Game two in each GOFL semi this Wednesday

Game two of the Greater Ottawa Fastball League best of three semi-final series between Micksburg Twins and Manotick Brewers has been set for Wednesday September 18 at 8:30 p.m in Manotick. The Twins won game one.

Game two of the Quyon Flyers vs Orleans Rebels series will be Wednesday September 18 at 8 p.m. in Luskville, QC.  The Rebels won the first game.

Fitzroy playoff semis coming up

The Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League playoff semi-final best-of-three series have been set and games are scheduled this coming week.

West Carleton U17 Rona (#1) vs Hicks Custom Interiors (#5)

1: Tuesday September 17 at 7 p.m.

2: Wednesday September 18 at 7 p.m.

3: if necessary, to be determined 

Grandor Farms Logsplitters (#2) vs Bren Electric (#3)

1: Monday September 16 at 8 p.m.

2: Wednesday September 18 at 9 p.m.

3: If necessary, to be determined 

Los Caballos advance to Blackburn final

From Nick Bowman 

And then there were three. The Blackburn Men's Fastball League playoffs are down to three teams.

Goodfellows eliminated the Bandits with an 8-2 win. Shannon Borho picked up the win. Phil Bédard hit a homerun for the Bandits. 

In the undefeated game, Los Caballos defeated the Blue Jays 1-0. Will Lowe picked up the shutout win and Andy Barber took the loss despite only allowing one hit.. Fredyan Carpio scored the lone run, an inside the park home run. 

Next up is Goodfellows against the Blue Jays on Sunday at 6 p.m. The winner will advance to the Final and will have to beat Los Caballos twice.

Gee-Gees University women's softball in Carp this weekend

 The University of Ottawa Gee-Gees women's softball team has games this weekend in Carp as follows:

Friday, September 13th 7pm and 9pm v. York Carp Fairgrounds Saturday, September 14th 2pm and 4pm v. Queen’s Carp Fairgrounds

Eganville Leader artice on the U20 Canadians in Carp

An article that appeared a couple of weeks ago in the Eganville Leader about West Carleton Electric at the U20 Men's Canadian Championship in Carp, courtesy of Terry Fleurie / Eganville Leader.

Micksburg - Manotick game one report

from Paul Griffith
On a nice night in Micksburg in front of a good crowd the Twins welcomed Manotick Brewers into town for game one of the Greater Ottawa Fastball League semi-finals. The twins started Joran Graham and Manotick countered with Carley Shane.

In the top half of the first, Joran sat down the side with 3 strikeouts, Micksburg got on the board early in the game in the bottom half of 1 when Graham drew a one out walk and then Jared Steege hit 2-run line shot over the right center fence to give the home team the 2-0 lead. In the top of second Manotick was able to get two base runners with two out as Trevor Beaulieu got hit by a pitch and then Becker drew a walk. Graham was able to strike out the next batter stranding the two runners.

In the bottom of the second the Twins added to their lead as John Enright lead the inning off with a homerun to centerfield to make it 3-0 Twins. Shane was then able to limit the damage with two strikeouts and left a runner on second. 

In the third inning Micksburg was able to give Graham some insurance runs as Steege led the inning off with a walk and Joe Mick hit a double down the right field line scoring Steege from first, the next batter Scott Conroy then singled to left field and Mick was able to score to make it 5-0 Twins. After a fielder's choice and a walk batter with one out Paul Griffith then singled to right scoring Quinton Rook from second to make it 6-0 after 3 innings. Graham continued his dominance on the mound striking out another 2 batters of his 13 k in the game to get through 3 innings. In the bottom of the  4thGraham led off with a walk and was replaced by a pinch runner, Steege then hit a single to put runners on the corners. Mick was able to hit a sac fly scoring 1 to make it 7-0 for the home team. Shane was able to pitch around a couple walks stranding the bases loaded. In the top of the fifth inning Graham was able to retire the first two hitters with strike outs and then a nice diving catch by left fielder Nolan Rook to end the game 7-0 and give the Micksburg Twins a 1-0 series lead.

 

Orleans wins in pitching duel

Info from Dan Dunbar

Orleans Rebels defeated Quyon Flyers 1-0 in nine innings in the first game of their best of three Greater Ottawa Fastball League semi-final series in Manotick on Wednesday night. 

Andy Barber pitched for Orleans, striking 19 batters and allowing two hits. Drew Hathway threw for Quyon, striking out 17 and allowing only one hit. Cade Kuehl and Shawn Laframboise had the hits for Quyon.

After seven scoreless innings, Quyon loaded the bases in the top of the eighth but Barber got out of the jam.

With the international rule runner on second base in the bottom of the ninth, Kevin Shonfield got the Rebels only hit of the game, a walk off single for the win.

Four teams remain in Blackburn playoffs

From Nick Bowman

The Blackburn Men's Fastball League playoffs are down to four teams. 

Goodfellows eliminated the Braves with an 8-0 win. Derek Martin hit a two-run home run and Tyler Alexander hit a grand slam for Goodfellows. Shannon Borho picked up the win, throwing a 3-hitter.

The Bandits eliminated the Rogues with a 12-8 barn burner. Seb Rodrigue picked up the win in relief and Miguel Brisson hit a home run for the Bandits.

Next games are set for Thursday. Los Caballos take on the Blue Jays in the undefeated game at 7:00 pm and Goodfellows face the Bandits in an elimination game at 9:00 pm.

Glen playoffs week two released

The schedule has been released for the second week of the Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League playoff best of three quarter-finals.

The top seeds in each series won the first game.

Monday September 16th :

630 : Sting (3) @ UCE (6)

830 : Micksburg (1) @ Stittsville (8)

Tuesday September 17th :
630 : Corfix (4) @ Storm (5)
830 : West Carleton (2) @ West End  (7)

Harbour Ball semis now set

The semi-finals of the Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League are now set after Grandor Farms Logsplitters defeated Clean Cut Construction 6-3 on Wednesday night to win the quarter-final series two games to one.

Owen Brown and Gabe Brown pitched for Grandor. Dave Bahm and Johnny Coe threw for CCC. Alex Strathern hit a two run homer for Grandor.

The best of three semi-finals will see Grandor face Bren Electric while WC Rona U17 will play Hicks Custom Interiors. The schedule will be released soon.

Micksburg wins game one of semis

The Micksburg Twins won game one of their best of three semi-final series against Manotick Brewers 7-0 on Wednesday night in Micksburg. 

Joran Graham got the win throwing no hit ball over five innings.  Carley Shane took the loss.  

Jared Steege and John Enright had home runs for the Twins. 

Game two is Wednesday September 18 in Manotick at 8:30 p.m.

Glen Cairn week one of playoffs

Results from week one (Monday and Tuesday) of the Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League playoffs, best of three quarter-final series. The top seeds all won game one.

Corfix 11 Storm 1

West Carleton 10 West End Landscapes 9 (8 innings)

Sting 4 Upper Canada Elevators 3

Micksburg 11 Stittsville 1

Next week's schedule to be posted soon.

Team Red wins in Carp

The Carp Men's Fastball League playoffs finished up on Tuesday night and Team Red were crowned champions, going undefeated in the playoffs.

The league had planned to wrap things up on Saturday, but the rainy weather pushed things to Tuesday.

Team Red won 8-0 over Team Blue on the early games Tuesday night and Team Black defeated Team Grey 7-2 to set up the final game between two teams with two wins in the playoffs. 

The Championship game late on Tuesday saw Team Red prevail 6-4 over Team Black.

The Carp league has four teams and plays Tuesday nights at the Fairgrounds diamonds.

Team Red - Champions

Back L to R: Chris Ewbank,Jason Kemp, Dave "Diesel " Sullivan , Bryan Armstrong, Ryan Foley, Alex Gupta, Steve Henderson,Ray Armstrong 

Front L to R: Bryce Clouthier, Tanner Clouthier, Jonny "Vegas" Daley , Mitch Fisher ,Cam McGarry

Missing Austin Murphy 

Scrappers win Shawville title

The Scrappers finished an undefeated playoff run in the Shawville Men's Fastpitch League with a 7-0 win over the Athletics to win the John Atkinson Memorial trophy on Tuesday night.

Pitcher Adam Rueckwald and his catcher Cade Kuehl combined for a no hitter, allowing only one walk and striking out nine over five innings.  Luke Young threw for the Athletics.

The Shawville League has four teams and plays on Monday nights during regular season.

Scrappers - Champions

Back: Julien Gagnon, Adam Brown, Zach Dubé, Adam Rueckwald, Pat Schryer, Ralph Horner

Front: Brodee Campbell, Tyson Corriveau, Ryker Long, Logan Long, Cade Kuehl

Athletics - Finalists 

Back: Greg Hayes, Todd Hearty, Tim Thompson, Luke Young, Pierce Rusenstrom, Tatum Thompson

Front: Chad Mosley, Gibson Lang, Todd Smart

Blackburn league playoff update

from Nick Bowman

Blackburn Men's Fastball League Playoff Update 1

Game 1 saw the Blue Jays defeat the Orioles 3-0. Andy Barber picked up the win. 

Game 2 saw the Bandits defeat the Braves 11-9. The Bandits rallied from a 7-2 deficit and eventually took the lead. The Braves scored in the bottom of the 7th to send the game to extras on Thursday night due to the light going out. Vincent Pellicano hit a two run homerun in the top of the 8th to give the Bandits the win. Matt Bowman and Max Lalonde also hit homeruns. 

Game 3 saw Goodfellows defeat the Rogues 12-2. Shannon Borho had the win and Scott Adams hit two homeruns. 

On Sunday, Los Caballos defeated the Bandots 14-9 in a high scoring affair. Will Lowe picked up the win and had a homerun Elvin Gomez also had a homerun for Los Caballos. Phil Bédard hit two homeruns for the Bandits.

The Blue Jays defeated Goodfellows 4-1. 

Rogues defeated the Orioles 7-0. 

Playoffs continue on Tuesday night with the Braves against Goodfellows at 7:00 pm and Rogues against the Bandits at 9:00 pm.

Playoff dates set for GOFL semis

Game one of the Greater Ottawa Fastball League best of three semi-final series between Micksburg Twins and Manotick Brewers has been set for Wednesday September 11 at 8 p.m. in Micksburg, and game two on Wednesday September 18 at 8:30 p.m in Manotick.

Game one of the Quyon Flyers vs Orleans Rebels series will be Wednesday September 11 at 7:30 p.m. in Manotick. 

Athletics to face Scrappers in Shawville final

The Athletics defeated the Brewers 19-8 in Shawville Men's Fastpitch League playoffs tonight.

The Athletics advance to the winner take all final tomorrow night against the Scrappers at 8 p.m.

Shawville playoffs to wrap up this week

The Shawville Men's Fastball League playoffs are scheduled to wrap up this week.

The semi-final game will see the Athletics play the Brewers on Monday September 9 at 8 p.m. to determine who advances to the final against the Scrappers.

The final game is scheduled for Tuesday September 10 at 8 p.m.

Ashton league finals set

The Ashton Men's Fastball League finals have been set.

As vs Brewers in the B final. Farmers vs Shockers in the A final. 

Action resumes with Game One in each series on Thursday September 12.

Harbour Ball playoffs resume on Wednesday [updated]

The Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League playoffs continue on Wednesday September 11.

One of the first round series is going to a game three, as Clean Cut Construction (#7) will face Grandor Farms (#2) at 7 p.m. on "A" Diamond to finish the series.

Once the winner of that series is determined, the best of three semi-finals will begin right after at 9 p.m. at a later date to be determined

If Clean Cut wins, they will face West Carleton U17 Rona (#1) on A diamond and Bren Electric (#3) will face Hicks Custom Interiors (#5) on B diamond.

If Grandor wins, they will face Bren Electric on A diamond, and WC U17 will face Hicks on B diamond.

First set of games completed in Blackburn league

The first round of playoff games in the Blackburn Men's Fastball League have been completed.

On Tuesday, the Blue Jays beat Orioles 3-0. Last night, the Bandits beat the Bytek Braves 11-9 and Goodfellows defeated the Rogues 12-2.

The seven-team league is using a double knockout tournament format over the month of September to determine their champion. Next up are three games at 4 p.m., 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Sunday September 8.

For the full bracket schedule, visit Blackburn Men's Fastball League (bmfl.ca).

Glen Cairn playoffs start Monday

The Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League has released the schedule for their best-of-three first round playoff series. All games are played at the A.Y. Jackson Secondary School diamond in Kanata.

Monday September 9th :

6:30 p.m. : Storm (5) @ Corfix (4)

8:30 p.m. : West End (7) @ West Carleton (2)

Tuesday September 10th :

6:30 p.m.: Upper Canada Elevators (6) @ Sting (3)

8:30 p.m. : Stittsville (8) @ Micksburg (1)

GOFL playoffs next round

The semi-final matchups are set for the next round of the Greater Ottawa Fastball League playoffs.

#1 Micksburg Twins will play #4 Manotick Brewers.

#2 Orleans Rebels will play #3 Quyon Flyers.

The series will be best-of-three, and the teams are working on the schedule.

Quyon gets by Kars

They Quyon Flyers came back to defeat the Kars Aces 3-2 in Greater Ottawa Fastball League playoffs on Thursday night in Shawville. 

Drew Hathway had the win in relief of Matt Greer. Brad Porter took the loss with relief from Cory Alkerton. 

Alkerton hit a two run homer in the fourth for Kars, while Shawn Laframboise hit a three run shot in the sixth for Quyon.

Quyon advances to the semi-finals against Orleans Rebels.

Manotick wins over West Carleton

Manotick Brewers won 7-4 over West Carleton Electric in Greater Ottawa Fastball League playoffs on Thursday night to advance to the semi-final round.

Carley Shane earned the win while Adam Rueckwald took the loss. Brothers Tyler Branchaud and Zach Branchaud hit homers for Manotick.

WC Electric got on the board in the top of the first. Conner Hopper singled and moved to second when Trevor Barton walked. Chris Costello's single scored Hopper.

Manotick evened the score in the bottom of the first. Zach Branchaud singled. An error allowed Riley Dunbar to get on base. Phil Corbett hit an RBI single to tie the game.

Two runs in the second put Manotick up 3-1. Ty Alexander singled, advanced to third on an error, and scored on Triston Brown's triple. A single by Tyler Branchaud plated Brown.

The visitors put up three in the top of the fourth to take the lead. Neil Murphy walked, and moved to second on a wild pitch. A double by Gabe Brown scored Murphy. After Hopper walked, Costello's single scored two. 

The Brewers responded in the bottom of the fourth to tie the game on a solo homer by Tyler Branchaud.

Manotick took the lead for good in the fifth. Curt Scurr doubled with one out, and subsequently scored on a double by Trevor Beaulieu.

The home team added two in the bottom of the sixth. Tyler Branchaud tripled with one out and scored on Zach Branchaud's homer.

Manotick

WP Carley Shane 7 IP 4R 4ER 9H 5BB 1HBP 9K

Tyler Branchaud 3-4, 2RBI, 3R, HR, 3B

Zach Branchaud 2-4, 2RBI, 2R, HR

Phil Corbett 1-4, RBI
Curtis Scurr 1-3, R

Ryan Clare 1-3
Trevor Beaulieu 1-3, 2B, RBI
Ty Alexander 1-3, R
Triston Brown 1-3, 2B, RBI

West Carleton

LP Adam Rueckwald 6IP 7R 6ER 11H 1BB 12K

Conner Hopper 1-1, 3BB, 2R
Trevor Barton 2-3, BB
Chris Costello 2-3, BB, 3RBI
Ben Broek 1-4
Neil Murphy 2-3, HBP, R
Gabe Brown 1-4, 2B, RBI, R

Harbour Ball playoff round up

The Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League playoffs continued on Wednesday night.

The Bren Electric (#3) vs. Baird Carpentry (#6) game one that was suspended due to the lights going out last week was resumed, and Bren won it 10-9 on a bases loaded walk in the bottom of the ninth. Subsequently game two of the series was played immediately after with Bren winning it 22-12 to advance to the semi-finals. Mark Wright and Steve Cavanagh threw for the Electricians while John Sullivan threw for Baird.

The other early game was a very well-played match, with Hicks Custom Interiors (#5) defeating Ottawa Valley Coffee (#4) 4-2 to take the series two straight. Adam Rueckwald threw for Hicks, while Sean Ryan and Cole Ross pitched for OVC.

The late games saw West Carleton U17 Rona (#1) defeat Campbell Fuels (#8) 7-1 to sweep their series and move to the semis.

The other late game had Clean Cut Construction (#7) stay alive in their series against Grandor Farms (#2) with a 12-8 win. Dave Bahm and Johnny Coe pitched for CCC while Gabe Brown and Owen Brown threw for Grandor.

The semi-final match ups depend on the results of the Clean Cut vs Grandor series.

If Clean Cut wins, they will face WC U17 Rona and Bren Electric will play Hicks in the other best-of-three semi-final.

If Grandor prevails, they will play Bren Electric and the U17s will face Hicks.

Plans as of now are for Game Three of the remaining quarter-final series to be played at 7 p.m. on Wednesday September 11 and the semi-finals to start immediately following at 9 p.m. that same night.

League officials are figuring out next week!

Maitland wins North Augusta tournament (updated with A Champs names)

info from Matt Alkerton and Jason Woodside

Maitland won the "A" Final of the eight-team North August Labour Day Old Timers Fastball Tournament this past weekend. They defeated Maynard 3-1 to take the title.

Kingston beat Roebuck in the "B" Final.

Chris Switzer from Kingston was named Top Pitcher. 

Zach Bright from Roebuck got the nod as Top Catcher.

Luke Meppelder from Maitland was named Most Valuable Player of the tournament.

This annual event is organized by Barry Fox and money raised goes to the North August Recreation Association.

Maitland Bandits - A Champs

Back row - Andrew Wiggins, Mark Blanchard, Barry Brown, Luke Meppelder, Tim Brown, Kevin Devaney, Jason Woodside Front row - Ian Marion, Jason Gaudin, Brooks Hoare, Brock Murphy

Missing: Benny Herne, Jason Covill

Kingston Cowboys - B Champs

Ashton league playoff news

The four-team Ashton Men's Fastball League playoffs have begun with their unique format.

The Shockers defeated the Farmers in the 1st vs 2nd game last week. This moved the Shockers directly to the best-of-three A Final.

The Brewers defeated the As in the 3rd vs 4th game, so the Brewers play the Farmers on Thursday September 5 at 8 p.m. at the Ashton diamond to determine who will advance to the A Final.  The loser of this game will play the As in the best-of-three B Final.

Carp playoffs underway

The playoffs are underway in the four-team Carp Men’s Fastball League. The round robin format began last night with two games.

Team Red beat Team Grey 21-3 and Team Black beat Team Blue 8-4 to start things off.

The action resumes Saturday September 7 at the Carp Fairgrounds at 8 a.m. with Red vs Black and Grey vs Blue, followed by Red vs Blue and Grey vs Black. The championship game between the two teams with the top records will follow.

Shawville playoff results

The four team Shawville Men's Fastpitch League had played two weeks of playoffs in their bracket.

The first set of games saw the Scrappers defeat the Brewers 8-1 and the Athletics beat the Royals 14-5.

Last night the Brewers eliminated the Royals in a wild eight inning game with many lead changes that ended 20-19. Hunter Beauregard was the winning pitcher and Darryl Crawford took the loss.

The Scrappers defeated the Athletics 7-2 to advance to the final. Adam Rueckwald earned the win while Todd Hearty and Luke Young pitched for the As.

The Athletics will play the Brewers on Monday September 9 at 8 p.m. to determine who advances to the final.

GOFL playoffs to get underway

The Greater Ottawa Fastball League final standings:

1. Micksburg Twins

2. Orleans Rebels

3. Quyon Flyers 

4. Manotick Brewers 

5. West Carleton Electric 

6. Kars Aces 

7. Osgoode Chiefs

Micksburg and Orleans receive byes to the next round. Osgoode is not participating in the playoffs.

First games are on Thursday.

Kars will play Quyon in Shawville at 8 p.m.

West Carleton will play the Brewers in Manotick at 8 p.m.

Blackburn playoffs start this week

From Nick Bowman

The 2024 Blaclburn Men's Fastball League playoffs get underway on Tuesday night.

Game 1 will feature the number 2 ranked Blue Jays against the 7th ranked Orioles at 7 pm. Blue Jays swept the season series and are led by Andy Barber on the mound and offensively. Steve Terris will toe the rubber for the Orioles and Felipe Ramon Jr. will look to score some runs via the long ball.

Game 2 will feature the 4 vs 5 matchup of the Braves vs the Bandits. Braves swept the regular season series at 9 pm. Nick Bowman and Will Mood will throw for the Braves and Max Lalonde will toe the rubber for the Bandits. Braves will look for offense throughout their lineup. Max Lalonde, Phil Schami and Phil Bédard led the Bandits in home runs this season.

Game 3 is scheduled for Thursday at 9 pm with the 3rd place Goodfellows against the 6th place Rogues. Rogues won the series two games to one. Shannon Borho will pitch for Goodfellows. The Goodfellows infield lead their team offensively. Derick Bulley and Matt Cox pitch for the Rogues and Bulley and Marcel Mondoux will look to continue their offensive prowess into the playoffs.

Los Cabellos finished first and advanced to the second round. Their game is scheduled for Thursday at 7 pm.

Galway wins Men's Canadians

The Galway Hitmen from Newfoundland and Labrador won the Softball Canada Men's Canadian Championship in Saskatoon, going undefeated and beating defending champions Toronto Batmen 9-8 in eight innings in the final.

The Cobourg Force, who recently won the ISC Legends tournament, won the Masters division. Former GOFL players Gregg Garrity and Dan Loney played for the Force and were named all stars.

GOFLers Tyler Branchaud (Kitchener) and Joran Graham (Bruno, SK) played in the tournament. 

Kingston wins Durk Sherman Classic

The Kingston Axemen won the ten team Durk Sherman Memorial Tournament in Elkland this weekend. The Axemen defeated the host Elkland Softball Association 7-6 in a well-played final on Sunday night. Jordan Macdonald and Kyle Ainsley pitched for the champions and Duane Weiler and Justin Zimmerman pitched for ESA. Nick Ellis and Dylan Toms of the GOFL's Kars Aces played for Kingston.

Both teams finished with a four win and one loss record.

Macdonald was named top pitcher and Mike Avery also of Kingston was most valuable player. 

West Carleton Electric finished third with three wins and two losses. Adam Rueckwald and Gavin Brooks pitched for WC.

Other eastern Ontario teams at the event were Westport Lumberjacks (1-2) from the North Leeds Men's Fastball League and the Tri-City Logsplitters (1-2) a 23 and under team composed primarily of players from the Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League.  The Caveman earned his first ever pitching victory in Elkland.