2024 season now in the books - thanks for reading!

With Harbour Ball finishing up last night on a brisk 3°C evening in Fitzroy, so ends the local men's fastpitch softball season.

Thanks to all the readers who make it worth my while to keep this thing updated regularly. Based on a quick "stats" report that I just ran, this site had approximately 83,500 page views in the last six months alone, and an incredible 1.5 million plus since I launched this blog. I spend a fair bit of time on this site, so it is nice to have validation of it being actually read.

Keep coming back in the off season too; I will post news as I receive it. If you have news to share, send me an email at the address in the header above.

WC Rona U17 wins Harbour Ball title

WC Rona U17 won the Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League playoff title with a 17-2 win over the Grandor Farms Logsplitters on Thursday night to take the best-of-three final series two games straight. 

Colton Lecuyer pitched and hit a homer for Rona. Finn Barton also hit a homer for the winners.

Owen Brown and Gabe Brown pitched for the Logsplitters. 

Back row: Hunter Beck, Jack Barton, Morgan McCurdy, Jack McCurdy, Owen Dodds, Taelyn Lecuyer

Front row: Shawn Rebertz, Finn Barton, Bryce Rebertz, Colton Lecuyer 

Micksburg wins Glen title

Micksburg Kool Vent Heat won the Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League playoff final series with a 6-2 win over West Carleton Electric U20 on Tuesday night at a game played in Fitzroy Harbour. Micksburg took the best-of-three series two games straight and were Glen playoff champions for the second year in a row.

John Enright earned the win while Ryland Hill took the loss. 

Riley Hennessy hit a solo homer and Joe Mick had a three RBI double for Micksburg.  Conner Hopper had both RBIs for West Carleton. 

Front row: Joe Mick, John Enright, Andy McIntyre, Matt McIntyre, Ryan McIntyre, Jamey Mick.

Back row: Noah Fleurie, Nolan Rook, Paul Griffith, Joel Corbin, Riley Hennessy, Mike Moss

Game 2 of Glen Final in Fitzroy on Tuesday

Game two of the best-of-three Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League Final is scheduled for Tuesday October 15 at 8 p.m. and it will be played at the Fitzroy Harbour Community Centre diamond.

Micksburg leads the series one game to none over West Carleton Electric U20.

Canadian Collegiate Women's Championship in Carp this weekend

The eight team Canadian Collegiate Women's Championship fastpitch softball tournament, hosted by University of Ottawa Gee-Gees will take place at the Carp Fairgrounds this weekend. 

Games start Friday morning and wrap up Sunday afternoon. 

UPDATE: Durham College were champions at this event

Game 2 of Harbour Ball final postponed

Game two of the Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League finals scheduled tonight has been postponed until next week.

Glen Final begins

The Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League best-of-three playoff final started off Tuesday night with Micksburg taking game one 12-2 over West Carleton. 

John Enright had the win while Colton Lecuyer took the loss.

Micksburg wins GOFL championship (details added)

The Micksburg Twins won the Greater Ottawa Fastball League playoff championship on a chilly Monday night in Shawville, winning game two of the best-of-three final series 4-3 over the Quyon Flyers.

Joran Graham had the pitching win for the Twins, while Drew Hathway threw for the Flyers.

Micksburg scored their first run in the fourth inning. Matt McIntyre hit a single, stole second and moved to third on a passed ball. Scott Conroy then walked, stole second and an errant throw allowed McIntyre to score. 

Later on, a Joseph Mick solo homer put the Twins up 2-0.

Dennis McLeary walked with two out, followed by a Hathway two run homer for Quyon in bottom of the sixth tied the game. Later that inning, Todd Hearty RBI single scored Steve McCord who had walked to put the Flyers up 3-2 after six complete. 

In the seventh, Graham doubled with two out. Then Jared Steege hit a two-run shot to give Micksburg the 4-3 lead.

Matt Greer walked with two to put the tying runner on base in the bottom of the seventh for Quyon, but Graham induced a pop up to earn the I4C Consulting Trophy for the Twins.

Paul Griffith of the Twins accepts the I4C Consulting Cup from Adam Rueckwald, newly appointed Vice President of the GOFL.

Back Row: Scott Conroy, Jared Steege, Joran Graham, Paul Griffith, Nolan Rook, Quinton Rook
Front Row: Jason McIntyre, Ryan McIntyre, Joe Mick, Andy McIntyre, Matt McIntyre, John Enright, Jamey Mick

West Carleton advances to Glen final

West Carleton Electric U20 advanced to the Finals of the Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League with a 3-0 win over the Sting in the deciding game three of the semi-finals on Monday night.

Ryland Hill threw a two-hit shutout, striking out 10 to earn the win. Kyle Olson threw well in a losing cause for the Sting.

Gabe Brown, Hayden Khan and Cole Ross each had a run batted in for WC.

West Carleton will face Micksburg in the Glen final.

Two games on Monday

There are two games tonight in local men's fastball action.

Game two of the best-of-three Greater Ottawa Fastball League finals is at 7:30 p.m. in Shawville, as the Quyon Flyers host the Micksburg Twins who won game one at home.

Game three of the best-of-three Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League semi-finals is at 7:30 p.m at the AY Jackson SS diamond in Kanata, as West Carleton plays the Sting to see who advances.

George Findley honoured

Veteran umpire George Findley was honoured by ball players, fans and his fellow officials before Game 1 of the Greater Ottawa Fastball League finals on Wednesday night.

George (a level V umpire) officiated at Softball Canada and ISC, and international fastpitch softball championships and was a highly regarded official across Eastern Ontario for over 40 years. He was also actively involved with the Eastern Ontario Umpires Assocation in an administrative capacity and umpired and assigned games for the GOFL for many seasons. George was honoured with a lifetime award by the Ottawa Sports Awards in 2018.

George is now "officially" retired and was recognized pre- and post-game on Wednesday. Below are photos of George with the teams (Micksburg Twins and Quyon Flyers) and with his fellow umpires from EOUA who attended the event.

I interviewed George several years ago and he had some great stories to tell: Eastern Ontario Fastball Blog: GOFL Interview - George Findley (fitzroyfastball.blogspot.com).

Twins take Game 1 of GOFL Final

The Micksburg Twins won 7-0 over the Quyon Flyers in the first game of the Greater Ottawa Fastball League best-of-three playoff final on Wednesday night in Micksburg. 

Pre-game, long time umpire George Findley was honoured by the players, fans and several of his fellow officials who were on hand. 

Joran Graham had the pitching win, allowing only one hit and striking out 14. Drew Hathway threw two innings and took the loss, with Matt Greer throwing in relief.

Micksburg got on the board with two in the second inning. Scott Conroy walked, then scored on John Enright's triple. Enright was cashed by a Paul Griffith single. 

In the bottom of the fifth, Andy McIntyre led off with a single, and stole second. Joran Graham walked, then Jared Steege walked.  Andy McIntyre scored on a bases loaded fielder's choice by Matt McIntyre. 

Cade Kuehl got Quyon's only hit of the night in the sixth, a double,  but he was stranded along with Greer who walked.

In the bottom of the sixth, the run rule was invoked when the Twins scored four to go up 7-0. Quinton Rook doubled, and scored on misplayed fly ball hit by Enright who got to second. Griffith's second RBI single of the night scored Enright. Pinch runner Ryan McIntyre got to second on a ground out. Graham's RBI double made it 6-0. Pinch runner Jason McIntyre then scored on a Jared Steege single.

The next game in the series is Monday October 7 at 7:30 p.m. in Shawville. 

WC Rona takes game one of Harbour Ball Final

WC Rona won the first game of the best-of-three Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League championship series 6-5 over the Grandor Farms Logsplitters on Tuesday night. 

Once again, Rona had a one run deficit going into the bottom of the seventh and came back for the walk off win, this time with a dropped third strike allowing Finn Barton to score from third base to seal the victory.

Barton had the pitching win in relief of Colton Lecuyer. Gabe Brown took the loss in relief of Owen Brown. 

Lecuyer and Trevor Barton hit homers for Rona, while Dylan Rorwick hit one out for the Splitters.

The date for game two of the series will be Wednesday October 9 at 8 p.m.

Hopper named to Team Ontario

Conner Hopper of Fitzroy Harbour, a member of West Carleton Electric Men’s and U20 teams, was named to Team Ontario for Men's Fastpitch Softball at the 2025 Canada Games in Newfoundland next August.

The team is composed of the top U20 players in the province and will compete against other provinces and territories looking to defend Ontario's title from the 2022 Games.

Other athletes named include Dakota McComb and Connor Paige from Chatsworth who were pick up players for West Carleton at the U20 Men's Canadian Championship in Carp this past August as well as Gavin Brooks and Will Myers from the Napanee Express. 

Micksburg advances to Glen final

Micksburg advanced to the Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League final series with a 12-10 win over Corfix on Monday night to take the best-of-three semi-final in two games.

John Enright had the win while Kevin Daize and Nick Ellis threw for Corfix.

Micksburg will await the winner of the West Carleton vs Sting series, scheduled to finish next Monday.