Stittsville News article
Stittsville News article posted online today re: the 56ers winning the GOFL crown.
We are the champions
October 26, 2009
BY John Curry
The Stittsville 56ers are champs.
The Stittsville entry in the Greater Ottawa Fastball League has grabbed the league’s playoff championship for the second consecutive year, capturing the 14C Consulting Trophy emblematic of this playoff title.
It wasn’t easy, though, as the 56ers went down to a fifth and deciding game in the playoff championship series against the Quyon Combat Flyers before emerging with the overall victory.
It happened on Tuesday, Oct. 6 when the Stittsville 56ers scored a 3-2 win over Quyon playing right at the Quyon fairgrounds to win the playoff championship. This deciding game was played right on the heels of the fourth game of the series which the 56ers won by a 6-0 score.
In the deciding game, Stittsville struck early, scoring two runs in the first inning thanks to a two run homer by Dan Jessiman, his third home run of the championship series. Darren Featherstone had single and was on base when Dan Jessiman blasted the ball out of the park.
The 56ers then scored another run in the second inning, going up 3-0. Scott Herriot slammed a double which drove in Dan Bradley.
Dan Bradley was the winning pitcher in this game for the 56ers.
Quyon came back to score a run in the third inning, cutting the Stittsville lead to 3-1. In the sixth inning, Quyon scored again, making it a 3-2 score. However, Stittsville hung on and chalked up a 3-2 win and the league’s playoff championship.
Game four of the series had started on Monday, Oct. 5 in Quyon. Rain had delayed the start of the game that night but it did get going, only to run into a rain delay. Play did eventually resume but then it was postponed as the rain returned, making the field unplayable. It was 0-0 in the third inning when the game was halted, to be continued the next evening, Tuesday, Oct. 6. When it did resume, Stittsville ended up striking for six runs and bringing about the fifth and deciding playoff game right after the completion of this game.
Darren Featherstone and Dan Jessiman both had home runs for Stittsville in this rain-delayed game while Dan Bradley hurled a complete game shutout.
This playoff championship victory completed a most successful season for the Stittsville 56ers in the Greater Ottawa Fastball League. In the 20 game regular season, the 56ers had 17 wins against only one loss and two ties.
In the playoffs, leading up to the championship series against Quyon, the 56ers defeated Greely DNTW Eagles in two straight games in the quarter-finals and then eliminated the Manotick Lomor Printers squad in three straight games in semi-final action.
Stittsville pitcher Dan Bradley was strong in the playoffs, chalking up six victories against only two losses.
In the playoffs, John Craig of Stittsville batted .615 while teammate Darren Featherstone had a .571 batting average. Ryan Bond of Stittsville had a .538 batting average in the playoffs while Scott Herriot batted at a .412 clip.
In the fan voting for 2009 all-stars in the Greater Ottawa Fastball League, a number of Stittsville players made either the first or second team. The fan voting was done through the league’s website.
Dan Bradley of Stittsville was voted as the all-star starting pitcher on the first team while Stittsville shortstop Scott Herriot was voted as the first team shortshop.
Making the second all-star team in this fan voting were four Stittsville players: catcher Dan Jessiman, first baseman Scott Jessiman, third baseman John Craig and outfielder Darren Featherstone.
We are the champions
October 26, 2009
BY John Curry
The Stittsville 56ers are champs.
The Stittsville entry in the Greater Ottawa Fastball League has grabbed the league’s playoff championship for the second consecutive year, capturing the 14C Consulting Trophy emblematic of this playoff title.
It wasn’t easy, though, as the 56ers went down to a fifth and deciding game in the playoff championship series against the Quyon Combat Flyers before emerging with the overall victory.
It happened on Tuesday, Oct. 6 when the Stittsville 56ers scored a 3-2 win over Quyon playing right at the Quyon fairgrounds to win the playoff championship. This deciding game was played right on the heels of the fourth game of the series which the 56ers won by a 6-0 score.
In the deciding game, Stittsville struck early, scoring two runs in the first inning thanks to a two run homer by Dan Jessiman, his third home run of the championship series. Darren Featherstone had single and was on base when Dan Jessiman blasted the ball out of the park.
The 56ers then scored another run in the second inning, going up 3-0. Scott Herriot slammed a double which drove in Dan Bradley.
Dan Bradley was the winning pitcher in this game for the 56ers.
Quyon came back to score a run in the third inning, cutting the Stittsville lead to 3-1. In the sixth inning, Quyon scored again, making it a 3-2 score. However, Stittsville hung on and chalked up a 3-2 win and the league’s playoff championship.
Game four of the series had started on Monday, Oct. 5 in Quyon. Rain had delayed the start of the game that night but it did get going, only to run into a rain delay. Play did eventually resume but then it was postponed as the rain returned, making the field unplayable. It was 0-0 in the third inning when the game was halted, to be continued the next evening, Tuesday, Oct. 6. When it did resume, Stittsville ended up striking for six runs and bringing about the fifth and deciding playoff game right after the completion of this game.
Darren Featherstone and Dan Jessiman both had home runs for Stittsville in this rain-delayed game while Dan Bradley hurled a complete game shutout.
This playoff championship victory completed a most successful season for the Stittsville 56ers in the Greater Ottawa Fastball League. In the 20 game regular season, the 56ers had 17 wins against only one loss and two ties.
In the playoffs, leading up to the championship series against Quyon, the 56ers defeated Greely DNTW Eagles in two straight games in the quarter-finals and then eliminated the Manotick Lomor Printers squad in three straight games in semi-final action.
Stittsville pitcher Dan Bradley was strong in the playoffs, chalking up six victories against only two losses.
In the playoffs, John Craig of Stittsville batted .615 while teammate Darren Featherstone had a .571 batting average. Ryan Bond of Stittsville had a .538 batting average in the playoffs while Scott Herriot batted at a .412 clip.
In the fan voting for 2009 all-stars in the Greater Ottawa Fastball League, a number of Stittsville players made either the first or second team. The fan voting was done through the league’s website.
Dan Bradley of Stittsville was voted as the all-star starting pitcher on the first team while Stittsville shortstop Scott Herriot was voted as the first team shortshop.
Making the second all-star team in this fan voting were four Stittsville players: catcher Dan Jessiman, first baseman Scott Jessiman, third baseman John Craig and outfielder Darren Featherstone.
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