GOFL standings update

1. Kars Aces 11-3-1
2. Micksburg Twins 10-2-0
3. Quyon Flyers 9-3-0
4. Ottawa Valley As 7-7-1
5. Orleans Rebels 5-4-3
6. Stittsville 56ers 5-6-1
7. Kemptville Black Sox 4-10-1
8. I4C Victory 4-10-0
9. West Carleton Electric 2-12-1

Shawville doubleheader Tuesday

Despite some rainy weather delaying the first game, both sides of the Greater Ottawa Fastball League doubleheader in Shawvile were played last night.

The early match up had the Ottawa Valley As prevailing 9-5 over Quyon Flyers. Ben Broek was the winning pitcher. Matt Greer took the loss with relief from Todd Hearty.

The late game saw Quyon beat I4C Victory 12-5. Hearty had the win with relief from Greer. Chris Parish started and had relief from Cory Baldwin who was tagged with the loss.

Kemptville and Stittsville win in Fitzroy

There were two doubleheaders worth of make up games scheduled in Fitzroy Harbour on Tuesday night in order to get some Greater Ottawa Fastball League games in the books. However, a big storm blew through around 8:40 pm, leaving the diamonds unplayable so only the early games were played.


Kemptville Black Sox 12 West Carleton Electric 5
The early game on A diamond saw the home town Electric get out to a 4-1 lead after two. However, the Black Sox sent 13 men to the plate in the top of the third, with three homers, and scored 10 runs. Will Lowe got the win while Matt McKay took the loss with relief from Steve Cavanagh.


Stittsville 56ers 3 Micksburg Twins 2
This game was in the bottom of the seventh when the monsoon rains blew in, ending the game. Micksburg had a solo homer from John Enright in the top of the seventh that tied the game at 3-3, but given the weather, it went back to the last complete inning and the 56ers were awarded the 3-2 victory. Chad Costello had a homer earlier in the game for the Twins. Kyle Olson was the winning pitcher and Enright was tagged with the loss.

U14 Provincials this weekend in Wilmot Township

The U14 Provincial A, B and C tournaments will be held in Wilmot Township on the long weekend in the communities of Baden and New Hamburg. There are 21 teams in total participating.

West Carleton Electric U14s (Caveman's team) will be in the "C" division, with their first game against Oshawa on Saturday morning at 9 am.

Westport Storm U14s are in the "A" division after their strong showing at the Elims. They start at 7 pm on Friday night against Chatsworth.

Details available here: https://oasa.ca/tournament/u14-peewee-provincials/

GOFL make up games this week

There are six make up games on Tuesday night and one on Wednesday night in the Greater Ottawa Fastball League.


Fitzroy Harbour is the scene for two doubleheaders on Tuesday. Kemptville and Micksburg play West Carleton Electric at 7 and 9 pm. Micksburg plays Stittsville at 7 pm and Stittsville plays Kemptville at 9 pm.


Up in Shawville, Quyon is hosting a doubleheader on Tuesday with the Valley As at 7 pm and I4C Victory at 9 pm.


The Wednesday night game has Orleans hosting I4C at 8 pm.

U16 Stittsville 56ers Earn Bronze at Qualifier

U16 Stittsville 56ers Earn Bronze at Qualifier

Will Attend Tier II “A” Provincial after Receiving Great Support from Local Softball Community

By Erin Durant

 

The u16 Stittsville 56ers: Top row, left to right: Carolyn Harman (coach), Jordyn LeBoutillier, Hailey Armstrong, Alison Roach, Sydney Watts, MacKenzie Bresee, Delaney Johnston, Kate Parks. Bottom row, left to right: Erin Durant (coach), Mikaylee Driver, Avery Smith, Paige Galbraith, and Brianna Flowers. Hiding in the back: coaches Brad Pender and Dale Aiken. Missing: Emmy Lecour, Jayde Shouldice and Lee Watts (manager/taker of this picture).

This past weekend the  u16 Stittsville 56ers finished third at the provincial qualifier tournament and will represent the Ottawa area, and all of Eastern Ontario, at the “A” Provincial Qualifier from August 8 – 12 in Stratford, Ontario. Although the team formally represents Stittsville, the team’s athletes live throughout the region including Stittsville, Kanata, Mountain, Winchester, Vars, Kinburn, Carp, and North Gower.

The 56ers are sponsored by Platinum Sponsor Sleepwell Property Management  as well as Beans Chevrolet, Ken White Construction, Upper Canada Elevators, the BLG Foundation, lawyer Larry Elliot, Ram Electric, Shouldice Mechanical, Ottawa-Nepean Canadians Sports Club,  Kanata Sports Club and the Water Depot. Their success this season would not be possible without the financial support from these great local businesses and many within the local softball community, as is discussed further below.

Tournament Recap

The 56ers started the tournament strong with a win Friday evening over the Oshawa Shamrocks 5-1. Avery Smith led the offence with three hits, two RBIs and a run scored. Sydney Watts was dominant in the pitching circle, striking out 14 batters while giving up only 1 walk and 4 hits in 7 complete innings.

Saturday the 56ers drew the strong Aurora Diggers team and managed an impressive 7-0 win after 7 innings. Watts again had the ball for the 56ers and threw a complete came shut out. The 56ers played excellent defence making no errors and holding the Aurora batters to no runs and stranding 6 base runners. The 56ers had 11 hits and all 56ers batters reached base safely at least once. Delaney Johnston led the offensive charge with two hits, two runs scored and two RBIs. Hailey Armstrong was the underrated hero of this game keeping the starters fresh and “fired up” with her positive attitude and non-stop cheering on the bench.

The 56ers then won their third straight game against the Whitby Eagles 10-5. Jordyn LeBoutillier and Sydney Watts combined for the win with LeBoutillier starting and finishing the game and Watts eating up innings in the middle. Every 56er had at least one hit in the game, 7 batters scored runs and 7 batters hit in RBIs in a well-rounded team effort. Offensive leaders included Johnston who batted 3/4 with an RBI and a run scored, Watts and Paige Galbraith who each had two RBIs, and Smith, Brianna Flowers and MacKenzie Bresee who each scored twice. Smith also made a fantastic sliding catch for the second out of the 7^th inning which was followed by a statement strikeout by LeBoutillier to end the game. The win over Whitby guaranteed the 56ers a place in the undefeated game and a spot in the “A” Provincial Championship.

On Saturday night, the 56ers played their third game of the day against Oakville. The 56ers had a very tough start to the game by giving up 6 runs in the 1^st and 2^nd innings after a number of defensive errors. They settled in to “win” the rest of the game 1-0 but, unfortunately lost the contest 12-1. Galbraith made her first pitching appearance of the tournament in relief of LeBoutillier and allowed no earned runs through four innings pitched. Alison Roach scored the 56ers only run of the game after a triple in the 5^th inning which was followed by a base hit by Bresee.

On Sunday the 56ers faced the Diggers again, with the winner moving on to face Oakville in the gold medal game. The 56ers led the game 5-2 before giving up 4 runs in the 6^th inning and not being able to come back in the 7^th – losing a heartbreaker 6-5 The 56ers committing a number of errors early in this tough game but fought back by making very big outs to keep control of the game until late. Watts pitched the complete game for the 56ers giving up 7 hits and 4 earned runs. Johnston, Bresee and Mikaylee Driver each had two hits for the 56ers. Watts helped her own cause with two RBIs and Driver added another RBI. The loss earned the 56ers the bronze medal. The Diggers went on to defeat Oakville in the finals. All three teams plus Waterloo qualified for the “A” Provincials.

Other notable individual performances from the weekend included Kate Parks who threw out 5 baserunners (arguably 6…) and caught every game for the 56ers over a very hot weekend.  Armstrong also made her long-awaited return to active duty after suffering a serious injury to her knee early in the season. Armstrong had two very strong pinch hit at-bats.

The 56ers were missing Jayde Shouldice and Emmy Lecour. Lecour is currently competing at the u16 European Championships with Team France. Both athletes will be back to help their team at the Provincials. 

The other teams who have qualified for the “A” provincials are Brantford, Oakville, Milton, Lucan, Brampton, Springfield, Kawartha Lakes, Aurora, Vaughn, Palmerston and Waterloo. The medalists at the Provincial Championship have the option of representing Ontario at the Eastern Ontario Championships August 22-25 in Whitby.

A Few Words of Thanks

It has been very heartwarming this year to see so many local softball enthusiasts come together to support this team in a variety of ways.

The 56ers are the only u16 tier II competitive team east of Napanee and finding local competitive opportunities is a huge challenge. The team is grateful to teams from other divisions who provided quality local competition as we prepared for the Qualifier including the Ottawa Valley Fastball women’s league (Carp Cubs, Quyon Flyers, and u19 Ottawa South Angels), u 14 West Carleton boys,  u19 Cornwall Chaos,  u16 Tier 1 Kingston Jr. Gaels who organized an early-season game day in Kingston, and Lac St. Louis and Riv Sud who travelled to Stittsville for some great games.

The 56ers are also thankful to have received support from a number of coaches and players during our tryouts, winter training and during our season. Special thanks to Al Read, Kevin Daize, Steph Bouchey, Scott Searle, Elissa Sivel, Bruce Casselman, Ken Naylor (NCCP certifications) and Nick Ellis. The team is also supported by the SMSA executive.

Finally, the team would like to thank the local umpires who worked with our pitching staff to understand the rule changes for this year at our practices and during exhibition games. I am happy to report that not a single illegal pitch was thrown!

We hope to call on some of you for additional support as we prepare for the Provincial Championships. Thank you all.

 

Reilly Makea, Gil Read Memorial Tournament MVP

An article about Reilly Makea who won MVP honours in Carp this weekend at the 12th Annual Gil Read Memorial tournament while playing for Elkland, PA.

A great moment in Gil Read Memorial Tournament history

Semi-final game between Waterdown Hammer and the Micksburg Twins.

Joran Graham is throwing well for the Twins, but in the bottom of the seventh they are down 4-2 to the Hammer who have brought in Bryan Newton from Saskatchewan for the weekend.

Scott Conroy leads things off for Micksburg with a solo homerun to make it 4-3. After a strikeout, Matt Greer launches a solo bomb to tie it up. With everyone in the beer garden now paying close attention, that brings Graham to the plate - who launches another solo shot to walk it off for a 5-4 win by the Twins.

Definitely a great moment in the Tournament's history.

Osgoode Chiefs win U19 Provincial B title

The Osgoode Chiefs U19 team won the Provincial B title on the weekend in Woodstock. The Chiefs, who participate in the Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League won three straight games over Glencoe and Tara (twice) in the four team event to earn gold.

Brendan Hennessy, Joseph Mick and Owen Brown of the Osgoode Chiefs

Elkland wins the Gil Read Memorial men's fastball tournament

The Elkland Beverage Co. won the Gil Read Memorial men's fastball tournament in Carp for the third straight year.

Results from Sunday:


9 am
Micksburg Twins 13
Durham Diamondbacks 2
WP: Dylan Cunningham
LP: Jesse Scott relief Adam Rueckwald


11 am
Waterdown Hammer 8
West Carleton Electric 0
WP: Mike Lagace-Roote
LP: Jeff Barber


11 am
Elkland Beverage Co. 8
Fenelon Falls The Lakes 0
WP: Josh Pettet
LP: Chris van Vollkenberg relief Abe Leahy and Cam Heffernan


Pool Play Standings
Pool A
Micksburg Twins 3-0
Durham Diamondbacks 2-1
Party Lake 1-2
Kars Aces 0-3


Pool B
Elkland Beverage Co. 4-0
Waterdown Hammer 3-1
Fenelon Falls The Lakes 2-2
West Carleton Electric 1-3
Ottawa Spiders 0-4


Semi-Final #1
Micksburg Twins 5
Waterdown Hammer 4
WP: Joran Graham
LP: Bryan Newton
Micksburg was down 4-2 in the bottom of the seventh and had solo home runs from Scott Conroy, Matt Greer and Joran Graham to win the game.


Semi-Final #2
Elkland Beverage Co. 13
Durham Diamondbacks 7
WP: Gregg Garrity
LP: Kyle Fry relief Adam Rueckwald
Nine home runs in this game


Final
Elkland Beverage Co. 6
Micksburg Twins 1
WP: Josh Pettet
LP: Joran Graham
Home runs by Gregg Garrity and Owen Lucans


Reilly Makea, a New Zealand native playing for Elkland, was named the tournament's most valuable player and received the Joel Langford Memorial Trophy.

Al Read and family present the trophy to Bill Sherman from Elkland

2019 Gil Read Memorial Champions, Elkland Beverage Co.



Riley Makea accepts the Joel Langford Memorial Trophy as MVP

Sunday schedule at the Gil Read Memorial men's fastball tournament

Round Robin games


9 am - D1
Micksburg Twins vs Durham Diamondbacks


11 am - D1
Waterdown Hammer vs West Carleton Electric


11 am - D2
Fenelon Falls The Lakes vs Elkland Beverage Co.


1 pm - Semi Final - D1
Winner Pool A vs 2nd Pool B


1 pm - Semi Final - D2
Winner Pool B vs 2nd Pool A


3:30 pm - FINAL
Winners of semi-final games


Current standings
Pool A (W-L)
Micksburg 2-0
Durham 2-0
Party Lake 1-2
Kars Aces 0-3


Pool B (W-L)
Elkland 3-0
Waterdown 2-1  (+7)
Fenelon Falls 2-1 (+6)
West Carleton 1-2 (-3)
Ottawa 0-4

Saturday at the Gil Read Memorial Tournament

Saturday results at the Gil Read Memorial Tournament in Carp.


9 am
Elkland Beverage Co. 4
Waterdown Hammer 2
WP Josh Pettet
LP Bryan Newton


10 am
Fenelon Falls The Lakes 8
Ottawa Spiders 1
WP Abe Leahy
LP Jeff Mayer relief from Zach Thompson


11 am
Durham Diamondbacks 7
Kars Aces 2
WP Kyle Fry
LP Brad Porter relief from Mitch Hardy


Noon
Micksburg Twins 6
Party Lake 0
WP Joran Graham
LP Jordan MacDonald



1 pm
Elkland Beverage Co. 10
West Carleton Electric 2
WP Gregg Garritty
LP Andy Barber


2 pm
Waterdown Hammer 3
Fenelon Falls 1
WP Bryan Newton
LP Chris van Volkenburg


4 pm
Party Lake 9
Kars Aces 8
WP Trevor Lahey in relief of Cory Alkerton and himself
LP Brad Porter in relief of Mitch Hardy


5 pm
Waterdown Hammer 7
Ottawa Spiders 0
WP Michael Lagace-Roote
LP Will Lowe relief Jeff Mayer


7 pm
Durham Diamondbacks 8
Party Lake 7
WP Kyle Fry relief Adam Rueckwald
LP Jordan MacDonald relief Cory Alkerton


8 pm
Elkland Beverage Co. 13
Ottawa Spiders 0
WP Josh Pettet
LP Zach Thompson relief Will Lowe


9 pm
Fenelon Falls The Lakes 6
West Carleton Electric 5
WP Chris van Volkenberg in relief of Matt Leahy and Abe Leahy
LP Ben Broek

Shawville Men's Fastball Tournament

Shawville, Quebec will be hosting a men's fastball tournament from Thursday September 12 to Saturday September 14.


Entry fee is $350, and they are looking for six teams. Cash prizes to be determined based on entries. Three games guaranteed.


To enter, contact Matt Greer at shawvillefastpitch@gmail.com.

Friday night at the Gil Read Memorial tournament

Friday night results at the Gil Read Memorial men's fastball tournament in Carp.


7 pm
West Carleton Electric 8
Ottawa Spiders 3
WP: Ben Broek
LP: Jeff Mayer in relief of Will Lowe


9 pm
Micksburg Twins 3
Kars Aces 0
WP: Joran Graham
LP: Mitch Hardy with relief from Brad Porter

Revised Gil Read Memorial schedule

With the Waskaganish Hurricanes late withdrawal from the Gil Read Memorial Tournament this weekend (July 26-28 in Carp), the revised schedule for the nine teams is as follows.

Thursday night in the GOFL

There were three Thursday night games in Greater Ottawa Fastball League play.


Quyon Flyers 9 West Carleton Electric 2 (Game 1)
The first game of the doubleheader in McNab saw the Flyers put up eight runs the third inning to propel them to a 9-2 win. Matt Greer had the win, while Steve Cavanagh took the loss and had relief from Matt McKay. Nick Armitage had a homer for the Flyers.


Quyon Flyers 8 West Carleton Electric 1 (Game 2)
The second match up also saw Quyon win, this time 8-1. Once again, the Pontiac team benefited from a big inning, putting up seven runs in the fifth to enact the run rule. Jared Murray, Todd Hearty and Gerv Daley all had homers for Quyon. Trevor Lahey had the pitching win while Matt McKay took the loss.


Ottawa Valley As 6 Stittsville 56ers 2
In Carp, the Valley As won 6-2 over Stittsville. Adam Rueckwald took the win while Kyle Olson threw for the 56ers.

Orleans at Micksurg postponed

The Greater Ottawa Fastball League game scheduled for Thursday in Micksburg has been postponed.

GOFL Wednesday night round up

There were three games in Greater Ottawa Fastball League play on Wednesday night.


In Manotick - Game 1
The first game in Manotick between Kars Aces and I4C Victory saw the Aces win 7-0. Gregg Garrity earned the win with relief from Brad Porter. Chris Parish took the loss. Nick Ellis had a homer for Kars.


In Manotick - Game 2
The nightcap was also a Kars win, with the Aces prevailing 8-0 over Victory. Cory Alkerton had the pitching win while Matt McNish took the loss. Bailey Fife had a three run shot for Kars which ended the game on the run rule in the bottom of the sixth.


In Orleans
The Orleans Rebels and the Ottawa Valley As tied at 5 at Pierre Rocque Park. Ben Broek went the distance for Valley, while Jeff Barber threw six innings and Nick Bowman finished for the Rebels.

Severson throws no-hitter

Reports from the North Leeds Men's Fastball League indicate that Luke Severson threw a no-hitter on Tuesday night action, with his North Augusta Trappers teams downing the Greenbush Generals 10-0.

GOFL games this week

There was a rare Monday night doubleheader already played in Carp with Kemptville Black Sox hosting Orleans Rebels and Quyon Flyers (see previous posting).


Wednesday night has the doubleheader in Manotick, with I4C Victory and Kars once again facing each other at 7 pm and 9 pm. At Pierre Rocque, Orleans hosts Ottawa Valley As at 8 pm.


Thursday night doubleheader at 7 pm and 9 pm featuring West Carleton Electric and Quyon has been moved to the McNab facility due to diamond availability on the Quebec side. Also that night, the Micksburg Twins host the Rebels at 8 pm and the Valley As host Stittsville 56ers at 8 pm in Carp.

Kemptville splits Monday night doubleheader

With diamond availability issues causing problems for the Kemptville Black Sox, they hosted a "home" doubleheader in Carp on Monday night Greater Ottawa Fastball League play.


The first game saw the Sox defeat the Orleans Rebels 6-4. Dan Thompson got the win while Nick Bowman took the loss. Jeff Delange had two Homer's for Kemptville.


The late match up had the Quyon Flyers winning 13-3, with Trevor Lahey getting the victory and Zach Thompson taking the loss with relief from Jeremy Malloy.

Kenmore Heat win U14 Girls Select gold

The Kenmore Heat U14 girls won the eight-team Softball Ontario House League Select provincials this past weekend in Kingston.

Westport Storm U16 team wins Provincial B title

The Westport Storm U16 boys rep team won the Ontario Amateur Softball Association Provincial "B" title this weekend, going 4-1 to win the nine-team event.

The Storm won games against Grafton Jays, Tavistock As and Springbrook Royals to go the final game undefeated. The Royals came up the losers' side and beat the Storm in the first game of the final 8-4. However, Westport won the "if necessary" game 13-2 to take the title.

The Storm have players primarily from the Westport / Kingston area, with two players from West Carleton and another from Eganville.

Napanee Express won the Provincial "A" title, winning an eight-team tournament.

Schedule released for the 12th Annual Gil Read Memorial tournament (July 26 - 28)

The schedule has been announced for the 12th Annual Gil Read Memorial Men's Fastpitch Softball Tournament to be hosted in Carp on July 26-28.

There are 10 teams participating in the event from Ontario, Quebec and Pennsylvania.

Games start on Friday night at 7 pm, with the Final scheduled for 3:30 pm on Sunday.

Admission is only $5 per day, or $10 for the weekend. The West Carleton Amateur Sports Club will be on hand to provide food and refreshments.

Pool A:
Micksburg, ON Twins  (2014 Champions)
Waskaganish, QC Hurricanes
Kars, ON Aces
Durham, ON Diamondbacks
Kingston, ON Party Lake

Pool B:
Fitzroy Harbour, ON West Carleton Electric
Fenelon Falls, ON The Lakes
Ottawa, ON Spiders
Waterdown, ON Hammer
Elkland, PA Beverage Co. (2017 & 2018 Champions)

Micksburg sweeps DH vs Valley As

The Micksburg Twins won both games in their home doubleheader Thursday night versus the Ottawa Valley As in Greater Ottawa Fastball League action.


The first match up saw the Twins win 5-1. Joran Graham earned the win, while Adam Reuckwald the loss.


The second game had the home team prevail 6-4. John Enright got the victory and Rueckwald once again toed the rubber for Valley. Graham had a homer for Micksburg.


Micksburg will be facing Quyon Flyers in a doubleheader on Sunday at 1 pm and 3 pm.

GOFL upcoming games

The GOFL games originally scheduled for Friday July 19 (Stittsville at Orleans, Valley at Quyon) had to be postponed, in both cases due not enough players being available. They will be rescheduled.

Micksburg will be hosting four games over the next four days. A doubleheader tonight (July 18) against the Ottawa Vally As at 7 pm and 9 pm and another doubleheader on Sunday July 21 at 1 pm and 3 pm against the Quyon Flyers.

Article on the 12th Annual Gil Read tournament

West Carleton Online has an excellent article on the Gil Read Memorial tournament on July 26-28 in Carp. Subscription required.

Caveman's Harbour Ball debut

In Harbour Ball action tonight (Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League), Campbell Fuels faced All in One Septic and Excavating.


With Campbell Fuels short a player, the 14 year old Caveman got to make his debut in the league, not counting a couple of short appearances in the past.


After playing right field for five innings, he got the nod to finish out the game on the slab, with his dad catching. Over two innings, there were no runs scored, no walks, two hits and a strikeout. Not bad for a wee fella in a men's league.


Afterwards, he joined me on the deck where dad had a pint and he had a Gatorade - "Am I allowed on here?" Yes, son, all Harbour Ballers are welcome on the deck post game!

Yes, he chose to wear his "Space Cadet" shirt for the game.

Kars and I4C splilt doubleheader

The Kars Aces and I4C Victory split a doubleheader in Manotick on Wednesday night in Greater Ottawa Fastball League play.


The first match up saw the Aces win 8-0. Brad Porter earned the shutout win. Matt McNish took the loss.


The late game had I4C prevailing 10-5. Chris Parish was the winning pitcher while Will Dunk threw for Kars.

Stittsville and West Carleton tie at 5 at Pink in the Park

The Stittsville 56ers and West Carleton Electric tied 5-5 at the Grove on Tuesday night at the "Pink in the Park" event.


Stittsville Minor Softball Association hosted the event as a fundraiser for breast cancer research and there was a good crowd on hand, with the scoreboard operational and Al Read as the announcer.


Kyle Olson pitched for Stittsville while Matt McKay went the distance for West Carleton.


WC got on the board first with a run in the top of the second. Steve Cavanagh doubled, moved to third on a ground out and scored on an error.


Stittsville responded with two in the bottom of the second frame. Phil Brunet singled with one out. Then Scott Muir singled but the ball was misplayed by the outfielder allowing both baserunners to score.


The visitors responded in the third with three runs. Mitch Taylor led off with a single and Neil Murphy walked. Jeff Cavanagh's sac bunt advanced both runners, and they both scored on Steve Cavanagh's single. SCav advanced on a Chris Trafford single and then was plated on a McKay single to put WC up 4-2.


The 56ers got three runs in the their half of the third. John Craig walked with one out, followed by a Ryan Bond single. Craig scored on a single by Kyle Olson, and both Bond and Olson scored on Brunet's triple to put the home team up 5-4.


The Electric tied things up in the top of the fourth with a Taylor triple and Jeff Cavanagh RBI single.


In the remainder of the game, both pitchers threw very well and the game ended tied at five.

GOFL standings update

We are keeping things updated as best possible on the website at GOFL.ca.

 

Here are the standings as of the morning of July 16.

1. Kars Aces 8-2-1 = 17 pts
2. Micksburg Twins 8-1-0 = 16 pts
3. Orleans Rebels 5-3-2 = 12 pts
4. Quyon Flyers 5-2-0 = 10 pts
5. Ottawa Valley As 5-5-0 = 10 pts
6. Stittsville 56ers 4-5-0 = 8 pts
7. I4C Victory 3-6-0 = 6 pts
8. Kemptville Black Sox 2-9-1 = 5 pts
9. West Carleton Electric 2-9-0 = 4 pts

 

Monday night in Fitzroy

In a rare Greater Ottawa Fastball League doubleheader on a Monday night in Fitzroy Harbour, the visiting Quyon Flyers came away with a win and a loss.


Game 1 - Quyon Flyers 8 West Carleton Electric 7


The first game of the night saw the Flyers edge the 'Trics 8-7. Matt Greer earned the complete win. Mitch Taylor got his first ever start for the Electric going four innings before giving way to Steve Cavanagh who took the loss.


Greer had two homers for the Flyers. Trevor Barton and Cavanagh hit homers for WC.


Quyon led 3-1 going into the bottom of the sixth. West Carleton responded with a four run spread to go up 5-3. However, the Flyers put up five in the top of the seventh, capitalizing on a few WC miscues, to make it 8-5. A two run bottom got it within one, but Quyon held on for the win.


Game 2 - Ottawa Valley As 12 Quyon Flyers 5


The nightcap saw the As invoke the run rule, winning 12-5 over the Flyers. Once again Greer got the ball for Quyon but this time took the loss. Adam Rueckwald earned the win for Valley.


Clayton Vance, Sean Lecuyer and Ben Broek all hit homers for Valley, while Nick Armitage hit one out for Quyon.

Bear Bottom Lodge wins Au Sable

Bear Bottom Lodge from Pennsylvania won the 57th Annual Au Sable Forks Men's fastpitch tournament,  as per Facebook.

"Pink in the Park" on Tuesday in Stittsville

A special event for Tuesday's Greater Ottawa Fastball League game at the Grove.

GOFL games this week (Updated)

A busy schedule of Greater Ottawa Fastball League games this week.

A rare Monday night double header in Fitzroy Harbour has the Quyon Flyers in for two games, at 7 pm vs West Carleton Electric and 9 pm vs Ottawa Valley As.

Tuesday night is a special event at the Grove in Stittsville (see another post) with West Carleton in to play the Stittsville 56ers at 7 pm.

The Wednesday night doubleheader in Manotick has I4C Victory and Kars Aces playing at 7 pm and 9 pm.

Thursday night as the Valley As up in Micksburg for a doubleheader at 7 pm and 9 pm.

There are two games Friday night. The Flyers host the Valley As in Shawville.

Also that night the Orleans Rebels host the 56ers at Pierre Rocque Park. They will finish off their game from earlier in the season when an umpire injury ended things early, starting that at 7 PM, with the regularly schedule game to follow.

Update: The Friday night games are both postponed to later dates due to player availability issues.

U12 'Trics win silver at OASA qualifier

The West Carleton Electric U12 boys team finished second of nine teams at the Ontario Amateur Softball Association East Qualifier in Cobourg this weekend.

The mini 'Trics opened things up with a big 10-5 win over the Springbrook Royals. They then lost to the Napanee Express 15-5, but rebounded with an 18-5 victory over the Oshawa Double Bs.

On to Sunday, West Carleton defeated Springbrook again, this time 12-6. A 12-4 win over the Bracebridge Bandits put the Electric in the final, once again facing Napanee. The WC team got out to a 6-2 lead in the fourth, but couldn't hold on had to settle for silver, losing 11-7.

The second place finish means that West Carleton will be in the Provincial A division in Ponsonby on the August 11-12 weekend.

Thursday night in Carp postponed

The Greater Ottawa Fastball League game on Thursday night scheduled in Carp (Valley As hosting I4C Victory) was postponed due to the iffy weather.

Micksburg wins both in Thursday doubleheader

The Micksburg Twins won both games in a Thursday night Greater Ottawa Fastball League doubleheader. With the Micksburg diamond double booked, the games were played at the McNab diamonds.


The first game of the night saw the Twins beat the Stittsville 56ers 7-0 in five innings. Joran Graham earned the win while Kyle Olson took the loss. This game saw 15 year old Liam Jessiman make his GOFL debut with 56ers alongside his dad Scott and uncle Dan.


The night cap was a 12-5 win for Micksburg over West Carleton Electric in six innings. John Enright got the win while Steve Cavanagh was tagged with the loss. For Micksburg, Graham had two homers and Riley Hennessy had a solo HR.

GOFL Wednesday night round up (updated)

There were four games in the Greater Ottawa Fastball League on Wednesday night - here is what happened.


Kars Aces 8 Stittsville 56ers 3
At the Grove
The game at the Grove saw the Kars Aces in to play the Stittsville 56ers. Kars prevailed with a 8-3 win. Brad Porter earned the win while Luc D'Entremont took the loss with relief from Kyle Olson. Dan Jessiman had a three-run homer for the 56ers.


Quyon Flyers 9 Orleans Rebels 6
At Pierre Rocque
With DJ Don spinning the tunes, the Rebels fells short losing 9-6 to the Flyers. Matt Greer earned the win with relief from Trevor Lahey. Andy Barber took the loss with relief from Jeff Barber. Jeff Barber hit one out for the Rebels, while Todd Hearty and Lane McMurtry went yard for Quyon.


Kemptville Black Sox 11 I4C Victory 8
Kemptville Black Sox 5 I4C Victory 4
At Manotick Arena
Kemptville swept their doubleheader with I4C Victory. The first game saw Matt Cox his first GOFL victory with Shannon Borho in relief. Matt McNish took the loss.


The second match up of the night had Borho with the complete game win and McNish taking the loss. Curt Scurr and Derek Martin both had homers for I4C.

GOFL games this week

The Greater Ottawa Fastball League has seven games scheduled this week.

Wednesday doubleheader at Manotick is Kemptville Black Sox vs I4C Victory at 7 and 9 pm with each team taking a turn as home. Quyon Flyers are in to play the Orleans Rebels at Pierre Rocque at 8 pm, and the Stittsville 56ers host the Kars Aces at 9 pm at the Grove.

On Thursday, the Ottawa Valley As host I4C Victory at 8 pm in Carp.  There is a doubleheader hosted by the Micksburg Twins that night with Stittsville in at 7 pm and West Carleton Electric playing at 9 pm - those games have been moved to the Cobden McNab diamond due to a conflict.

The Kemptville vs West Carleton game scheduled for Tuesday in Fitzroy will be made up at a later date.

U12 Qualifier this weekend in Cobourg

The Ontario Amateur Softball Association U10 and U12 qualifiers for the east (Cobourg) and west (Innerkip) are being held this weekend.

The local West Carleton Jr. Electric will be participating in the U12 East category. They are coached by three GOFLers (Trevor Barton, Shawn Rebertz and Sean Lecuyer).

U16 Eliminations won by Napanee

The U16 Ontario Amateur Softball Association Elimination tournament was held this past weekend with 17 teams participating.

The Napanee Express ran the table with a perfect 5-0 record to win the event. The Haldimand Heat from Fisherville finished second while the Simcoe Braves took bronze.

Connor Brooks, who performed very well at the U19 Eliminations in Carp the weekend before as a "call up" was named top pitcher for the event.

Westport Storm participated but had a very tough draw and lost two straight.

Silver for The Stittsville 56’ers Squirt Boys Selects

by Al Read

Left to right - Back Row – Derek Konkle – Tim Maxwell – Al Read

Middle Row – Camden Konkle – James Villeneuve – Rowan Randal – Todd Rowley – Zakk Mallette – James Parent

Front Row – Daniel Read – Finn Kylie – Hayden Bourre – Ashton Ledain – Graham Maxwell 

Missing – Micah Pyefinch

The Stittsville 56’er Squirt Boys (U12) Selects team were in action on the weekend in Cambridge Ontario. The team was formed in Mid June following a busy house league season. They managed to have only one practice and an exhibition game, before being “thrown to the wolves” in Southern Ontario. But the boys rose to the challenge taking home the silver medal in the 8 team event.

 

The first game of the day saw the 56’ers up against a strong team from Kitchener Waterloo. Graham Maxwell got the ball for the 56’ers and was awesome on the mound. In 4 innings, Maxwell struck out 9 while the bats came to life. Scoring 9 runs in 3 innings, the 56’ers didn’t have to bat in the last inning, taking the victory 9 to 8. Maxwell was named the player of the game for Stittsville.

 

The second game was in the heat of the day against Lake Simcoe in a pitcher’s duel. Daniel Read got the ball for Stittsville and was dealing! After Lake Simcoe scored 1 run in the top of the 1^st inning, Read shut the door the rest of the way striking out 11 in the four inning game. The only out that wasn’t a strike out was a deep fly ball to left that resulted in an amazing catch by Finn Kylie. And Kylie wasn’t done there hitting a triple in the second inning, however the 56’ers were unable to cash him and after 3 innings Lake Simcoe was still leading 1-0. Fortunately, the bats came alive in the 4^th. A lead off home Run by Graham Maxwell and back to back hits from Ashton Ledain and Daniel Read, put the score at 1-1 with runners on 2^nd and 3^rd. James Parent stepped up and stroked a single and put the 56’ers up 3-1. Parent also came around to score and the 56’ers took the game 4-1. With 11 strike outs and a big hit in the 4^th, Read was named the player of the game for Stittsville.

 

With an 2-0 record heading into the final game of the round robin, the 56’ers took on the St. Catharine’s Athletics. Todd Rowley took the ball for the 56’ers and was throwing his heart out on the mound. Unfortunately for Rowley, the long day in the heat got to some of the guys and uncharacteristically, some errors followed giving St Catharine’s a 7-1 lead after 1 and half. The boys rallied for him though with 5 runs in the second to bring them within 1, including Rowley himself stealing home.  After a couple runs in the 3^rd were scored, they 56’ers changed the pitcher, bringing Read in with the bases loaded. The Athletics’ still managed to score 4 staking them to an 11-6 lead. In the bottom of the third however the bats for Stittsville wouldn’t go away. Everyone hit, including some massive deep balls by Zakk Mallett, Ashton Ledain and Read. The 56’ers tied the game at 11 heading into the last inning. Read was again dealing and shut the Athletics down aided by an amazing cover and throw home from James Parent that led to a run down between home and 3^rd, preserving the tie. However, the bats for 56’ers went quiet in the bottom of the 4^th and the game ended in an 11 -11 draw. Ashton Ledain was named the game MVP.

 

With a 2-0-1 record the 56’ers won pool B and headed to the Championship Game against the Unionville Spartans, Graham Maxwell took the hill for the 56’ers. Maxwell was awesome again, however, the strike zone seemed to get quite small for the finals. Unionville took advantage of the walks and were extremely aggressive on the bases giving the 56’ers some trouble. But the hitters for Stittsville wouldn’t go away. After 2 complete the Spartans were ahead 7 -5. In the 3^rd, the 56’ers gave the ball back to Daniel Read who, like Maxwell had a difficult time with the strike zone. On walks, the Spartans managed to score 4 in the 3^rd inning and 3 in the fourth inning to take a 13 -9 lead, heading into the bottom of the last inning. The team tried to rally scoring a run and had runners on the corners with 2 outs and their top hitter Ashton Ledain at the plate. Ledain scorched one, but right at the shortstop who made a great play and ended the game in a 13-10 victory for the Spartans.  Ashton Ledain who hit a ton all day long, and caught almost every inning for the 56er’s in 40-degree humidity, was named player of the tournament for the 56’ers.

 

The team and the coaches were thrilled with the Silver medal result. They are looking forward to the provincial’s in August where they hope to take it all.

Micksburg and Quyon split Friday night doubleheader

The Quyon Flyers and Micksburg Twins split a Friday night doubleheader in Shawville on Friday night Greater Ottawa Fastball League action.


Game one saw Micksburg win 8-0. Joran Graham had the win, while Matt Greer took the loss. Jared Steege had a homer for the Twins.


The late game saw Quyon win 7-4. Trevor Lahey earned the victory while John Enright took the loss with relief from Graham. There were several homers in this one, as Dave Hobbs, Lane McMurty, and Greer all hit balls out of the park for the Flyers and Graham had a dinger for the Twins.

West Carleton wins over Valley As in Harbour Days Classic

West Carleton Electric won the "Harbour Days Classic" game on Thursday night in Greater Ottawa Fastball League play in Fitzroy Harbour by a score of 13-6.

In front of a good crowd of rowdy locals, the Electric bested the short-staffed As. Steve Cavanagh earned the win for WC, with Matt McKay seeing an inning of action in relief. Ben Broek took the loss and had relief from Adam Rueckwald.

For WC, Chris Trafford hit a grand slam, while Mitch Taylor had a three run shot and Neil Murphy had a solo homer.

Kyle Campbell, in his first GOFL at bat, had a solo homer for Valley. Sean Lecuyer also had a solo homer for the As.

Stittsville sweeps doubleheader in Manotick

The Stittsville 56ers swept their doubleheader in Manotick on Wednesday night.

In the first game, 56ers defeated I4C Victory 12-6. Kyle Olson had the win for the 56ers. Neil Cooke took the loss, throwing five innings, with Chris Parish seeing action in relief for I4C.

The second game saw Stittsville edge Kars Aces 5-4. Luc D'Entremont had the complete game win for the visitors, while Brad Porter took the loss. Cory Morrison had a homer for Kars. The Aces got out to a 2-0 lead, but the 56ers tied things up. After Kars went up 3-2, Stittsville had a three run inning to take the lead. After giving up a single in the sixth, the 56ers held on for a 5-4 win.

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Carp hosts successful U19 Elimination tournament

The West Carleton Amateur Sports Club hosted a very successful Ontario Amateur Softball Association U19 Men's Elimination tournament this past weekend.


Despite some challenging weather on Friday night and Saturday afternoon the organizing committee and volunteers did an excellent job ensuring that while the schedule had to be delayed, the diamonds were made playable and the tournament was completed.  OASA officials were very pleased with the outcome of the event.


Kitchener-Waterloo Hallman Twins went undefeated to take the title, beating the Belmore Sting in the final. Napanee finished third.


Fitzroy Junior's Osgoode Chiefs team went 1-2, with a win over Tara and losses to Napanee and Tavistock.


The organizing group has their sites set on applying to host an even bigger fastball tournament in 2020.

Napanee wins the U14 Eliminations

A very talented Napanee team went undefeated to win the Ontario Amateur Softball Association U14 Eliminations at their home diamond this past weekend. Gavin Brooks of Napanee was named the Most Valuable Player.


Caveman's West Carleton Jr. Electric did not fare out too well, going 0-2 with two tough losses to Kitchener-Waterloo and Drumbo PDP. The Westport Storm had a good showing going 3-2 to make the top eight.


There were 18 teams in the event.

Orleans wins both in Friday night doubleheader

Results from the Greater Ottawa Fastball League doubleheader in Orleans on Friday night.


Game 1
Orleans 6 Kemptville 2
WP- Jeff Barber
LP - Will Lowe


Game 2
Orleans 12 Kemptville 1
WP - Andy Barber
LP - Zach Thompson