Micksburg Twins win 2016 GOFL playoff title

 The Micksburg Twins won the Greater Ottawa Fastball League title on Thursday night with a 3-2 win over the visting Kars Aces to go undefeated in the playoffs.

There were about 200 in attendance at the park in Micksburg (attendance count by the Caveman) on a beautiful late September night.

Joran Graham had the win with five innings of work allowing five hits and striking out 11. Corey Costello got the save, chucking hitless ball in the sixth and seventh and fanning five.

Brad Porter threw very well in taking the loss for Kars allowing only three hits and striking out 12.

Kars got on the board in the top of the first inning. Brad Pender hit a slap infield single with one out. Pender stole second and took third on an overthrow. He scored on Cory Morrison's double to centrefield.

Micksburg got on the board in the bottom of the opening frame. Graham walked with two out and Corey Costello hit a home run to left centre much to the delight of the local crowd, making it 2-1 for the home team.

Both teams went three up three down in the second inning.

Ian King lead off with a walk in the top of the third for Kars. Kristian Knapp then drove a ball off the top of the fence to right. King held up making sure the ball wasn't caught. With Knapp close on his tail, King tried to score but was thrown out at home. Knapp advanced to third on the throw. A line drive to centre by Brad Pender was a sac fly to score Knapp and tie the game at 2-2.

Graham got on base with two out for Micksburg in the third on a misplayed grounder. However a hard hit ball right at Porter allowed him to get out of the inning unscathed.

Chad Milne got a two out single for Kars in the fourth but was stranded after the next batter struck out.

Porter struck out the side in the bottom of the fourth to keep things knotted at two.

In the top of the fifth, Will Dunk bunted for a single to lead off. After a strike out, Knapp hit a hard drive to short, but Andrew McIntyre was able to glove it in the air and double off Dunk to end the inning.

Quinton Rook walked to start the bottom of the fifth for the Twins. Rook stole second. After a strike out, McIntyre had a great at bat and drove a ball into left to score Rook and give Micksburg the 3-2 lead. Porter induced a 4-6-3 double play to end the inning.

Corey Costello came in to relieve Graham in the sixth and struck out two. Morrison got on due to a misplayed fly to left, then another strikeout.

Graham lead off the sixth for Micksburg with a single, but Porter got two strikeouts and a pop up to get out of it.

Costello sealed the win in the top of the seventh with two strike outs and a pop up to end the game, and claim the 2016 GOFL Playoff championship for the Micksburg Twins.

Front row: Jamey Mick, Kurt Leavitt, Andrew Mcintyre, Matt Mcintyre, Scott Conroy, and Connor Moss. In the back row from left, Chad Costello, Kyle Jackson, Joran Graham, Paul Griffith, Corey Costello, Quinton Rook and Brandon Jackson.

Twins defeat Royals to take the Shawville Men's Fastball League title

The Twins defeated the Royals 2-0 in the playoff final game for the Shawville Men's Fastball League championship.

Matt Greer was the winning pitcher while Lenny Burger, the wily veteran lefty, took the loss. Andrew Eades had the two RBIs for the Twins.

The SMFL is a four team league that usually plays on Monday nights throughout the summer.

Article: Micksburg Twins looking for championship Thursday night

Article from the Pembroke Daily Observer.

GOFL Championship Round Update - Final Game(s) set

The schedule for the final game(s) of the Championship Round has now been determined. The Micksburg Twins will host the Kars Aces in a rematch of the 2013 GOFL Final which was won by the Twins. Micksburg only has to win once to be declared champion, while Kars will have to win two games on Thursday night to take their first title since 2012.

Greater Ottawa Fastball League Championship Round Schedule
1. Kars Aces 5 Quyon Flyers 3 (August 30)
2. Micksburg Twins 6 West Carleton Electric 0 (September 7)
3. Micksburg Twins 10 Kars Aces 6 (September 8)
4. Quyon Flyers 9 West Carleton Electric 4 (September 8)
5. Kars Aces 9 Quyon Flyers 4 (September 25)
6. FINAL: Kars Aces at Micksburg Twins (Thursday September 29 at 7 pm)
7. If necessary game to follow immediately afterward, if Micksburg loses Game 6

GOFL history lesson (now with Franchise history)

As per the annual tradition, it is time for blog readers' annual history lesson now that our final teams have been determined.

The Greater Ottawa Fastball League and its predecessor, the Kemptville Men's Fastball League have been around since 2000.

Here are the past winners/finalists, as well as the league teams.

Past winners / finalists
2000 Dolco defeated Macton (3-0)
2001 Macton defeated D.T.I. (3-1)
2002 Lomor defeated Macton (3-0)
2003 Team Easton defeated Macton (1 game final, 8 innings)
2004 Team Easton defeated West Carleton Electric (3-1)
2005 Team Easton defeated Stittsville (3-1)
2006 Team Easton defeated Stittsville (3-1)
2007 Team Easton defeated West Carleton Electric (3-0)
2008 Stittsville defeated Team Easton (3-1)
2009 Stittsville defeated Quyon (3-2)
2010 Kars defeated Quyon (2-0, series shortened to best of three)
2011 Kars defeated Quyon (Final Weekend Showdown tournament format)
2012 Kars defeated Quyon (FWS tournament format)
2013 Micksburg defeated Kars (FWS tournament format)
2014 I4C Victory defeated Micksburg Twins (FWS tournament format)
2015 I4C Victory defeated Micksburg Twins (2-0, best of three)

League Composition

2000 - 6 teams
Kemptville Macton Muckdogs
Kemptville D.T.I.
Stittsville 56ers
Kemptville Dolco Printing
Kemptville Thunder Juniors
Kanata Pirates Juniors

2001 - 5 teams
Kemptville Macton Muckdogs
Kemptville D.T.I.
Stittsville 56ers
Kemptville Dolco Printing
Kanata Pirates Juniors

2002 - 4 teams
Kemptville Macton Muckdogs
Kemptville Team Easton (formerly D.T.I.)
Stittsville 56ers
Kemptville Lomor Printers (formerly Dolco Printing)

2003 - 4 teams
Kemptville Macton Muckdogs
Kemptville Team Easton
Stittsville 56ers
Kemptville Lomor Printers

2004 - 5 teams
Kemptville Macton Muckdogs
Kanata Team Easton
Stittsville 56ers
Manotick Lomor Printers
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric

2005 - 4 teams
Kanata Team Easton
Stittsville 56ers
Manotick Lomor Printers
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric

2006 - 6 teams
Kanata Team Easton
Stittsville 56ers
Manotick Lomor Printers
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
Carp I4C Victory
Ottawa Blitz

2007 - 8 teams
Ottawa Team Easton
Stittsville 56ers
Manotick Lomor Printers
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
Carp I4C Victory
Ottawa Blitz
Quyon Combat Flyers
Orleans Gators

2008 - 9 teams
Ottawa Team Easton
Stittsville 56ers
Manotick Lomor Printers
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
Carp I4C Victory
Ottawa Blitz
Quyon Combat Flyers
Orleans Gators
Greely DNTW Eagles

2009 - 9 teams
Ottawa Team Easton
Stittsville 56ers
Manotick Lomor Printers
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
Carp I4C Victory
Ottawa Blitz
Quyon Combat Flyers
Orleans Gators
Greely DNTW Eagles

2010 - 8 teams
Kars Aces (formerly Team Easton)
Stittsville 56ers
Barrhaven Broadway Blues (formerly Lomor Printers)
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
Carp I4C Victory
Ottawa Blitz
Quyon Combat Flyers
North Gower Marlboroughs (formerly Greely Eagles)

2011 - 7 teams
Kars Aces
Stittsville 56ers
Barrhaven Broadway Blues
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
Carp I4C Victory
Ottawa Taylor's Blitz
Quyon Combat Flyers

2012 - 7 teams
Kars Aces
Stittsville 56ers
Barrhaven Broadway Blues
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
Carp I4C Victory
Ottawa Taylor's Blitz
Quyon Combat Flyers

2013 - 8 teams
Kars Aces
Stittsville 56ers
Barrhaven Broadway Blues
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
Carp I4C Victory
Manotick Taylor's Blitz (changed name to Manotick)
Quyon Flyers
Micksburg Twins

2014 - 7 teams
Kars Aces
Stittsville 56ers
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
I4C Victory (home diamond moved to Manotick)
Quyon Flyers
Micksburg Twins
Kanata Pirates

2015 - 7 teams
Kars Aces
Stittsville 56ers
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
I4C Victory
Quyon Flyers
Micksburg Twins
Ottawa Valley As

2016 - 7 teams
Kars Aces
Stittsville 56ers
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
I4C Victory
Quyon Flyers
Micksburg Twins
Ottawa Valley As

Franchise History - Current Teams

Kars Aces
Home Diamond: Manotick
Years in League: 17 (2000-16)
Previous Names: D.T.I., Team Easton
Previous Home Diamonds: Kemptville, Stittsville, Kanata, North Gower
Championships: 8 (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012)
Finalists: 3 (2001, 2008, 2013)

Stittsville 56ers
Home Diamond: Stittsville
Years in League: 17 (2000-16)
Championships: 2 (2008, 2009)
Finalists: 2 (2005, 2006)

West Carleton Electric
Home Diamond: Fitzroy Harbour
Years in League: 13 (2004-2016)
Championships: none
Finalists: 2 (2004, 2007)

I4C Victory
Home Diamond: Manotick
Years in League: 11 (2006-2016)
Previous Home Diamonds: Carp
Championships: 2 (2014, 2015)
Finalists: none

Quyon Flyers
Home Diamond: Quyon
Years in League: 10 (2007-2016)
Other Home Diamond Used: Shawville
Previous Names: Quyon Combat Flyers
Championships: none
Finalists: 4 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)

Micksburg Twins
Home Diamond: Micksburg
Years in League: 4 (2013-2016)
Championships: 1 (2013)
Finalists: 2 (2014, 2015)

OttawaValley As
Home Diamond: Carp
Years in League: 2 (2015-2016)
Other Home Diamond Used: McNab, Pakenham
Championships: none
Finalists: none

Franchise History - Defunct Teams

Kanata Pirates
Home Diamond: Carp
Years in League: 1 (2014)
Championships: none
Finalists: none

Manotick Taylor's Blitz
Home Diamond: Manotick
Years in League: 8 (2006-2013)
Previous Names: Ottawa Blitz, Ottawa Taylor's Blitz
Championships: none
Finalists: none

Barrhaven Broadway Blues
Home Diamond: Manotick
Years in League: 14 (2000-2013)
Previous Names: Lomor Printers, Dolco Printing
Previous Home Diamond: Kemptville
Championships: 2 (2000, 2002)
Finalists: none

North Gower Marlboroughs
Home Diamond: North Gower
Years in League: 3 (2008-2010)
Previous Names: Greely DNTW Eagles
Previous Home Diamond: Greely
Championships: none
Finalists: none

Orleans Gators
Home Diamond: Orleans
Years in League: 3 (2007-2009)
Championships: none
Finalists: none

Macton Muckdogs
Home Diamond: Kemptville
Years in League: 5 (2000-2004)
Championships: 1 (2001)
Finalists: 3 (2000, 2002, 2003)

Kanata Pirates Juniors
Home Diamond: Kemptville
Years in League: 2 (2000-2001)
Championships: none
Finalists: none

Kemptville Thunder Juniors
Home Diamond: Kemptville
Years in League: 1 (2000)
Championships: none
Finalists: none

Kars advances to GOFL Final vs Micksburg

The Kars Aces advanced to the Greater Ottawa Fastball League Championship Final with a 9-4 win over the hometown Quyon Flyers on Sunday afternoon.

Brad Porter had the win on the slab while Trevor Lahey took the loss.

Balls were flying out of the Quyon Fairgrounds diamond all afternoon. Ian King had two home runs for Kars, as did Nick Armitage for Quyon. Nick Ellis and Matt Alkerton also had homers for the Aces.

Kars advances to play the Micksburg Twins on a date to be determined (hopefully soon).

GOFL playoffs resume Sunday

After a lengthy break, the Greater Ottawa Fastball Leagaue Championship Round resumes today at 2 pm on the Quebec side, as the Quyon Flyers host the Kars Aces.

The winner of the game will face the Micksburg Twins in the Final.

All in One Septic & Excavating win FHMFL title (with photos)

All in One Septic and Excavating won 10-7 over regular season title holder Murphy's Plumbing on Monday night to take the championship series of the eight team Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League two games to one.

Murphy's had a 3-2 lead at one point after back-to-back-to-back solo homers, including a bomb from Ryan Conners that landed at third base on the upper diamond.

However All in One battled back and held on for win. Adam Rueckwald and Rory Burns threw for the champs. Jeff Campbell, Chris Campbell and Spencer Campbell threw for Murphy's.

The Champs - All in One Septic and Excavating 

What Harbour Ball is all about - good ball games and post game refreshments with both teams on the deck.

Memories of Elkland - Tenth Anniversary Edition

As per tradition, this is the annual Memories of Elkland post - the tenth one, as I have attended the Labour Day tournament in Pennsylvania every year since 2007.

This year turned out to be the best ever result for West Carleton Electric. We finished with three wins and two losses and played on Monday for the first time ever. This was also a year in which I had 7 confirmed players a week beforehand until I figured things out to finalize the roster.

Our squad this year was composed of six guys from our league team, three others from the GOFL, one Harbour Baller that came along for the ride and our first ever US American local pickup (who played great and fit in well).

There were thirteen teams this year, with the usual mix of ISC teams and pitchers, intermediate level squads and local clubs. The weather was fantastic, with beautiful sunny days and cool nights. 

All the statistics were kept and reported on via Al's Fastball. The stats were great, but I still contend that when I "reached on an error" in our fourth game, it actually was an infield hit.

The "shenanigans factor" was reduced this year for WC due to the absence of a few key individuals. When you don't have the guys that invented beer can midget wrestling, the Terminator eye, firewood shoes and pickup truck extension cord water skiing, it turns out that the craziness at base camp gets toned down a little. It also turns out that on field performance improves - who knew?

We did however enjoy the weekend camping at the park - the only way to go - and the comraderie that comes with spending three days together at the best fastpitch park I've ever been to. Several of us also made it all three nights (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) to experience the night life at The Moose where many ballplayers and locals congregated to chug cheap beer and tell stories.

The chicken was once again top notch, the pints were two US bucks each and the pump cheese hotdogs were tasty. The Elkland Softball Association (ESA) knows how to do concessions right! 

The fields were in great shape, and in the spirit of continuous improvement that we have come to expect in Elkland, they have installed a new scoreboard on Field Two (which used to be Field Three).

It was great to see all the familiar faces back at the event. Ugo never left his perch the whole weekend in the scorer's / announcer's box above the first base dugout on Field One. The Lip was there with his friendly demeanour and do-rag. Jesse the Bat Boy returned again (nine of ten years he has been there and supported West Carleton). The Chicken Lady made sure we were well fed. The "Get Your Pants Dirty" guy was screaming his head off , blathering on with a steady stream of nonsense. The bartending duo at the Moose was the same. 

Now that we have been there for ten years, West Carleton Electric has a bit of following. We aren't quite up to the level that Greenbush Generals are at (the only other Eastern Ontario team this year) who have been going for 30+ years, but there were Elkland locals cheering us on by name at our games, with their favourite appearing to be Mad Dog Murphy.

One definite memory from this year's event comes from our first game. This year's team had two sets of brothers. One set of brothers had a family event on Friday night. They decided they would leave Saturday morning - after an open bar wedding - and drive down to PA for our game at noon. The other set of brothers came down on Friday night and brought along their dad. When the unsurprising call came from the one set of brothers that they were going to be late, I realized I had only eight players for our first game. I did the only reasonable thing I could do - tried to recruit the guys' dad (who we will call Mr B) to play. The conversation went something like this.

Me: "Hey Mr B, we only have eight guys for the first couple of innings."

Mr B: "Uh.....ok. So?"

Me: "So, I need you to play."

Mr B: "Uh...well I only have sandals."

Me: "I have size 9 running shoes - they will fit you right?"

Mr B:"Uh...well I guess. But I don't have ball pants."

Me: "Well first of all we are in Elkland, you can play in your shorts. But I have an extra pair so you can wear those."

Mr B: "Uh...well I don't have a glove."

Me: "Jeez, are you kidding me? We will find you a glove,"

Mr B: "Ok, I guess I am in!"

So, out of excuses, Mr. B got put in the starting line up and played with his two boys. While playing right field, he chased down a double to corner, and had a good hack at the plate (pop out to second) before the reinforcements arrived. Secretly, despite his 'reluctance', I think he was pretty pumped to play. His comment afterwards: "Not bad for going twenty-one years between starts!"

I will summarize as I do every year - Bill Sherman and the ESA guys put on an excellent event, with great fastball at a fantastic venue. If you haven't been and you love fastball, you need to go at least once. And if you need a team to play on, call me because I probably have a roster spot for you!

Laurysen Kitchens goes undefeated for entire GCMFL season

Laurysen Kitchens went 27-0 - undefeated in regular season, tournament and playoff games - to take the title in the nine team Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League with a 19-9 win over Don Cherry's on Monday night.

Tony MacDonald had the pitching win, while Aaron Amo saw 1.1 innings in relief.

Photo from Twitter

Ashton Farmers champions of the AMFL

The Ashton Farmers defeated the Rockets to win the playoff championship in the four-team Ashton Men's Fastball League.

Harbour Ball final Monday night

The Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League final series has gone to a deciding third game on Monday night at 8 pm. The yellow team (All in One Septic and Excavating) is facing the green team (Murphy's Plumbing).

Guzzlers win the Blackburn Men's Fastball League playoff title

The Guzzlers won the Blackburn Men's Fastball League playoff title in the 'if necessary' game of the double knockout format.

Sunday's result for the Guzzlers was a 4-3 win over Goodfellows, after Goodfellows won the first game of the final 4-2 on Thursday.

Laurysen Kitchens wins game 1 of the finals in the Glen

Laurysen Kitchens won Game 1 of the Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League over Don Cherry's on Monday night by a score of 5-4. Tony "T-Mac" MacDonald had the win on the slab for Laurysen.

Game 2 is scheduled for Monday September 19 at 7 pm, while game 3 if necessary will be Wednesday September 21 at 7 pm. Games are at AY Jackson High School in Kanata.

GOFL playoff schedule update coming soon

Dates, location, etc. being finalized, announcement coming soon for the Greater Ottawa Fastball League playoffs.

Footage from the 1987 ISC World Tournament

I stumbled across this video on YouTube about the 1987 ISC World Tournament in Saskatoon.

It's an incredible treasure trove of 80s fastball. For those of you that played men's ball in that decade (my first season of Men's ball was in 1990), it gives you an impression of what it was like back then.

Some of the highlights, besides the seriously 80s wardrobes on the presenters, include:

• Dudes with moustaches facing the top pitchers in the world with no helmets. 
• Discussion of how players use "aluminum or wood bats, most just over 30 ounces".
• Hall of Fame pitchers like Brad Underwood, Mike Piechnik, Ty Stofflet and many more.
• Pitcher domination - there were 55 of 90 games were shutouts at the tournament in 1996. Lots of pitchers with 0.00 ERAs. Discussion of how Jimmy Moore had a streak of 59 2/3 consecutive shutout innings.
• Lots of guys working on the slap bunt.

Overall a great timewaster of a video if you like fastball history.

Quyon beats WC to advance (details from Thursday)

The Quyon Flyers eliminated West Carleton Electric in Greater Ottawa Fastball League Championship Round play with a 9-4 win on Thursday night on the Quebec side.

Matt Greer had the complete game win, while Andy Barber took the loss with relief from Jeff Barber.

West Carleton Electric got out to a 3-0 lead in the second. Chris Costello hit a three run homer with Mike Cavanagh (single) and Steve Cavanagh (walk) on base.

The Flyers got two back in the third inning, with Shawn Laframboise and Matt Greer scoring.

The big difference in the game were the six runs put up by the Flyers in the fourth. Dave Hobbs lead off the inning with a solo shot. The Flyers then loaded the bases on three walks prompting a pitching change by Fitzroy, replacing starter Andy Barber with his brother Jeff. The next batter walked, bringing in a run. followed by a Drew Hathway grand slam to make the score 8-3.

Trevor Barton's solo home run in the sixth made it 8-4, but the Flyers responded immediately in the bottom of the inning after Joe McCleary doubled and was brought in by Steve McCord.

Quyon
Matt Greer WIN 7IP 4R 4ER 6H 5K 2BB

Dave Hobbs 2-4, R, HR, 2B, RBI
Shawn Laframboise 2-3, BB, 2R
Matt Greer 1-4, 2R
Dennis McCleary 1-4
Joe McCleary 2-3, 2R, 2B
Steve McCord, 1-2, 2BB, R, RBI
Drew Hathway, 2-3, HR, 4RBI, R

Fitzroy
Andy Barber LOSS 3.1IP 3R 6ER 8H 3K 4BB 1HBP
Jeff Barber 2.2IP 6R 3ER 3H 6K 1BB

Trevor Barton 1-3, HR, RBI, R
Jeff Barber 1-2, BB
Shawn Rebertz 1-3
Michael Cavanagh 1-3
Steve Cavanagh BB, R
Chris Costello 1-3, HR, R, 3RBI
Adam Brown 1-3, 2B

Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League finals start tonight

The Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League final series starts tonight, with Laurysen Kitchens playing Don Cherry's at 6:30 pm in Game 1 of the best of three series.

Pembroke Observer articles on the GOFL

Some coverage in the Pembroke Daily Observer on the Greater Ottawa Fastball League playoffs:

http://www.thedailyobserver.ca/2016/09/09/micksburg-twins-open-their-playoffs-with-win-over-west-carleton-electric

http://www.thedailyobserver.ca/2016/09/09/micksburg-twins-push-for-championship-with-win-over-kars-aces

TV highlights of Micksburg vs West Carleton

Highlights of the Cogeco TV broadcast of the West Carleton vs Micksburg playoff game on Wednesday night.

Micksburg 10 Kars 6 - the details

from Scott Conroy

The Twins and Aces met in Micksburg Thursday night in front of another good crowd. The atmosphere for the Greater Ottawa Fastball League Championship Round game was electric at the ball park as two talented teams met in the winners game of the double elimination tournament.

Kars threatened in the top of 1, with two out Nick Ellis singled and moved to third of a pair of passed balls. Joran Graham, the starter for Micksburg, was able to get a strike out to retire the side.

Brad Porter grabbed the ball for the Aces. The top of the lineup for Micksburg was able to get on the board early. Jamey Mick singled with 1 out before scoring on a Joran Graham triple. Graham would score on a fielder’s choice RBI by Corey Costello to make it 2-0 after 1.

The home side would add another run in the bottom of the second inning. Kyle Jackson singled to lead off and was bunted to second by the second basemen Matt McIntyre. Connor Moss was credited the RBI singling in Jackson to make a 3-0 score after 2 complete.

Kars was not ready to back down, plating five in the third frame. Kristian Knapp walked to start the inning before Cory Morrison singled. The bats for Kars kept going as they batted around. Nick Ellis, Matt Alkerton, and Chad Milne all had RBI hits in the inning.

The lead was 5-3 for the Aces until the bottom of the fourth where the back and forth would continue. The Twins were able to tie the game up. Matt McIntyre had a good eye at the plate battling out a walk before stealing second base. Quinton Rook kept his hot bat going with an RBI single to score McIntyre. The McIntyres remained dangerous as cousin Andrew was then able to drive a ball to the fence in right to score Rook on an RBI triple.

The scoring was not done. Kars threatened with two outs in the fifth. Matt Alkerton was replaced on third base by Chad Milne due to the two out catching rule. Milne was aggressive taking home as soon as a pitch got past Costello to reclaim the lead for Kars.

The Twins were able to pile on five in the bottom half after going into the inning with a 6-5 score. Graham lead off with a single. Corey Costello drew a walk. A bloop was able to drop in shallow right centre field. However, with the runners holding with none out, Kars was able to get the runner at second base.  Chad Costello took second on a wild pitch to set up Kyle Jackson’s 2 RBI double. Luke Severson would come into the game to face Matt McIntyre. Jackson then took off for third during the next at bat. The throw got past Kars defenders to allow Jackson to score the third run of the inning. McIntyre singled and Quinton Rook walked. Scott Conroy came into the game for a pinch hit and was able to hit a 2 RBI double to extend the lead to a 10-6 score for Micksburg.

Joran Graham was able to shut down Kars in the next two innings to seal the win. Brad Porter was tagged in the loss with Severson in relief in arguably one of the most exciting games this season in the GOFL.

The Twins await the winner of the Quyon Flyers and Kars Aces game for the championship game in Micksburg.

GOFL Playoff round up

Results from the GOFL playoffs on Thursday night.

Micksburg Twins 10 Kars Aces 6
The Twins stayed undefeated with a win at home against the Aces. Joran Graham had the win with Brad Porter taking the loss. The Aces were up 6-5 at one point in this one but lost the lead later in the game.

Quyon Flyers 9 West Carleton Electric 4
The Electric got out to an early 3-0 lead on a three-run shot by Chris Costello, but the Flyers rallied back for the win. Trevor Barton hit a solo homer for Fitzroy. Dave Hobbs had a solo homer for the Flyers and Drew Hathway hit a grand slam. Matt Greer got the pitching win, while Jeff Barber took the loss in relief of Andy Barber.

Micksburg defeats West Carleton 6-0

The Micksburg Twins beat the West Carleton Electric in Greater Ottawa Fastball League Championship Round play on Wednesday night in Micksburg in front of a good crowd and the Cogeco TV cameras.

Corey Costello started and got the win for the Twins, with Joran Graham pitching three innings in relief. Andy Barber went the distance for WC.

Andrew McIntrye started the game for the home team with a walk, took second and third on wild pitches and scored on Jamey Mick's bloop single.

The Twins got two in the second. Matt McIntyre doubled and scored on Scott Conroy's single. Conroy moved to second on the throw to the plate, moved up 60 feet on a wild pitch and scored on another RBI single by Mick.

Micksburg pushed the lead to 5-0 in the fifth. Mick reached on a misplayed fly ball and scored on a home run from Graham that bounced off the top of the fence in dead centre and went over.

A solo homer by Mick in the sixth capped the scoring at 6-0.

Micksburg will host the Kars Aces at 8 pm on Thursday in next round, while West Carleton will travel to Quyon to play the Flyers on Thursday at 8 pm.

Micksburg
Corey Costello WIN 4IP 0R 3H 8K 0BB
Joran Graham 3IP 0R 0H 9K 0BB

Jamey Mick 3-4, 3RBI, HR, 2R
Joran Graham 1-3, HR, 2RBI, R, BB
Corey Costello 1-2, BB
Kyle Jackson 2-3
Matt McIntyre 2-3, R
Scott Conroy 1-3, R, RBI

Fitzroy
Andy Barber LOSS 6IP 6R 5ER 10H 3K 3BB

Jeff Barber 1-3
Michael Cavanagh 1-3
Chris Costello 1-3, 3B

West Carleton Electric finishes 3-2 at Elkland Labour Day

West Carleton Electric finished in fifth place at the 13-team Elkland Labour Day "Durk Sherman Classic" men's open fastpitch tournament in Pennsylvania.

The Electric opened with a loss, reeled off three straight wins, then lost on Monday morning to finish 3-2. See below for links to stats for each game.

East Coast Renegades (Long Island, NY) 8 West Carleton Electric 6
West Carleton lost a winable game on Saturday at noon, coming up short as Steve Cavanagh took the loss in relief of Jeff Barber. Andy Barber - who was catching - hit a homer, as did Chad Milne. Nick Ellis went 3 for 4. Evan Lydaker was the winning pitcher.

West Carleton Electric 5 Knoxville, PA Bellys 4
WC squeaked out a close win over a scrappy team of youngsters who had some veteran help at pitcher and catcher. Andy Barber earned the pitching win striking out 15, while Marvelous Marv Flynn and Lucas Hahn threw for the locals. Dean "Guns" Vanzile hit the walk off single in the bottom of the seventh, driving in Matt McIntyre who had doubled. Nick Ellis hit two triples and Jeff Cavanagh was 2 for 3 for the Electric.

West Carleton Electric 6 Greenbush, ON Generals 4
Sunday afternoon saw the two eastern Ontario teams in attendance square off. The Electric got out to a 6-0 lead after three and held on for the win. Andy Barber got the win and Luke Severson took the loss. Jeff Barber - who was catching for Andy - went 2 for 2 with a walk, 3 RBIs and hit a two run homer. Milne and Neil Murphy had RBIs for WC. Todd Brayton went 3 for 3 for Greenbush and his son Jake went 2 for 3.

West Carleton Electric 10 Dick's Deli (Williamsport, PA) 1
Immediately following, the Electric got another win with Jeff Barber throwing a three-hitter over the five inning mercy rule shortened game. JBarb also had a monster game at the plate going 3 for 3 with a homer and 5 RBIs. Nick Ellis went 2 for 3 and a pair of RBIs. Trevor Hall took the loss for the Dick's.

CPI (Oswego, NY) 9 West Carleton Electric 6
The 3-1 record moved the Electric on to Monday to face off against CPI, the champs at the Gil Read and the ISC II event in Illinois. Andy Barber took the loss while Jeff Mayer went the distance for CPI. The Oswego team was up 6-2 at one point, but West Carleton rallied for a run in the sixth and three in the seventh to tie it. In the bottom of the seventh, with the game tied Eduardo Leonardo lead off with a double, prompting WC to intentionally walk Sam Roes. The next batter popped up, but Josh Buckley hit a walk off homer to left field that just stayed fair to win the game. For WC, Jeff Barber had another homer in this game, as did Andy Barber. Neil Murphy had two RBIs.

Farmersville Haymakers win Elkland Labour Day tournament

The Farmersville, PA Haymakers won the 64th Annual Durk Sherman Tournament in Elkland, PA this past weekend.

They defeated the New York Bombers (Cortland, NY) in the final, 7-6 in eight innnings.

Third place were PA Power (Harrisburg, PA) and fourth were CPI Classics (Oswego, NY).

West Carleton Electric tied for 5th place with the host team from Elkland.

Thirteen teams participated in the event, including the Greenbush Generals from the North Leeds league.

Full results posted on Al's Fastball.

more to follow

GOFL media coverage

Some recent coverage of the Greater Ottawa Fastball League in the local media:

http://www.ottawacommunitynews.com/sports-story/6829243-wc-electric-qualifies-for-the-championship-round-in-greater-ottawa-fastball-league-action/

http://www.ottawacommunitynews.com/sports-story/6828754-season-is-over-for-the-stittsville-56ers/