varsity Girls will start at 8:30. We hope you can make it!

Storm Meeting

2009-02-19T11:45:00.000-06:00

Monday February 23rd 7:00-8:30 at Heritage Baptist (14317 N Council Rd, Oklahoma City) the OKC Storm will be having a meeting with all the info needed for the upcoming Regional and National tournaments. We will be introducing each Storm team attending nationals this year. We will also be having a senior appreciation night where we will be honoring our seniors on the Varsity team. If your family or child is attending nationals you do not want to miss this meeting.

February 10th 2009 Storm Letter

2009-02-10T12:51:00.000-06:00

One week from today the anual OKC Storm Alumni Game and Sr. Night will be played at the Ford Center. The Storm has taken advantage of the Court of Dreams Experience that the OKC Thunder offers. The way this unique experience works is we (Storm) agree to purchase a certain number of tickets. Doing this allows us to use the Ford Center for a 3 hour time period. In order to be able to enter the Ford Center to participate or watch the alumni game/sr. night you will need a ticket. We have tickets available for $10. The ticket is good for entrance to the alumi game which will be played from noon to 3 pm next Tuesday February 17th. Your ticket will also be good for admitance to the OKC Thunder vs. Hornets game at 7 pm.

If you have not yet pre-ordered your tickets go to http://www.stormhoops.com/schedule Once you have pre-ordered you may pick up your tickets Thursday or Monday at practice from Rob Flatt. You can pay by check or cash.

Currently over 80% of our Varsity Parents have not yet taken the time to pre-order their tickets. If you are a Varsity Parent please take two minutes and do this ASAP.

Also we are getting ready to place our order for Storm T-shirts. If you have not yet pre-ordered your new Storm gear take a minute to do so at
http://www.stormhoops.com/new-okc-storm-t-shirt-pre-order-page

Lastly the Varsity Boys remained #1 in the latest MaxPreps HomeSchool Rankings:
http://www.homeschoolbasketball.com/rankings-boys-power-poll

Storm Schedules

2008-10-21T13:12:00.001-05:00

We will be updating the Storm Schedule weekly (as needed). Make sure to check out the website at least 2-3 times per month now and when the season is in full swing we encourage all parents to check the site out weekly. Go to www.stormhoops.com and go to team sites and check the schedule for your team. All changes will be in red.

Storm Parent/Player Meetings

2008-10-08T17:51:00.001-05:00

Last week we handed out a slip of paper with the following information:

There will be a mandatory parent & player meeting for each team. Below is the schedule for each team. One parent for each player is required to be at the meeting this is very crucial. We have planned the meeting at the end of practice and will meet on the court each teams practice.

Boys 10 & under Thursday October 9th @ 5:30
Girls 10 & under Thursday October 9th @ 5:30
Girls 12 & under Thursday October 9th @ 4:00
Girls 14 & under Thursday October 9th @ 4:00

This information should have been posted last week and it wasn't I appologize. We have added three more mandatory meetings for next week:

Boys 18 & under Thursday October 16th @ 5:30
Girls 18 & under Thursday October 16th @ 4:00
Boys 12 & under Thursday October 16th @ 5:15

Storm families -- We now have a new website to explain the Fund-It/BenefitBar. We have been doing great over $200 earned, if we really get the word out we could have great revenues from this and be able to help a lot of families in our program. Check it out www.fund-it-now.com/okcstorm

9-26 Storm Letter

2008-09-29T12:24:00.003-05:00

We are very excited about this coming week! All age groups will finally begin try-outs this next week. There have been some questions to which day teams will start practices so we have compiled a master list of next week's practices for all teams to help answer these questions. We also have several very exciting updates below.

Storm Fundraising Announcement:

You can sign up for the Fund-It/BenefitBar prgram at the bottom of this page.

Practice Start Date Master List

Below is a list of each age group and the date and time of their first practice:

Girls 10 & under October 2nd 4:00-5:30

Boys 10 & under October 2nd 4:00-5:30

Girls 12 & under October 2nd 2:30-4:00

Boys 12 & under October 1st 3:00-4:30

Girls 14 & under October 2nd 2:30-4:00

Boys 14 & under October 1st & 2nd 2:30-4:00

Varsity & JV teams will continue practicing.

Storm Schedule Updated:
Jr. High http://stormhoops.publishpath.com/jr-high-page

High School http://stormhoops.publishpath.com/varsity

Varsity Girls Ranked #4 in pre-season poll!

http://basketballnationals.blogspot.com/2008/09/girls-pre-season-power-poll.html

National's releases boy's pre-season power poll

2008-08-28T12:17:00.002-05:00

The NCHBC (National's) released their boy's pre-season power poll featuring this year's pre-season top 10. Check out where the Storm was ranked and what other teams made the top 10 in the pre-season power poll at http://basketballnationals.blogspot.com/

Latest Storm Email

2008-08-25T10:44:00.001-05:00

Okc Storm News

This week we have been working on revamping the Storm website. We will be working on fixing up the site over the next few months. One thing we could really use is pictures from last season so we can get them on the site. Ken Gise just committed to coaching the 12 & under girls team this year.

Online Player Registration now available! Just go to www.stormhoops.com and click on the Sign up page on the top far right. Please take the time to fill this out because it is looking like we are going to have a record turn out in several different age groups and while this is exciting this could also leave us in a last second scramble looking for a second team coach.

Storm Updates

2008-08-19T17:06:00.000-05:00

Communication is key to having everyone on the same page, happy moms and a successful season. We need your help. Please read the article below.

Just a few more weeks and we will be in hot gyms listening to squeaking noises from sneakers making sharp cuts on the gym floor, we will enjoy the aroma from a great combination of fresh sweating bodies and shirts that have been worn day after day and stuffed into gym bags for the next practice. Now my heart is racing, I can't wait.
Tim Flatt

Communication
This morning I had the opportunity to meet with Coach Roth and the boys JR High team at Mitch Park in Edmond at 9:00 AM. There were a number of parents there that were present who are not receiving my e-mail updates. Communication is very important as this looks to be a very busy year. I thought it would be good if we can all work together to open the communication lines up. The problem in communicating is that so much of the e-mail ends up in spam filters or junk mail Let me first outline how we will attempt to communicate and how you can make sure you get the latest info:1) OKC Storm Blog -- the web address is http://www.okcstorm.blogspot.com you can check it on a regular basis or you can sign up for the e-mail update (make sure you confirm the sign up e-mail that you will receive) or an RSS feed (if you understand that if not, it would be a great project to learn it is the fastest and best communication on the web).2) The Nationals Blog - the web address is http://www.basketballnationals.blogspot.com I would recommend the same sign up procedure.3) The Storm e-mail list - The last mailing of 120 was only open and read by 63 people, which means a lot is being lost in spam and junk mail, so I would recommend that if you aren't receiving an e-mail a week that you set up a separate free e-mail at either yahoo, google or hotmail and then forward the e-mail to your main e-mail. Then send me your new e-mail tim@flattmail.com

You should be getting an e-mail each week between Nationals and Storm right now. One other good idea is if you have multiple e-mail addresses in your family have everyone sign up.
If you could forward this e-mail to other Storm families who are not getting updates and new families that would really help.
Eagle Forum
After my meeting in the park I was a guest on Eagle Forum Radio Show. It was really great during the hour show we have calls from 8 states (NE, OK, MO, CA, WA, NJ, FL and IL -I think I got them all). What was great was there was a homeshcool mom from OKC that called in that wants here 3 children to join the Storm and a team from NJ called in that wants to come to Nationals for the first time. The show should be in podcast form and/archived if you would like to hear it. The site is http://eagleforum.org
Storm Hotel Coordinator
Alison Goodwin that will be the Storm Hotel Coordinator not Allison Harper. Allison's email address is alihgood@gmail.com

Varsity will start "conditioning workouts" Sept 15th at the Lighthouse. That sounds little scary "conditioning workouts" but it really isn't that big of a deal. The players that work hard in the summer can usually finish the practice without bending over a garbage can.

2008-2009 Schedule

2008-07-29T16:54:00.008-05:00

2008-2009 Tentative Varsity Storm Schedule:
IMPORTANT NOTE: Because it is the summer the schedule is tentative & there are several games that are missing times, dates, or even location so please be patient as everything is finalized. Last update August 22^th

November 13-15 NCHB Tip-Off @ Springfield, MO
October 31st Liberty Festival (girls only)
November 1^st Liberty Festival (girls only)
November 25^th Riverside
December 9^th Lawton Mac 3:30 4 game
December 11^th @ Classen 4:30 3 game (boys jv only)
December 13^th F.W. Zion Saints 3 & 5 pm (boys jv and Varsity only)
December 19^th @ Victory Christian
January 1-3 Heritage Hall Holiday Bash
January 6^th @ Liberty 8:30 pm (Girls only)
January 8-10 Crooked Oak Tournament (girls)
January 8-10 Chickasha Tournament (boys)
January 13^th Metro Christian
January 22-24^th Jenks Invitational (boys)
January 27^th @ Lawton Mac 3:30 4 game
January 30^th @ Lawton Ike 3:30 4 game
February 6^th @ Metro Christian
February 7^th Victory Christian (3:30 & 5:00 start time 2 game)
February 10^th @ Riverside
February 12^th Classen 3 game 4:30 (boys Jv only)
February 13^th @ Seminole
February NCHB Regional Tournament @ (TBA)
March 16-21 NCHB National Tournament @ (TBA)

Link for Storm Fundraising Forms

2008-07-24T10:57:00.003-05:00

http://www.homeschoolbasketball.com/storm_signup-08.pdf

July 24th Storm Family Meeting: Important Change

2008-07-23T16:19:00.003-05:00

The Storm meeting has been moved to Johnnies in Edmond (33 E 33rd St Edmond). The time is still 7 pm. We look forward to seeing you there and it would be great if you would support Johnnies for allowing us to use their meeting room!

July 16th Letter

2008-07-16T12:54:00.000-05:00

Dear Storm Families,

As we prepare to go through the dog days of summer, I want to remind everyone that foundation for Championships is laid during the summer months. I hope that all players that will wear Storm across their jersey this upcoming season will have a work ethic worthy of that honor. As a coach I could not be more excited about what is in store for the upcoming year.

We are still working on finishing the practice schedule. We are trying to make sure we have all of our coaches in place before we release the schedule. Currently we have not firmed up coaches for 10U girls, 10U boys and 12U girls. If you have an interest in that area please contact me.

I have three important items that I need to communicate to you:

1) I announced at the meeting we had in June that the boys JV and the boys 12U (gold team) would practice at the Performance Fitness Center with the JV girls and Varsity boys and girls, due to some scheduling conflicts this is no longer the case. JV boys and 12U boys will practice at the Lighthouse.

2) Meeting – We are going to have another summer meeting. How important is this meeting? Well during the first 10 years of the Storm program we had one summer meeting and I am calling a second meeting this summer. Hmmm, it must be something really big or I would not have a second meeting. The date is July 24^th at 7:00 PM; we will post the location on the blog as soon as we secure it. The blog is www.okcstorm.blogspot.com you should be signed up for updates from the blog on a regular basis, go to and sign up.

3) Fundraising – This year we have changed the fundraising policy. The way it works is the fees are the same as last year but you are no longer required to sell any ad space, however, every $1 in ad space you sell you get .50 deducted from your team fee. Once your team fee is paid you will receive .50 per dollar toward your basketball expenses. The balance of the funds will go to pay for the program and new uniforms. There is no reason for basketball to be financial burden for anyone this year, just encourage the kids to get out and earn it. VERY IMPORTANT – we will have a strict deadline this year of October 30^th, so now is the time to get out and get started.

Thanks,

Tim Flatt

Storm Meeting June 5th

2008-05-29T12:12:00.000-05:00

There will be a meeting for all current and prospective Storm players and parents to prepare for the 2008-2009 basketball season. I hope that everyone will be able to attend this meeting which will be 25-30 minutes followed by a time of food and fellowship.

Time: Thursday June 5th at 7:00 PM

Location: Heritage Baptist Church (just north of the Kilpatrick Turnpike on Council)

Topics: New Coaches

New Practice Times

New Practice Facilities

2008-2009 Program

Summer Schedule

Hope to see you there, TF

Storm and Nationals in the news!!

2008-03-16T11:16:00.003-05:00

Congrats to Rex Farmer and Nate Santleman for their recent articles in he Oklahoman. Also below are 2 more articles about nationals/homeschooling in the Oklahoman as well as 1 article run in the NY Times. Enjoy!

Rex Farmer
http://newsok.com/article/3216586/

NY Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/sports/16homeschool.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&hp

Whitney Williams
http://newsok.com/article/3216859/1205653085

Taber Spani
http://newsok.com/article/3216103/1205470492

Nate Santleman
http://newsok.com/article/3215650/1205388363

Nationals Final Results

2008-03-15T00:00:00.001-05:00

Congratulations to all 10 of the Storm teams for making 6A this year! This is not an easy task and in fact there are many programs that will have just 1 team make 6A. Every single one of our teams managed to make 6A and in fact 8 of our 10 teams reached the final 4! This is an amazing feat so congratulation to the Storm teams for putting together another great run at nationals. Also congratulations to coach Phil Cortesio and the Boys 10 & under for keeping the Storm streak alive of at least one National championship in each of our 10 years of being the OKC Storm! Below are the places each team finished overall at nationals:

G18 4^th place

B18 3^rd place

G16 - 8^th place

B16 - 4^th place

G14 6^th place

B14 3^rd place

G12 - 4^th place

B12 - 4^th place

G10 - 2^nd place

B10 - 1^st place

To get the actual scores or see each bracket all the way through click on this link and select the age group you want more info on http://www.homeschoolbasketball.com/2008_brackets/index.htm

Nationals: Day 4

2008-03-13T23:27:00.002-05:00

Today had some ups and some downs after starting out 21-1 for the week the Storm went 5-5 and now is 26-7. Below are todays results and a list of upcoming games. We have 3 teams that made the final four, 2 teams that are in the national championship game, & 3 teams playing for 3rd place. Also here is a link to a great article about Nate Santleman (star PG for the boys varsity) http://newsok.com/article/3215650/

G18 advanced to the final four after their 39-31 win against KC East Lions. The girls trailed 9-3 in the first 4 minutes of the game and managed to fight back and tie the game up 9-9 by the end of the first and then in the 2^nd quarter took the lead and managed to hold on in a HUGE victory that has sent the Storm Varsity girls to the national semi-final for the first time in over 4 years! They will be playing the semi-finals vs. #1 overall seed and defending national champs at 4:30 P.M. @ John Marshall HS (Gym #16) vs. THESA Riders

B18 advanced to the final four after their 47-34 win against St. Johns Michigan. The boys jumped out to a 10-3 lead but St. Johns fought back and took the 12-10 lead later in the quarter. The boys showed a lot of gut and managed to sustain a lead despite several runs from St. Johns. This is the boys first national semi-final appearance in two year. This also set up a rematch of a earlier season loss to the Cincinnati Landmark Eagles which will be at 7:30 P.M. @ John Marshall HS (Gym #16) vs. Landmark Eagles

B10 advanced to the finals with a 29-23 against HCYA warriors and will be playing at 11:00 A.M. @ Lighthouse (Gym #2) vs. Illinois Crusaders

G10 advanced the finals with a 23-11 win against SATCH Mavs (Houston) and will be playing at 10:00 A.M. @ Lighthouse (Gym #4) vs. HCYA Warriors

B14 advanced the final four after their 42-30 win against HCYA their semi finals will be at 1:40 P.M. @ Performance Sports Center (Gym #8) vs. Memphis Nighthawks

B16 will be playing for 3^rd place after their 66-65 loss to the FEAST Patriots. Feast hit a buzzer beater to win the game. The third place game will be at 4:00 P.M. @ St. Elijah Church (Gym #13) vs. Memphis Nighthawks

G16 will be playing for 7^th place after their 28-33 loss to the Springfield Knight and play at 1:40 P.M. @ FBC Moore (Gym #11) vs. Lakeshore Thunder

G14 will be playing in the consolation bracket after their loss 38-31 against Memphis Nighthawks 9:00 A.M. @ Transformations (Gym #5) vs. Memphis Eagles

B12 will be playing for third place after their loss to the Dallas Thunder at 3:00 P.M. @ Lighthouse (Gym #3) vs. HCYA Warriors

G12 will be playing for third place after a loss to the Memphis Nighthawks 34-25 at 12:00 P.M. @ Lighthouse (Gym #1) vs. Memphis Eagles

Nationals: Day 3

2008-03-13T10:37:00.004-05:00

I am sorry for the late post and the lack of the Thursday schedule. Day 3 was a good day for Storm teams as the Boys and Girls Jr. High (14 & under) made 6A making it so all 10 OKC Storm teams are in 6A! Wed the Storm teams went 7-1 making our overall record for the week 21-1!

Yesterday all teams were in action except the B & G 18 and all Storm teams won except the G-16. Here is a list of what is going on this afternoon. Because of the time of this post I will not list the games that are going on right now. However tomorrow I will not got to sleep until I post all results and schedules for tomorrow.

B-16 will be playing in semi-finals at St. Elijah @ 2:50 vs. FEAST Patriots (San Antonio)

G-18 will be playing in the quarter finals at St. Elijah @ 5:10 vs. KC East Lions

B-18 will be playing in the quarter finals at St. Elijah @ 7:30 vs. St. Johns Michigan

I apologize for not getting yesterdays results up or getting todays schedule posted earlier. Check back here tonight and I will have results and schedules (probably around 1 am).

Nationals: Day 2

2008-03-12T00:56:00.006-05:00

Nationals Day 2 is in the books and it was a great day for the Storm teams as they went 10-0 which makes our record during nationals 14-0. Eight of our teams have made it into 6A and 2 more teams will be playing for their chance tomorrow!! Here are the results team by team.

Boys 18 & under defeated Dallas Thunder 56-42 and have advanced to the #3 seed in 6A and will be playing St Johns, MI on Thursday (more details later) The final score was much closer then the actual game at halftime the Storm led 36-18 and led by 20+ most of the 3^rd quarter however Dallas made a run late in the 3^rd that carried on to the 4^th and stayed within 15 the rest of the game. However in the 2^nd half Dallas never cut the lead to single digits and the starters were able to rest in the last 3 minutes of the 4^th quarter.

Girls 18 & under defeated Indianapolis Trailblazers 36-26 and have advanced to the #4 seed in 6A and will be playing vs. the KC East Lions on Thursday (more details later)

This was a very exciting defensive battle that the Storm fought back from a early 10-2 deficit and found a way to step up to the challenge and make 6A for the first time in 2 years!

Boys 16 & under defeated CHSA (Houston) Wolverines 72-42 and have advanced to the #2 seed in 6A and will be playing at B16 4:00 P.M. @ St. Elijah Church (Gym #13) vs. Illinois Crusaders

Girls 16 & under defeated Dallas Thunder 41-8 and have advanced to the #2 seed in 6A and will be playing at G16 1:40 P.M. @ St. Elijah Church (Gym #13) vs. THESA Riders

Boys 14 & under defeated AAHE Eagles (Arlington) 62-24 and have advanced to another seeding game B14 12:30 P.M. @ FBC Moore (Gym #11) vs. Nashville Warriors

Girls 14 & under defeated Lake Houston Conquerors 31-19 and have advanced to another seeding game and will be playing at G14 10:10 A.M. @ Transformations (Gym #5) vs. Abilene BCHE Hawks

Boys 12 & under defeated Team USA 49-7 and have advanced to the #1 seed in 6A and will be playing at B12 2:00 P.M. @ Lighthouse (Gym #3) vs. SATCH Mavericks

Girls 12 & under defeated Dallas HSSA 31-8 and have advanced to the #3 seed in 6A and will be playing at G12 12:00 P.M. @ Lighthouse (Gym #2) vs. Illinois Crusaders

Boys 10 & under defeated KC East Lions 29-7 and have advanced to the #1 seed in 6A and will be playing at 11:00 A.M. @ Lighthouse (Gym #2) vs. SATCH Mavericks

Girls 10 & under defeated Team USA 29-6 and have advanced to the #2 seed in 6A and will be playing at G10 10:00 A.M. @ Lighthouse (Gym #4) vs. KC East Lions

OKC Storm Nationals Schedule for Wednesday

2008-03-12T00:17:00.002-05:00

Storm's Wednesday Nationals Schedule

The Varsity teams have off Wed. however at 7:00 pm the NCHBC Showcase will be at the Sawyer Center. The Showcase has a 3 point shooting contest, dunk contest, and the all American game. The Storm Varsity will be represented by 6 players! Here is the list of Storm players that have been selected (by a combined 24 national coaches) to play in the showcase. Nate Santleman, Aaron Santleman, Rex Farmer, Aaron Krejci, Laruen Parks, & Chloe Farmer. Please make sure to come out and support our player in what promises to be a very exciting night for all homeschoolers.

G10 10:00 A.M. @ Lighthouse (Gym #4) vs. KC East Lions

G14 10:10 A.M. @ Transformations (Gym #5) vs. Abilene BCHE Hawks

B14-B 10:10 A.M. @ Performance Sports Center (Gym #8) vs. Dallas HSAA - White

B10 11:00 A.M. @ Lighthouse (Gym #2) vs. SATCH Mavericks

G12 12:00 P.M. @ Lighthouse (Gym #2) vs. Illinois Crusaders

B14 12:30 P.M. @ FBC Moore (Gym #11) vs. Nashville Warriors

G16 1:40 P.M. @ St. Elijah Church (Gym #13) vs. THESA Riders

B12 2:00 P.M. @ Lighthouse (Gym #3) vs. SATCH Mavericks

B12-B 3:00 P.M. @ Lighthouse (Gym #2) vs. Tulsa NOAH

B16 4:00 P.M. @ St. Elijah Church (Gym #13) vs. Illinois Crusaders

G18 - Off

B18 - Off

Nationals: Day 1

2008-03-11T00:24:00.003-05:00

Today was an exciting first day for nationals. All four Storm teams won today (B & G 16 and B & G 18).

G-16 53-41 over Team USA
B-16 69-31 over AAHE Eagles (Arlington, TX) Blake Raney had a massive two hand dunk midway through 2nd quarter
G-18 46-11 over Lubbock Warriors
B-18 73-48 over KC East Lions

Tomorrow every single Storm team will be in action and promises to be a very exciting/crazy day!

OKC Storm Nationals Schedule for Tuesday

2008-03-10T00:37:00.002-05:00

Storm's Tuesday Nationals Schedule

(Assuming higher seeds win)

G10 10:00 A.M. @ Lighthouse (Gym #4) vs. Team USA

G14 10:10 A.M. @ Transformations (Gym #5) vs. Lake Houston Conquerors

B10 11:00 A.M. @ Lighthouse (Gym #2) vs. KC East Lions

B14 11:20 A.M. @ Performance Sports Center (Gym #8) vs. AAHE Eagles

G12 12:00 P.M. @ Lighthouse (Gym #3) vs. Dallas HSAA Blue Angels

B14-B 12:30 P.M. @ FBC OKC (Gym #12) vs. Team USA White

B12 1:00 P.M. @ Lighthouse (Gym #4) vs. Team USA White

G16 1:40 P.M. @ St. Elijah Church (Gym #13) vs. Dallas Thunder

B16 2:50 P.M. @ St. Elijah Church (Gym #13) vs. CHSA Wolverines

B12-B 3:00 P.M. @ Lighthouse (Gym #3) vs. Cincinnati Trailblazers

G18 5:10 P.M. @ St. Elijah Church (Gym #13) vs. Indianapolis Trailblazers

B18 7:30 P.M. @ St. Elijah Church (Gym #13) vs. SUMMIT Sports Club

OKC Storm Nationals Schedule for Monday

2008-03-10T00:31:00.004-05:00

Storm's Monday Nationals Schedule

G16 1:40 P.M. @ St. Elijah Church (Gym #13) vs. Team USA White

B16 2:50 P.M. @ St. Elijah Church (Gym #13) vs. AAHE Eagles Blue

G18 5:10 P.M. @ St. Elijah Church (Gym #13) vs. Lubbock Warriors

B18 7:30 P.M. @ St. Elijah Church (Gym #13) vs. Kansas City East Lions

Nationals is finally here!! Josh Malone has provided me with Monday & Tuesdays Storm Schedule. He also will be getting us up dates with Storm results and a list of each teams game times and location throughout the week. Check in every night to see how the teams are doing and where they play next.

Nationals Set Up

2008-03-07T22:55:00.000-06:00

This year we will be setting up on Sunday from 2:00-6:00. We would love to have all the help we can get. If you can help come to the Clarion Convention Center anytime between those hours and we will put you to work. We have to put together the coaches’ notebooks and name badges, we have to set up the t-shirt booth, the registration area and the welcome center. If you have any questions give me a call 831-0394

Brackets should be final and are on the website. Rob will try to give updates on the blog every night during Nationals. Tim Flatt

Sr. Night/Alumni Game

2008-03-04T21:09:00.002-06:00

Storm Night

Thursday March 6^th at 7:00pm

Saint Elijah’s NW 150^th and May

--- Senior Night

--- Alumni Game

--- Blue/Gold Game

--- Recognizing all Storm Teams going to Nationals

--- Unveiling of Championship Banners

--- Recognition of top fund raisers

Seniors:

Aaron Krejci

Andrew Smith

Chelsea Major

Josh Malone

Megan Ward

Preston Spicer

Sarah Bradford

FREE -Admittance for all Players wearing their Storm Jersey

$2.00 for everyone else

Regionals Day 3

2008-03-01T23:29:00.002-06:00

Day 3 of the NCHBC Regionals was a very exciting day.

The Girls 14 & under took 1st place

The Boys 12 & under took 3rd place

The Boys 14 & under took 3rd place

The Storm North held onto a 20 point lead to win by 5 vs. the Memphis Nighthawks (Varsity Team) to take 7th place.

The Varsity Girls locked up the #5 seed at nationals with their impressive double digit win vs. SWMO Eagles

The Varsity Boys destroyed the SWMO Eagles in the championship game winning by 28 points (playing the bench the majority of the 4th quarter). The boys will be the #3 seed at nationals.

NCHBC Regionals Day 2

2008-03-01T00:21:00.003-06:00

The OKC Storm continues a very strong showing at the NCHBC Gateway Regional in Lebanon, MO.

The North Boys lost to in an OT thriller to the Derby Invasion (varsity team) 40-38 and will be playing Memphis FCA for 7th place.

The Boys 12 & under defeated the Lebanon Rockets 50-20 and will play two games tomorrow starting with the semi final game vs. Derby Invasion.

The Girls 14 & under won 37-20 and will be playing the semi finals tomorrow (information not provided).

The Boys 14 & under defeated the Mountain Home Area Lions (the starters only played 3 minutes of the game and led 19-0 at the end of 1 quarter). Tomorrow they play Norwood in the Semi finals.

The Varsity Girls took on the KC Metro Mavs and stand out Jr. Taber Spani (who has been offered scholarships to UCONN and Tennessee). The girls led most of the 2nd quarter but trailed by 3 at half-time. In the 2nd half Taber and the Mavs were just too much and the Storm Girls lost 53-35. Tomorrow the girls will be playing the SWMO Eagles in the 3rd place game.

The Varsity Boys played the KC Metro Mavs and trailed in the first couple minutes of the game after tying the game up with 5 minutes left in the first quarter the boys opened up a 27-5 run to end the first quarter and never looked back. With a 55-25 lead late in the 3rd quarter Aaron Krejci ran a back door cut for a thunderous dunk. After this the starters were rested for the majority of the remaining 10 minutes to win a 72-46. Tomorrow the boys will be playing in the finals vs. SWMO Eagles after they came back from a 17 point 2nd half deficit to defeat Tulsa NOAH.

Tomorrow promises to be an action packed day with 9 games! We will get you the results at the end of the day.

NCHBC Regionals Day 1

2008-02-29T11:59:00.003-06:00

Day 1 of the NCHBC Regionals in Lebanon Missouri is in the books and it was a good day for the OKC Storm.

The Varsity Girls played Rolla Royals and used a 24-0 run before halftime to take a 25 point lead to half time and then rested the starters the remainder of the game. The Varsity girls will be playing #1 KC Metro tonight who has Taber Spani (player has been offered full rides from UConn and Tennessee).

The Varsity Boys played the Springfield Knights and had a 24-48 lead at halftime and in the third quarter held the Knights scoreless. The boys will be taking on #4 seed KC Metro.

North Boys defeated KC East Lions Varsity squad and then in their second game of the day took on #2 seed SWMO and lost 45-37 in a hard fought game in which the North led after the first quarter and halftime and trailed by only 1 going into the 4th quarter. The North will be playing the Derby Invasion today.

Jr. High boys and girls will be playing their first games today along with the Boys 12 & under. We will keep you posted with updates!

Daily Oklahoman Article about Rex Farmer

2008-02-23T14:09:00.002-06:00

Saturday February 23rd the Daily Oklahoman did a article about our freshman standout Rex Farmer click on this link to read the article.
http://newsok.com/article/3207796/1203747631

Coaches Hospitality Suite

2008-02-22T19:26:00.001-06:00

Each family is being asked to bring a minimum of 4 doz. cookies and a 24 pack of drinks in order to adequately stock the coaches lounge for the week. Cookies should be bakery style or homemade. Water, pop, and diet pop are all needed. Please do not send off-brands. Goods may be delivered to the coaches lounge during registration, to Andrew Smith during ball practice (18 and under), or call Kathy Smith @720-2920 to make arrangements for pickup.

Thank you for your participation and for helping to make this a positive experience for our visiting coaches. Kathy Smith

Alumni game and Sr. Night

2008-02-19T18:55:00.004-06:00

The date for this years Alumni game and Sr. Night is March 6th at St. Elijah. More info will be posted later.

Brackets for Regional Tournament

2008-02-17T21:52:00.002-06:00

The brackets have been posted on line at www.lebanonareahomeschoolers.com

The Gateway Regional Dates are Feb 27- March 1

Welcome

2008-02-17T14:17:00.001-06:00

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Alumni date, times, & location
Sr. Night date, times, & location
1st Storm Pep Rally date, times, & location
Regionals Brackets
Regionals score updates
Nationals Brackets
Nationals daily score updates for every team

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