Kishwaukee Valley Storm

The name “Sycamore Storm” began appearing in the early 1990’s as part of the Sycamore Girls Softball Organization. The teams played in All-Star tournaments under the Storm name.

In 1992 the first official Storm tryouts are held for a 12U team. This began the run of consecutive years under the Storm name. Early coaches for the Storm were Kelly Forest, Jack Mapes and Matt Andersen. It was a requirement of the day that girls that played with Storm also played with the Sycamore Girls Softball teams.

During the late 1990’s player numbers dictate taking players outside the Sycamore boundaries. This allowed the Storm to field teams during these years as competitiveness issues arose and some girls began playing for other organizations.

In 2001 the Sycamore Storm split from the Sycamore Girls Softball organization. The Sycamore Storm name is retained. 2001 also marked the first year for the annual Storm Dayz tournament.

In the fall of 2005 the Sycamore Storm board voted to change the name of the organization to the Kishwaukee Valley Storm and held their first tryouts in August of that year. Those tryouts yielded eight teams from 10U to 16U, representing 14 communities and 93 talented young ladies.

In 2007, the first 18U KV Storm team was added to the organization. During that year Storm teams gathered 17 trophies, including 4 tournament championships. By far our most successful year!

In 2008, the KV Storm presented 9 teams that will compete next summer from the 10U to 18U levels. The 8th Annual Storm Dayz tournament in June of 2008 was again a huge success. Winners of the Storm Dayz Tournament went on to claim 1st Place and 2nd place trophies at National Tournaments.

For 2009, the Storm organization will field 7 teams for competition. This will include teams at all 5 levels and the third year for the 18U program. The Storm will again provide the Velocity Training Program during an eight week program over the winter months. This program allows us to fine tune our running and agility skills. We are looking forward to a great 2009 and are happy to have you all with us for the ride!!

In 2010, seven teams competed for the Storm organization. The Velocity training program was continued for the third year. The Storm finished the season sending four teams to National Tournaments.

The 2011 Storm teams continued the winning tradition of our program. The 18U team brought home the first place trophy at our own Storm Dayz tournament in June. The 16U team coached by Bill Becker brought home three more tourney championships and a second place trophy at the Storm Dayz tournament.

In the fall of 2011 the Kishwaukee Valley Storm opened their 3500 square foot hitting/pitching facility. The facility has 3 moveable hitting cages and six pitching lanes. This facility is available to Storm players 7 days a week!

2012 brings plenty of new excitement!! With the addition of the new indoor facility, all seven teams are getting plenty of extra work to take to the fields in the summer of 2012!!

If you are interested in information on the Kishwaukee Valley Storm organization, please send an e-mail to info@kvstorm.org

The Kishwaukee Valley Storm organization is committed to providing quality fundamental development of softball skills to young ladies throughout DeKalb, Kane and Ogle counties. It is our goal to bring the best fundamental development to these fine young ladies.