U17 and U23 Eliminations this weekend

The Ontario Amateur Softball Association Elimination tournaments for U17 boys and U23 men are bbeing held this weekend in Napanee and Tavistock respectively. 

Schedules available on the OASA website: https://oasa.ca/sanctioned-tournaments/

At the U17 level there are several local kids participating at Elims for Napanee Express and Amherstview Athletics who play in the Greater Ottawa Fastball League, Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League, Stittsville Men's Fastpitch League, and Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League.

For U23 there are three local GOFLers playing. Joe Mick (Micksburg) and Tyler Branchaud (Manotick) are with Wiarton Red Devils, while Jack Becker (Manotick) is with his Tavistock Merchants.

Thursday in the GOFL (more details added)

There were two league games and an exhibition game in Greater Ottawa Fastball League play on Thursday. 

Quyon Flyers defeated the Osgoode Chiefs 10-3 at the Quyon diamond. Drew Hathway earned the win and Nolan Holmes took the loss. Holmes had a first inning homer for the Chiefs, while the Flyers had homers from Lane McMurtry, Steve McCord, Hunter Beauregard and Shawn Laframboise.

Micksburg Twins hosted West Carleton Electric U20 for an exhibition game and beat them by a score of 9-2 in the first game of doubleheader.  John Enright got the win while Blake Bramburger took the loss with relief from Gabe Brown. Matt McIntyre had two doubles, Joe Mick a double and a triple and two RBIs, and Jared Steege a single, double and triple and three RBIs for the Twins. Sammy Perkins had a double and a walk for WC U20 and scored both runs. Conner Hopper and Alex Strathern had RBI singles for the visitors.

The second game saw Micksburg defeat West Carleton Electric men's team 8-1 in GOFL league play. Joran Graham earned the win throwing a two hitter and striking out 14 over five innings. Ben Broek took loss. Conner Hopper had a homer for WC. For the Twins, Andy McIntyre had two doubles and a single, Graham had two singles and two RBIs, and Jared Steege hit a double, walked twice and drove in two.

Kars wins rain shortened game

There was a doubleheader scheduled for the Greater Ottawa Fastball League in Manotick on Wednesday but only one game got partially played before the weather ruined things.

Kars Aces were up 2-1 over Los Caballos after four complete when the game was rained out. By the league rule, the game will count in the standings.

Cory Alkerton had the win and Will Lowe took the loss. Jackson Marshall, a teenaged rookie player, drove in both runs for the Aces.

The late game between Osgoode Chiefs and Manotick Brewers was rained out.

The previously cancelled game earlier in the season between Osgoode and the Quyon Flyers will be made up tomorrow (Thursday) at 8 p.m. in Quyon.

Au Sable Forks schedule released

The schedule has been released for the 62nd Annual Au Sable Forks, NY Men's Fastpitch Tournament on July 12-14.

There are 9 teams participating, including the Kingston Axemen, Team Quebec and Team Qubec Juniors.

(Info from Facebook).

WC U20 wins in Fitzroy

West Carleton Electric U20 came back to defeat the Manotick Brewers 11-7 in a Greater Ottawa Fastball League exhibition game on Tuesday night in Fitzroy. 

The Brewers were a bit short staffed and brought in some players to assist for the evening. They got out to a 7-3 lead at one point but WC came back to take the lead.

Blake Bramburger had the pitching win throwing three scoreless in relief of Noah Fleurie. Colton Lecuyer took the loss in relief of Kevin Bisch.

Manotick hit three homers with Ben Wade, Kevin Bisch, and Ryan Clare hitting balls out.

For WC U20, Noah Fleurie had four RBIs, going 2 for 2 with a sacrifice fly and a walk. Dylan Rorwick was 2 for 2 with two walks, an RBI and four runs scored. Conner Hopper was 3 for 3 with a walk, two RBIs and three runs scored, and Gabe Brown was 2 for 3 with two RBIs.

Maitland wins "A Championship" at Spencerville tournament (edited)

update from Kurtis Summers

The eight team men's fastball tournament in Spencerville this past weekend was a success, with all games being played despite some iffy weather. All scores are listed below.

Maitland were A Champions, going undefeated and beating Roebuck 11-3 in the final. Jason Woodside pitched in the semi-final and Luke Meppelder pitched in the final for Maitland. Steve McGillis threw for Roebuck in the final.

Osgoode won the B Championship getting past North Augusta Trappers 10-1 in the final. Todd Templeton threw for Osgoode to take the B title.

Manotick, Orleans win on Wednesday

The Manotick Brewers and Orleans Rebels won their Greater Ottawa Fastball League games in Manotick on Wednesday over Osgoode Chiefs on a hot night.

The first game had the Brewers 5-3 over the Chiefs. Carley Shane earned the win while Todd Templeton started and Nolan Holmes took the loss on relief.

The late game was 8-2 for the Rebels over the Chiefs. Andy Barber had the win while Templeton and Bobby Holmes threw for Osgoode.

Los Caballos win GOFL debut

Los Caballos, an affiliate team of the Greater Ottawa Fastball League, won their first game over West Carleton Electric 7-4 in Fitzroy Harbour on Tuesday night.

Los Caballos are playing all seven full time member clubs once and the games count in the standings.

Matt McKay earned the win while Ben Broek took the loss with relief from Adam Rueckwald. 

The visitors got out to a 4-0 lead in the third. Wilmer Lovera, Pedro Lopez, Fredryon Carpio, Elvin Gómez and Yefri Castillo all had consecutive hits.

Los Caballos added two more in the top of the fourth on a two run hoker by Lovera.

WC responded with two in the bottom of four. Dylan Rorwick hit a solo shot to left that was very close to rolling up to the base of the neighboring house. Conner Hopper single and eventually scored on Sean Lecuyer's sacrifice fly.

Los Caballos got another run in the sixth on a solo homer by Felipe Morales.

The Electric responded with two in the sixth. Rueckwald and Chris Trafford had RBIs.

In the bottom of the seventh, WC threatened. Chris Costello lead off with a single. Rorwick looked like he had his second homer of the night but an incredible catch by Miguel Castro over top of the left field fence saved the runs. McKay got the next two outs on fly outs to earn the win.

Spencerville tournament this weekend

There is an eight team recreational men's fastball tournament this weekend at the Spencerville diamonds. 

Teams include: Spencerville, Maynard, Osgoode, Roebuck, Maitland, Kingston, North Augusta Trappers, and T&S Electric also from North Augusta.

Carlsbad Springs wins Harbour Ball Tournament

Carlsbad Springs won the Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League tournament "A" Championship with a 3-1 win over Rona U17 on Sunday in front of a good crowd.

Rona U17 won a very well-played semi-final 1-0 over Los Caballos to make it to the final on the strength of a solo shot by Aaron Enright in the second inning. Carlsbad walked off their semi by scoring three in the bottom of the seventh to defeat Ottawa Valley Coffee 4-3.

Carley Shane and Tony Riches threw for Carlsbad in the final while Colton Lecuyer and Finn Barton pitched for Rona. Mark Cormier hit a two run homer for Carlsbad.

The "B" Final earlier in the day saw Bren Electric win 9-8 over The Wizards, walking it off in the bottom of the eighth inning on a two RBI single by Adam Brown. 

Mark Wright and Steve Cavanagh combined for the pitching win. Derick Bulley and Chris Parish threw for the Wizards. Conner Hopper hit two homers for Bren and his teammate Josh Hemphill also hit one out.

Carlsbad Springs, A Champs

Back Row: Triston Brown, Cole Cluskey, Cameron Martin, Tony Riches, Carley Shane, Wade Davidson 

Front Row: Keegan Hewitt, Ty Alexander, Mark Cormier, Andy McIntyre and Matt McIntyre 
Missing: Trevor Lahey, getting his knee checked out at the hospital

A good crowd on hand for the A Final. Note - photo does not include beer garden!

Bren Electric, B Champs

Back row: Steve Cavanagh, Adam Brown, Mark Wright, Todd Smart, Josh Hemphil, Brendan Coker 

Front row: Mitch Taylor, Hunter Beauregard, Cade Kuehl, Conner Hopper, Brady Bates (bat boy)

Harbour Ball Sunday match ups

The match ups for the Harbour Ball Tournament on Sunday have been determined. 

Games to be played at the Fitzroy Harbour Community Centre as part of the local men's league annual event which started Friday.

B side semis at 9 a.m.

Bren Electric (5)

Vs 

Clean Cut Construction (8) *

Grandor Farms Logsplitters (6)

Vs

The Wizards (7)

A side semis at 11 a.m.

Los Caballos (1)

Vs 

Rona WC U17 (4)

Carlsbad (2)

Vs

Ottawa Valley Coffee (3)

*Unfortunately Clean Cut Construction cannot field a team so Bren Electric will advance to the B Final at 1 p.m.

A Final at 3 p.m.

Quyon and U20s rained out

The Greater Ottawa Fastball League exhibition game between Quyon Flyers and West Carleton Electric U20 got through one and a half innings before a major storm ripped through Shawville and stopped the game. 

The match was tied 1-1 at the time. Drew Hathway was throwing for Quyon and Noah Fleurie for the U20s. 

Evan Atkinson had a solo homer for the Flyers and Gabe Brown a sacrifice fly RBI for WC U20.

West Carleton U20 are playing a series of exhibition games versus each GOFL member club this season.

The GOFL game scheduled Wednesday in Micksburg between the Twins and the Osgoode Chiefs has been postponed earlier in the day due to the forecast.

Micksburg and Kars win in Manotick on Wednesday

The Micksburg Twins won one and lost one in Greater Ottawa Fastball League play in Manotick on Wednesday night.

The first game was the GOFL debut for Team Canada athlete pool member Riley Manion who suited up for the Twins. Manion threw a three hitter as Micksburg shutout the Manotick Brewers 3-0. Riley Dunbar started and took the loss, with Carley Shane pitching in relief for the Brewers.

The late game saw the Kars Aces defeat the Twins 5-2. Cory Alkerton earned the win, while Noah Fleurie had the loss with relief from John Enright.

Fitzroy Harbour tournament schedule for this weekend

The Annual Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball Tournament will be held June 14-16 at the FHCC. Games start on Friday night at 6 p.m. and go on until Sunday afternoon.

BBQ on Friday night, with musical entertainment, food truck on Saturday and Sunday, cold refreshments and great men's fastpitch.

Full schedule below. Eight "Harbour Ball' teams and four teams from outside the league:

FMHFL: Clean Cut Construction, Ottawa Valley Coffee, Campbell Fuels, Grandor Farms, Baird Carpentry, Bren Electric, Hicks Custom Interiors, West Carleton Rona U17.

Outside: Carlsbad, The Wizards, Los Caballos, Amherstview A's U17.

Electric get by Brewers 10-8

West Carleton Electric defeated the Manotick Brewers 10-8 in Greater Ottawa Fastball League action in Fitzroy Harbour on Tuesday night.

Ben Broek had the win while Carley Shane took the loss.

Manotick started off with three in the top of the first. Tyler Branchaud singled and scored on Ryan Clare's double. Riley Dunbar singled to put two on, followed by a two RBI single by Curt Scurr.

WC matched with three in the bottom of the first. Trevor Barton reached on an error, moved to third on a Conner Hopper double and both scored on Neil Murphy's three run shot over the "grey monster" in right field.

The Brewers got one back in the second, as Trevor Beaulieu reached on a walk and scored on Jack Becker's RBI single.

Manotick added another in the third when Dunbar walked and scored on an infield error.

The Trics took a 6-5 lead in the bottom of three. Murphy walked, moved to second on Dylan Rorwick's single and scored on an error which allowed Steve Cavanagh to reach. Singles by Jeff Campbell and Gabe Brown cashed two more runs.

The visitors evened the scored at six in the top of the sixth. Triston Brown reached on an error, stole second and scored on a Branchaud single.

West Carleton's four run bottom of the sixth put them in front 10-6. Barton and Hopper walked. Broek's single scored one, then a triple by Rorwick scored two. Cavanagh's sac fly scored Rorwick. 

Manotick threatened in the top of the seventh. Beaulieu hit an infield single with the bases loaded after an excellent at bat to score one run and a walk to Branchaud scored another.  However, Broek struck out the last batter to seal the win.

Lyn Lightning wins Glen Tournament

The Lyn Lightning won five straight games to take the A Final title at the Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League tournament in Carp on the weekend.

After finishing the round robin undefeated they beat Corfix in the semi-finals, then beat Fitzroy Team Red 12-7 in the final game.

Carley Shane and Andrew Fortier pitched for Lyn in the final while Adam Rueckwald and Cole Ross threw for Fitzroy. Tyler Branchaud, Jeff McNish and Ryan Clare had homers for Lyn while Rueckwald hit one out for Fitzroy.

Fitzroy had also finished the round robin undefeated and got by PJMP Pigeons from Quebec in the semi-final. 

The Champs were made up of players from the Lyn team in the North Leeds Men's Fastball League and Manotick Brewers of the Greater Ottawa Fastball League.  Fitzroy Team Red had players from the Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League and the Carp Men's Fastball League.

The B side Consolation Final was won by the Rogues of the Blackburn league by a score of 11-1 over Kaladar Kings U20. Derick Bulley earned the pitching win. Jeremy Regan had a grand slam and Doug Cranston a homer, both for thr Rogues.

Lyn Lightning, Glen tournament A Champs

Blackburn Rogues, Glen Tournament B Champs

Glen Tournament Sunday games set

The eight teams advancing to Sunday games at the Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League tournament have been determined. Games will be played at the Carp Fairgrounds tomorrow (Sunday).

B SEMIFINALS

Diamond 1 10am

#1 Rogues (2-1) vs #4 Upper Canada Elevators (1-2)


Diamond 2 10am

#2 Kaladar Kings U20 (1-1-1) vs #3 West End (1-2)


A SEMIFINALS

Diamond 1 12pm

#1 Fitzroy (3-0) vs #4 PJMP Pigeons (2-1)


Diamond 2 12pm

#2 Lyn Lightning (3-0) vs #3 Corfix (2-1)



B Finals Diamond #1 2pm

A Finals Diamond #1 4pm

Sting Electric and West Carleton Electric U20 were both 1-2 but did not advance due to plus/minus. Storm were 0-2-1 and Amerherstview Athletics U17 were 0-3.

Spencerville tournament needs one more team

The Men's Fastball tournament in Spencerville on June 21-22 needs one more team.

One game Friday, one or two games on Saturday.  $300 entry fee.

Contact Kurtis 613-640-0155 to enter.

Brewers sweep DH

The Manotick Brewers won both games in a Greater Ottawa Fastball League doubleheader in Manotick on Wednesday night over the Kars Aces.

The early game saw the Brewers edge the Aces 1-0. Luc D'Entremont, in his first game since June 2023, had the complete game shutout. Brad Porter took the loss.

The nightcap was tied 3-3 into the fifth but Manotick ended up coming away with a 12-3 win. Carley Shane earned the win. Daniel Read took the loss in relief of Cory Alkerton. Tyler Branchaud hit a grand slam for Manotick. 

WC edges Kars 8-7

West Carleton Electric overcame a 5-0 deficit to come back to beat the Kars Aces 8-7 in Greater Ottawa Fastball League play on Tuesday in Fitzroy Harbour. 

Adam Rueckwald had the win for the Trics, relieving Ben Broek. Nick Ellis took the loss after coming on for starter Kurtis Summers.

The Aces put up five runs in the first. Kristian Knapp walked and scored on a Summers double. Ellis then walked followed by a two RBI single by Dylan Toms. Danny Powers homered onto the upper diamond to put Kars up 5-0.

WC responded with a Trevor Barton solo homer, and Sean Lecuyer scored after hitting a double and scoring on an error.

The Trics scored two more in the third, with Conner Hopper and Rueckwald driving in runs.

Kars put two more on the board in the fourth. Brad Pender singled, went to second on a wild pitch and scored when Summers reached on an error. Summers later scored on an Ellis sacrifice fly deep to centre.

West Carleton tied it up at 7-7 by plating three in the fifth. Lecuyer's three run homer scored Owen Brown and Barton who had walked.

The winning run was driven in in the bottom of the sixth by 17 year old Colton Lecuyer with his first ever GOFL hit. Rueckwald singled, was replaced by Neil Murphy on the two out pitcher rule, moved to second when Gabe Brown walked, and was plated with young Lecuyer's hard hit single through the infield.

A three up three down top of seven sealed the victory.