Women's softball this weekend

The Ontario University Softball league has several games on tap this weekend for fans to watch.

On Friday September 30, the Carleton Ravens will host the Ottawa GeeGees at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. at the Kars Recreation Centre diamond.

Saturday October 1 will see the Ravens hosting the York Lions at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. in Kars, while the GeeGees will host Queen's Gaels at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. at the Carp Fairgrounds.

Sunday October 2nd has the GeeGees hosting the Lions at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. in Carp while the Ravens host the Gaels at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. in Kars. 

Queen's currently leads the East division with a 8-1 record, while York is 5-3, Carleton is 0-4 and Ottawa is 3-4.

For more info visit https://ontariouniversitysoftball.ca/.

Three teams remain in Blackburn playoffs

There are three teams remaining in the Blackburn Men's Fastball League playoffs after the Blue Jays eliminated the Rogues 3-0 on Thursday night. Andy Barber had the win and Matt Cox took the loss.

The Jays advance to the semi-final game schedule for Sunday October 2 at 6 p.m. The winner of that game will face Chips N Dip in the Final, scheduled for Tuesday October 4 at 7 p.m. All games are at the Blackburn Arena diamond.

Glen Cairn finals now set

The Wednesday night games in the Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League have now determined the playoff finalists.

In the early game, Vance's Service Centre defeated KookiJar 3-0 in the deciding game three of their semi-final. Luc D'Entremont earned the win, tossing a one hitter, while Kyle Olson threw well despite taking the loss.

The late game saw Micksburg / Kool Vent Heat come back from a 4-0 deficit to edge West End Landscapes 6-5 with a walk off run in the bottom of the seventh. John Enright was the winning pitcher and Matt McKay took the loss. Joe Mick hit a homer for Kool Vent and Zach Branchaud hit the walk off RBI.

Vance's will now face Micksburg in the Glen playoff final best of three series.

Blackburn league Sunday results - Chips N Dip move the Final (updated)

Blackburn Men's Fastball League playoff results from Sunday: Chips N Dip defeated Los Caballos 10-1 in the undefeated game. Jeff Barber earned the win while Will Lowe took the loss. CnD advance directly to the BMFL Final, while Los Caballos move down to the losers' bracket.

In the losers' bracket site, the Blue Jays eliminated the Bandits with a 4-0. The Jays will now play the Rogues on Tuesday at 7 p.m.  Thursday at 8 p.m.

Playoff bracket available here: Blackburn Men's Fastball League (bmfl.ca)

Athletics win Shawville title

The Bristolview Enterprises Athletics won the Shawville Men's Fastpitch League playoff title on Tuesday night with a 2-0 victory over the Trudeau Collision Brewers in the championship game. 

Matt Greer was the winning pitcher, throwing a two hitter. Adam Rueckwald took the loss, only allowing five hits.

Luke Young and Greer hit back to back solo homers in the third inning for the game's only runs. Greer had another single later in the game. Cade Kuehl and Kayser Lavigne also had hits for the Athletics.

The Brewers' only hits came from Jeff Tanguay in the first and Gabe Brown in the fifth.

The Athletics completed an undefeated season in both regular season and sweeping the double knockout playoff bracket.

Back row: Marc "Kayser" Lavigne, Matt Greer, Luke Young, Nick Armitage, Ralph Horner

Front row: Jean-Michel Landry, Cade Kuehl, Hunter Beauregard, Hunter Hitz.

GOFL game in Manotick postponed

The Greater Ottawa Fastball League East Divison Final deciding game three was postponed on Tuesday night in Manotick due to poor field conditions. 

Glen Cairn Monday night results

In the Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League playoff semi-final action on Monday night, Kooki Jar beat Vance's Service Centre to force a deciding game three of their semi-final. That will be played Wednesday September 28 at 6:30 p.m.

Micksburg/ Kool Vent Heat beat West End Landscapes 6-4 to take a one game lead in their best of three semi-final. Game two will be Wednesday September 28 at 8:30 p.m.

Brewers advance to play Athletics in Shawville league final

The Brewers defeated the Royals 4-0 in the Shawville Men's Fastpitch League semi-final on Monday night.

Adam Rueckwald earned the win, allowing only four hits in the shutout. Trevor Lahey took the loss.

Todd Hearty, Adam Brown, and Gabe Brown were all 2 for 3 with an RBI for the Brewers. Hearty also scored from third on a wild pitch.

The Brewers advance to the single game Final on Tuesday at 7 p.m. against the undefeated Athletics.

Bren Electric repeat as Harbour Ball Playoff Champs

Game three of the Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League playoff finals was halted in the third inning on Wednesday with the score 13-10 in favour of Bren Electric over Baird Carpentry.

The game picked up where it left off on Sunday afternoon. The Electricians added a run in the sixth, and that was all of the scoring today, with the game ending 14-10.

Adam Rueckwald and Mitch Taylor were the pitchers for Bren, while Ryland Hill and Rory Burns threw for the Carpenters. Bren were also Harbour Ball playoff champs in 2021.

Back row: Adam Rueckwald, Josh Hemphill, Mitch Taylor (captain), Kevin Bisch, Ryan Conners, Darren Mayhew, Blake Valiquette
Front row: Denis Hill, Todd Clouthier, Brendan Coker (sponsor), Les McLeod
Missing: Andrew McNair, Blair Foley

Blackburn on Thursday (updated again)

Word from Blackburn playoffs on Thursday is that the Blue Jays eliminated Goodfellows 8-1 with Andy Barber getting the win and Matt McKay the loss. 

As well, the Rogues eliminated the Bytek Braves 12-1. Matt Cox had the win for the Rogues and Nick Bowman took the loss. Jefferson Roman had a grand slam and Jose Sandoval hit a solo shot as well for the Rogues.

Sunday in Blackburn

The undefeated game in the Blackburn Men's Fastball League playoff bracket will be played Sunday night at 7 p.m. as Los Caballos play Chips N Dip with a direct trip to the Final on the line, scheduled for next Sunday at 7 p.m. Expected starters are Will Lowe for Los Caballos and Jeff Barber for CnD.

Then at 8 p.m. the Blue Jays will play the Bandits in a losers' bracket game. The winner of that will play the Rogues on Tuesday at 7 p.m., the loser is eliminated. 

Harbour Ball to wrap up Sunday

The Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League final game three was halted due to rain with Bren Electric leading Baird Carpentry 13-10 in the third inning.

The game will continue 12:30 p.m. on Sunday and the Harbour Ball champion will be crowned.

Glen Cairn playoffs next week

The best of three semi-final series for the Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League continue next week.

Monday:

630pm - Vances Service Centre @ Kookijar (game 2)

830pm - Mickburg @ West End Landscapes (game 1)

Wednesday:

630pm - Kookijar @ VSC (game 3 if needed)

830pm - WEL @ Micksburg (game 2)

Annual GOFL history lesson

Once again, a yearly tradition (except for 2020) - blog readers' annual history lesson on the GOFL. 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 and franchise histories.

Past winners / finalists

2000 Dolco defeated Macton (3-0, best of five)
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 (3-1)
2005 Team Easton defeated Stittsville (3-1)
2006 Team Easton defeated Stittsville (3-1)
2007 Team Easton defeated West Carleton (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 (FWS tournament format)
2015 I4C Victory defeated Micksburg (2-0, best of three)
2016 Micksburg defeated Kars (Final Four format)
2017 Micksburg defeated West Carleton (Final Four format)
2018 Quyon defeated Kars (Final Four format)
2019 Micksburg defeated Kars (2-1, best of three)
2020 No league - COVID
2021 Micksburg defeated Orleans (COVID double knockout bracket)

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 team
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

2017 - 7 teams
Kars Aces
Stittsville 56ers
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
I4C Victory
Quyon Flyers
Micksburg Twins
Ottawa Valley As

2018 - 7 teams + 1 affiliated team
Kars Aces
Stittsville 56ers
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
I4C Victory
Quyon Flyers
Micksburg Twins
Ottawa Valley As
Kemptville Black Sox (affiliate team)

2019 - 9 teams
Kars Aces
Stittsville 56ers
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
I4C Victory
Quyon Flyers
Micksburg Twins
Ottawa Valley As
Kemptville Black Sox (joined full time)
Orleans Rebels

2020 - no season (COVID)

2021 - 6 teams
Kars Aces
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
Manotick Brewers (formerly I4C Victory)
Micksburg Twins
Ottawa Valley As
Orleans Rebels

2022 - 8 teams
GOFL East
Orleans Rebels
Manotick Brewers
Kars Aces
Osgoode Chiefs U23
GOFL West
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
Ottawa Valley As
Micksburg Twins
Quyon Flyers

Franchise History - Current Teams

Kars Aces
Home Diamond: Manotick
Years in League: 22 (2000-22)
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: 5 (2001, 2008, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019)

West Carleton Electric
Home Diamond: Fitzroy Harbour
Years in League: 18 (2004-2022)
Championships: none
Finalists: 3 (2004, 2007, 2017)

Manotick Brewers
Home Diamond: Manotick
Years in League: 16 (2006-2022)
Previous name: I4C Victory
Previous Home Diamonds: Carp
Championships: 2 (2014, 2015)
Finalists: none

Micksburg Twins
Home Diamond: Micksburg
Years in League: 9 (2013-2022)
Previous League: Upper Ottawa Valley Men's Fastball League
Championships: 5 (2013, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021)
Finalists: 2 (2014, 2015)

Ottawa Valley As
Home Diamond: Carp
Years in League: 7 (2015-2022)
Championships: none
Finalists: none

Orleans Rebels
Home Diamond: Orleans
Years in League: 3 (2019-22)
Championships: none
Finalists: 1 (2021)

Quyon Flyers
Home Diamond: Shawville
Years in League: 14 (2007-2019, 2022)
Previous Names: Quyon Combat Flyers
Previous League: Ottawa R.A. League
Previous Home Diamond: Quyon
Championships: 1 (2018)
Finalists: 4 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)

Osgoode Chiefs U23
Home Diamond: Osgoode, Manotick
Years in League: 1 (2022)
Championships: none
Finalists: none

Franchise History - Defunct Teams

Stittsville 56ers
Home Diamond: Stittsville
Years in League: 20 (2000-19)
Championships: 2 (2008, 2009)
Finalists: 2 (2005, 2006)

Kemptville Black Sox
Home Diamond: Carp, Kemptville
Years in League: 2 (2018-2019)
Championships: none
Finalists: none

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

North Gower Marlboroughs
Home Diamonds: North Gower, Greely
Years in League: 3 (2008-2010)
Previous Names: Greely DNTW Eagles
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 

Four teams remain in Glen Cairn playoffs

The best of three semi-final series are set for the Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League playoffs.

In Wednesday night action, Vance's Service Centre defeated Kooki Jar 8-7 to win their first game of their series.

Also Wednesday night, Micksburg / Kool Vent Heat beat Upper Canada Elevators 9-0 to sweep their long delayed quarter-final series. They will now play West End Landscapes in the other semi-final.

Playoffs in the Glen resume on Monday night at the A.Y. Jackson diamond in Kanata.

Harbour Ball Finals tied at one game apiece

The Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League best-of-three playoff final series is now tied at one game each following a 13-10 victory by Bren Electric over Baird Carpentry last night. Adam Rueckwald and Mitch Taylor pitched for Bren while Rory Burns and Ryland Hill threw for Baird.

Ryan Conners had six RBIs for Bren, including a three run homer. John Sullivan had four RBIs for Baird.

Immediately following game two, the third and final deciding game was started. It was halted when lightning started getting close to the diamond, just before a downpour of hard rain and hail. At the time the game was suspended, Bren was leading by a score of 13-10, the same score the previous game ended at; however, this game was only in the bottom of the third.

In game three (so far), Rueckwald and Conners hit homers for the Electricians, while sponsor Dave Baird hit one out for the Carpenters.

The date for the continuation of game three is being determined.

Harbour Ball finals continue Wednesday

The Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League final series is a best-of-three. 

Game 2 is scheduled for tonight at 7 p.m. with Baird Carpentry, up 1-0 in the series, playing Bren Electric.

Athletics advance to Shawville final

The Athletics defeated the Brewers 6-0 in Shawville Men's Fastpitch League playoffs last night to advance to the final game, scheduled for Tuesday September 27 at 7 p.m. Matt Greer earned the win, and had three hits for the Athletics. Adam Reuckwald took the loss. Ron Laronde had two hits for the Brewers.

The Brewers will play the Royals on Monday September 26 at 7 p.m. in the semi-final game to see which team advances to the Final.

Blackburn playoff update

In Blackburn Men's Fastball League playoffs on Tuesday night, the continuation of the suspended Game #3 resulted in Chips N Dip beating the Blue Jays 2-1 in 10 innings.

Chips N Dip then defeated the Bytek Braves 5-0 immediately afterward to advance to the undefeated game against Los Caballos at 6 p.m. on Sunday September 25.

Next up on the BMFL playoff schedule are two games in the losers' bracket on Thursday September 23. The Blue Jays will play Goodfellows at 7 p.m. with the loser eliminated and the winner to play the Bandits on Sunday September 25 at 8 p.m. At 9 p.m. on Thursday, the Bytek Braves play the Rogues.

Full bracket info here.

Blackburn playoffs underway - update

The playoffs for the Blackburn Men's Fastball League will continue on Sunday evening. The seven team league is doing a double-knockout bracket for their championship.

In the first round of games on Sunday September 11, the Bandits (#5) beat the Rogues (#4) 10-5 with Max Lalonde getting the win with relief from Pierre Lalonde and Ty Alexander, and Derrick Bulley taking the loss with relief from Matt Cox. The Braves (#7) upset Goodfellows (#2) by a score of 5-3, with Nick Bowman getting the win and Matt McKay taking the loss. 

The other first round game on Thursday September 15 had the Chips N Dip (#3) face off against the Blue Jays (#6) - that game was halted after seven innings tied 1-1 when the lights went off. Jeff Barber was pitching for CnD while Andy Barber had the ball for the Jays. This game will re-start from where they left off on Sunday at 5 p.m. UPDATE: this restart game are now being played on Tuesday September 20 due to the weather on the weekend.

Los Caballos were the #1 seed and got the bye to the second round, where they defeated the Bandits 12-1 on Thursday September 15 to advance to the undefeated game, scheduled for Thursday September 22 at 7 p.m. UPDATE: now Sunday September 25 at 6 p.m.

Whatever team ends up winning the Chips N Dip vs Blue Jays game will play the Braves on Sunday September 18 at 6 p.m. and the loser will play Goodfellows at 8 p.m. that night.  UPDATE: these games are now being played on Tuesday September 20 due to the weather on the weekend.

For the bracket, visit bmfl.ca.

Shawville league undefeated game tonight

The playoffs for the Shawville Men's Fastpitch League continue tonight (Tuesday) with the Brewers facing the Athletics to determine which team advances directly to the final. First pitch is at 7 p.m. The Brewers will be without key teammate Shawn "Moe" Laframboise as he and his wife Meaghan have welcomed newborn son Liam into the world this week.

The loser of tonight's game will play the Royals in the semi-final. The Twins have already been eliminated from the playoffs.

Brewers win "B" title in Ashton

From Eric Rosenquist

In Ashton Men's Fastball on Thursday night, the Whitewater Brewers claimed the "B" championship trophy with a walk-off 4-3 win over the As. A base hit in the bottom of the 7th inning drove in a runner from 3rd to end the game. Cory Baldwin & Kevin Daize did the pitching for the Brewers.

Back row: Kevin Daize, Andrew Hoelke, Sam Bowman, Cory Baldwin, Ed Lamont, Michael Olson, Denis Hill.
Front row: Craig Pavia, Ben Grasmeyer, Sean Tracy
Missing: Ryland Hill (P) & Ryan Scully (SS)

Trappers win title in North Leeds playoffs (with players' names)

The North Augusta Trappers won the North Leeds Men's Fastball League playoff title with a 8-1 victory in the deciding third game over the Lyn Lightning on Thursday night.

Luke Severson had the win on the slab for the Trappers. Andrew Fortier took the loss with relief from Carley Shane. Jamie Finucan hit two home runs for North Augusta. 

Lyn won the title last year but North Augusta were North Leeds champs in 2018 and 2019.

Back row: Jason Poulin, Matt Alkerton, Ian King, Rick Salmon, Jordan Shipclark, Danny Powers, Luke Severson, Jordie Finucan
Front row: Kristian Knapp, Jamie Finucan, Shawn Forbes, Chris Finucan, Cory Alkerton

Missing: Kurtis Summers and spares Hunter Shipclark, Brad Marion, Jason Briggs, Todd Templeton and Greg Conlin

Glen playoffs next week

The playoffs continue in the Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League and five teams remain.

Kooki Jar and Vance's Service Centre both win their quarter-finals series two games straight. They will face off in the semi-finals with Game 1 of the best of three on Monday September 19 at 6:30 p.m.

The Micksburg / Kool Vent Heat vs. Upper Canada Elevators quarter-final has been plagued by rain outs. Micksburg leads 1-0, with Game 2 scheduled Monday at 8:30. 

Wednesday September 21 at 7:30 will be Game 3 if necessary.  If Micksburg wins, then the semi-final series with West End Landscapes will begin then. WEL finished first in the Glen regular season and got a bye to the semis.

Kars evens series in GOFL East Final

The Kars Aces held on for a 4-3 win over the Manotick Brewers in game two of the Greater Ottawa Fastball League East division final to tie the series at a game apiece on Wednesday night in Manotick. 

Brad Porter earned the win for Kars, while Luc D'Entremont took the loss for Manotick.

Kars got all four of their runs in the second inning with two outs. Cory Morrison had an RBI double and Brad Pender a three run homer for the Aces.

The Brewers got on the board in the top of the fifth on a two run homer by Curtis Scurr.

Manotick added a run in the top of the seventh on Riley Dunbar RBI sacrifice fly, but Kars held on for the one run victory. 

Due to player availability issues, it appears that game three of the series will not be played until Tuesday September 27.

Twins win extra inning thriller in GOFL West

The Micksburg Twins won 3-2 over the Quyon Flyers in nine innings in Shawville on Wednesday night to sweep the Greater Ottawa Fastball League West Division series in two games and advance to the final.

Joran Graham earned the win, throwing a no hitter. Matt Greer threw well but took the loss.

The Twins scored two in the first inning when Scott Conroy's double drove in Matt McIntyre and Graham.

The Flyers evened things up in the fifth on two bases loaded walks.

In the top of the ninth, Joe Mick's double scored Conroy to put Micksburg up 3-2. When Quyon couldn't score in the bottom, the Twins won the game and the series.

Micksburg will await the winner of the GOFL East division series.

Baird Carpentry wins game one of Harbour Ball final

Baird Carpentry won game one of the Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League final best of three series with a 3-1 victory over Bren Electric on Wednesday night. It was a pitchers' duel that only took an hour and twenty four minutes.

Bren scored one in the bottom of the first but that was it for them. Baird scored three runs in the top of the third and that was enough for the win. Baird captain and second baseman John Sullivan made a diving stab on a ground ball up the middle which saved a run in the bottom of the third.

Rory Burns started for the Carpenters while Ryland Hill closed the door with four shutout innings.  Adam Rueckwald and Mitch Taylor threw for the Electricians.

Game 2 will be scheduled next week, date to be confirmed.

Glen quarter-finals continue

The Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League playoffs continue this week with quarter-final best of three series. All games are at the A.Y. Jackson field in Kanata.

Monday September 12
6:30 p.m. KookiJar vs. Corfix  (KJ leads 1-0)
8:30 p.m. Vance's Service Centre vs. Laurysen Kitchens (VSC leads 1-0)

Tuesday September 13
6:30 p.m. Micksburg / Kool Vent Heat vs Upper Canada Elevators (KVH leads 1-0)

Wednesday September 14
6:30 p.m. Corfix vs. KookiJar (if necessary)

Ontario Challenge Cup schedule is set

The schedule for the 2022 Ontario Challenge Cup being played in Ohsweken on the weekend of September 23-25 has been announced by the International Softball Congress. There are 12 teams participating. Facebook post here.

Shawville playoffs continue Monday

The playoff bracket for the four-team Shawville Men's Fastpitch League continues on Monday night at the Shawville R.A.

In the undefeated game at 7 p.m., the Bristolview Enterprises Athletics will play the Trudeau Collision Brewers to see which team goes directly to the final.  UPDATE - this game is being postponed.

The late game will see Young's Appliance Royals play the Tubman Autobody Twins with the winning team advancing in the bracket, and the losing team eliminated from the playoffs.

NAPA Shockers win Ashton league playoffs - with photo

In Ashton Men's Fastball League playoffs, the NAPA Shockers scored 7 in the second inning and held off the Farmers for a 12-2 win to take the "A" final in two games.

Trevor Wood had the pitching win with three shutout innings of relief from Chris Parish.

In the "B" Final, the A's scored 3 in the bottom of the 7th to earn a 4-3 walk-off win and tie their "B" final series with the Brewers at one game apiece. The deciding game 3 is next Thursday.

NAPA Shockers - "A" Champions

Standing (L->R): Ryan Clare, Andrew Collie, Austin Gerber, Dany Viel, Billy Gerber, Trever Hill, Dallas Donaldson, Curtis Scurr, Kevin Bisch, Chris Parish.

Kneeling (L->R): Trevor Wood, Eric Rosenquist, Todd Giles, Triston Brown

Blackburn league playoffs get started tonight

Playoffs for the seven-team Blackburn Men's Fastball League will be a double knockout bracket format. 

The first two games of the bracket will be played tonight at the Blackburn Arena diamond. 

Los Caballos were the top finishing team in regular season play, just edging out Goodfellows (second) and Chips N Dip (third) for the first seed.

For more information, visit their website.

Team Blue wins Carp playoffs

Team Blue, led by pitchers Blair Foley and Liam Sheridan, won the Carp Men's Fastball League playoff tournament on the weekend. 

They beat Team Black in the final game on Saturday afternoon.

Carp year end tournament this weekend

The Carp Men's Fastball League year end event is this Saturday at the Fairgrounds. 

Micksburg wins game one of GOFL West final

The Micksburg Twins won the first game of the best of three Greater Ottawa Fastball League west division final by a score of 9-1 over the Quyon Flyers on Thursday night in the 'Burg.

Joran Graham was the winning pitcher, allowing only two hits in five innings of work. Graham also hit a homer. Trevor Lahey took the loss.

They Flyers took an early lead in top of the first when Matt Greer's RBI single drove in Lane McMurtry who had reached on a dropped third strike and stole second.

The Twins responded immediately in their half of the first. Andy McIntyre tripled and scored on Matt McIntyre's single. A walk to Graham put runners on first and second. When there was a wild pitch, both runners attempted to advance. Quyon got Graham in a run down, but he evaded the tag, M. McIntrye scored, and Graham was safe at second. When Scott Conroy singled, Graham went to third, and he eventually scored on a Jared Steege sacrifice play to left field. Micksburg was up 3-1 after one complete.

The bottom of the third saw the home team add three runs. Matt McIntyre singled, then scored on Graham's two run homer. Conroy singled, advanced to second on an error, took third on a ground out, and scored on Quentin Rook's RBI single to make it 6-1.

Micksburg put the run rule in effect in the bottom of the fourth. John Enright singled, then Andy McIntrye hit a ground rule double. Matt McIntyre doubled to drive in two runs. After the Flyer chose to intentionally walk Graham, and error allowed McIntyre to score to make it 9-1.

The Flyers got an infield hit from Dennis McCleary in the bottom of the fifth, but they didn't score any runs and the game ended by the run rule.

Game two is Wednesday September 14 at 7:30 p.m. in Shawville.

Micksburg hitting
Andy McIntyre 2-3, triple, double, 2 runs
Matt McIntyre 3-3, double, 3 RBI, 3 runs
Joran Graham 1-1, HR, 2RBI, 2 walks, 2 runs
Scott Conroy 2-3, 2 runs
Jared Steege sac fly, RBI
Quentin Rook 1-2, RBI
John Enright 1-2
Joe Mick 1-2

Quyon hitting
Matt Greer 1-2
Dennis McCleary 1-2, BB

North Leeds final to go to third and deciding game

The North Leeds Men's Fastball League playoff final series will go to a third and deciding game on Tuesday night in Lyn at 8:15 p.m.

Tonight in North Augusta, the home town Trappers won 11-4 over the visiting Lyn Lightning.

Glen Cairn playoffs so far

The first games in each of the best of three quarter-final series in the Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League playoffs have been played this week after last week's rain.

Vance's Service Centre won over Laurysen, Micksburg / Kool Vent Heat beat Upper Canada Elevators and KookiJar defeated Corfix. West End Landscapes has the bye and awaits the first round to be completed.

Game 2 of each series will be next week.

Ashton Men's Fastball League finals are underway

In Ashton Men's Fastball Playoff action, the NAPA Shockers will face the Ashton Farmers in the second game of the best of three "A" final tonight at 9 p.m. NAPA won game one 9-3.

The second game of the "B" final will be played at 7 p.m. The Brewers lead the A's after winning 17-5 last week.

Manotick wins game one, D'Entremont throws no hitter

The Manotick Brewers won game one of the best of three Greater Ottawa Fastball League East division semi-final with a 2-0 victory over the Kars Aces on Wednesday night in Manotick. 

Luc D'Entremont had the win, tossing a no-hitter, striking out ten. He was a hit batsmen away from a perfect game. Brad Porter threw well while taking the loss allowing only five hits.

The Brewers scored their first run when Tyler Branchaud singled, advanced to third on a hit by Chris MacFarlane and subsequently scored on a wild pitch.

Manotick's second run came after Spencer Lee singled and scored on a Ty Alexander triple.

Game two in the series will be played Wednesday September 14 at 8 p.m. in Manotick.

Harbour Ball finals are set

The finals are now set for the Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League as Bren Electric will face Baird Carpentry in the best of three series.

Bren defeated West Carleton Electric U17 in three game semi-final. Wednesday night saw the continuation of game 2 which had been halted by rain last week in the sixth inning. Bren evened the series with a 8-6 win. 

Game 3 was played immediately after and Bren prevailed with a 10-7 win. Kevin Bisch and Brendan Coker hit homers for Bren while Conner Hopper hit one out for WC Electric U17.

Pitchers in the series were Adam Rueckwald and Mitchell Taylor for Bren while Blake Bramburger and Gabe Brown threw for WC Electric U17.

Game 1 of the finals is scheduled for Wednesday September 14 at 8 p.m.

GOFL semi-finals start tonight

After delay due to Men's nationals, the Greater Ottawa Fastball League best of three semi-finals get started tonight.

In the East division, the Manotick Brewers host the Kars Aces tonight at 8 p.m. at the Manotick Arena diamond. Game 2 will be next Wednesday September 14 at 8 p.m., same diamond. 

The West division semi starts Thursday with Micksburg Twins hosting Quyon Flyers at 8 p.m.  Game 2 will be scheduled soon.

Harbour Ball playoffs continue

In the Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League playoffs, Baird Carpentry advanced to the Harbour Ball Final with a big win over Clean Cut Construction last week to sweep their series two games straight.

In the other semi-final, the second game was paused due to rain in the sixth, with Bren Electric leading 8-6 over West Carleton Electric. The game will be resumed tonight at 8 p.m. from the point at which it was paused. If the Jr. Trics come back to win, they will advance to the Final. If Bren wins game two, game three will be played immediately following to determine Baird's opponent in the Final.

Shawville League playoffs get started

The four-team Shawville Men's Fastpitch League got their playoffs underway last night. The SMFL usually plays on Mondays, but with the long weekend, things got started on a Tuesday.

The format for the playoffs is a double knockout with single game final.

Early game:
Trudeau Collision Brewers 5
Young's Appliance Royals 4
WP: Adam Rueckwald
LP: Trevor Lahey

Late game:
Bristolview Enterprises Athletics 6
Tubman Autobody Twins 2
WP: Matt Greer
LP: Blake Bramburger

Next Monday will see the two winning teams play to see which club advances directly to the final, and the two teams which lost play to see who is eliminated and which team continues. 

Lyn wins game one in North Leeds Final

Lyn Lightning won game one of the North Leeds Men's Fastball League playoff final best of three series last night with a tight 5-4 victory over the North Augusta Trappers.

Carley Shane had the win, getting nine strikeouts. Jamie Finucan was the losing pitcher and he struck out seven. Finucan also hit a home run for N.A.

Word is that game two is scheduled for Thursday at 8 p.m. in North Augusta.

Maitland wins North Augusta Labour Day tournament

The Maitland Bandits were the "A" champs at the eight team annual Labour Day tournament in North August this weekend. Maynard were the "B" champs.

Most Valuable Player was Luke Meppelder, Best Pitcher was Kyle McNamara and Best Catcher was Chris Finucan.

Glen Cairn playoffs

Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League playoff games this week. 

Tuesday 6:30 p.m. Vance's Service Centre at Laurysen

Tuesday 8:30 p.m. Upper Canada Elevators @ Micksburg / Kool Vent Heat

Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Kookijar @ Corfix

North Leeds Men's Fastball League final starts tonight

The North Leeds Men's Fastball League playoff final gets started tonight. 

Lyn defeated Maitland in the second round, while North Augusta beat out Westport.

Lyn will host North Augusta tonight at 8:15 p.m. for game one of the best of three series.

Carp Men's league playoffs this week

The Carp Men's Fastball League is a recreational four team league that plays at Carp Fairgrounds on Tuesdays. They have their playoffs scheduled for this week, starting tonight:

Tuesday September 6 at 8 p.m.
Team Red vs Team Blue
Team Grey vs Team Black

Saturday September 10 at 8 a.m.

Team Red vs Team Grey
Team Black vs Team Blue

Saturday September 10 at 10:30 a.m.
Team Red vs Team Black
Team Blue vs Team Grey

Saturday September 10 at 1:30 p.m.

Top two teams play in the Final

Durk Sherman Classic on Labour Day in Elkland washed out

The Durk Sherman Classic was held over Labour Day weekend in Elkland, PA featured seven teams this year, but the championship was unfortunately washed out as heavy rains arrived on Sunday night and on Monday.

The top two teams Professional Petro and Mansfield Mounties were playing on Sunday night to see who would go directly to the Final when their game was rained out in the fourth. They were declared co-champions.

West Carleton Electric was the lone Canadian team at the event. WC defeated the HighBallers 7-0 and the Clippers 7-1, but lost to Pro Petro 8-1 and to ESA, the host team, 7-2.

West Carleton Electric - 2022 Elkland squad

Back row: Zach Branchaud, Adam Brown, Nolan Rook, Paul Griffith, Randy Williams

Front row: Owen Brown, Joe Mick, Scott Conroy, Trevor Lahey, Andy McIntyre, Andy Barber

Niagara Stompers earn bronze at Men's Nationals

The Niagara Stompers won bronze at the Men's Nationals in St. John's, NL on the weekend. Matt Greer (Quyon), Joran Graham (Micksburg), Gregg Garrity and Brad Pender (Kars) from the Greater Ottawa Fastball League all play for Niagara.

The Stompers fell in the semi-final 9-1 to the Toronto Batmen, eventual silver medalists in a game on Sunday. The defending champions from Newfoundland, the Galway Hitmen won gold with a 4-1 victory in the final.

Information on the event is available here: Men's and Master Men's (softball.ca)

Niagara Stompers 2-1 at Men's Nationals

The Niagara Stompers have two wins and one loss at the Softball Canada Men's national championship in St. John's, NL. They lost 7-0 to the defending champions Galway from Newfoundland, defeated The Bigs from Newfoundland 11-0 and beat Saskatoon 9-2.

There are 12 teams at the event, in two pools. The Stompers need to finish fourth or higher in their pool to advance to the championship round over the weekend. 

Today's games for Niagara are against the Toronto Batmen and the Peguis, MB Redmen.

There are four Greater Ottawa Fastball League players on the Stompers: Matt Greer (Quyon), Joran Graham (Micksburg), Brad Pender, and Gregg Garrity (both Kars).

For more info visit https://softball.ca/mens.