Bear Creek undefeated in pool play at Men's Eliminations

The host Bear Creek Express won all four of their games in convincing fashion to finish 4-0 in the round robin at the Ontario Amateur Softball Association Men's Eliminations in Melbourne on Friday and Saturday. 

The Micksburg Twins on Saturday morning lost 8-2 to Bear Creek with Ty Sebastian getting the win and Tye Boyd the loss. Next, the Twins fell 10-3 to second place Toronto Batmen where Tyler Randerson got the win and Drew Hathway the loss. Micksburg finished the day with a 5-0 win over the Kitchener Hallman Cubs. Wade Kewageshig struck out 11 for the complete game win, while Kyle Linton took the loss. Jared Steege had two triples for the Twins.

Sunday schedule 

10 a.m.

Kitchener (0-4) vs Micksburg (1-3)

Noon

Winner 10 a.m. vs Waterdown (2-2) - Bronze

2 p.m.

Toronto (3-1) vs Bear Creek (4-0) - Gold / Silver

Hammer beat Twins at Men's Elims

The Waterdown Hammer got by the Micksburg Twins 3-1 in the first game at the Ontario Amateur Softball Association Men's Provincials on Friday night on the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation reserve near Melbourne.

Reese Yantzi had the pitching win. Riley Coverdale hit a 2 RBI single in the top of the sixth for Waterdown. Joran Graham pitched for Micksburg and also had an RBI. Wade Kewageshig threw an inning of relief.

Other scores on Friday were Toronto Batmen 2-1 over Kitchener Hallman Cubs and Bear Creek Express 7-1 over the Batmen.

Schedule for Saturday and Sunday is available here.

Kars and WC win in Manotick

The Kars Aces and West Carleton Electric won their games in Manotick on Wednesday night in Greater Ottawa Fastball League play.

Kars 5 Manotick 1

The first game of the night saw Kars beat the Manotick Brewers 5-1. Andy Barber earned the win. Carley Shane took the loss and had relief from Luc D'Entremont.

Brad Pender had two homers for Kars (one inside the park) and Nick Ellis also hit one out for the Aces. Zack Branchaud had a solo shot for the Brewers.

West Carleton 7 Los Caballos 1

The night cap was a 7-1 victory for West Carleton over Los Caballos. Adam Rueckwald had the win (three hitter) and Matt McKay was tagged with the loss, with relief from Will Lowe.

Conner Hopper (inside the park) and Rueckwald had homers for WC. Wilmer Lovera had a homer for Los Caballos.

WC pitching
Adam Rueckwald WP 7IP 1R 1ER 3H 2BB 10K

LC pitching
Matt McKay LP 3.1IP 5R 6ER 6H 2BB 1K
Will Lowe 3.2IP 2R 1ER 2H 1BB 5K

WC hitting

Colton Lecuyer 1-3, BB, R
Dylan Rorwick 1-4, RBI
Conner Hopper 2-3, BB, R, HR, 2RBI
Chris Costello 1-4
Gabe Brown 1-3, 2B, 2R
Adam Rueckwald 2-3, HR, 2B, 3RBI, 2R

LC hitting

Luis Anguas 1-3, 2B
Wilmer Lovera 1-3, HR, RBI, R
Johon "Panda" 1-3

Conroy earns pitching win, leads Gold Gloves to victory in Micksburg League

Week two of the Micksburg Men's Fastball League saw the Northstars defeat the Seniors 7-3 in the early game Tuesday night. Drew Hathway earned the win while Matt McIntyre took the loss. Chad Costello had a three run homer in this one.

The late game was a 11-5 victory for the Gold Gloves over the Brewers. Scott Conroy struck out five in three and a third innings to earn the win with Ryan Clarke pitching in relief. Brendon Hennessy took the loss.

Osgoode League gets started

The Osgoode Men's Fastball League got started up yesterday. 

Games are 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Mondays at the Kars dimaond. There are 4 teams, all named  after sponsors. 

Teams (Captains)

Proactive Restoration (Trevor Beaulieu)

Carleton Mushroom (Ty Alexander)

Peterson Farms (Jack Wallace)

Dewan Painting (Jack Dewan)

There is room for a few more players. Contact Trevor Beaulieu (613) 404-8435 or Kevin Collins (613) 229-1216 to get involved.

In an era where leagues fold, not get started, congrats to Trevor and Kevin on getting this league off the ground.

Sandlot Merchants win the Molly

The Sandlot Merchants from Ephrata, Pennsylvania won the Molly Sherman Memorial Tournament in Elkland, PA this past weekend. 

Sandlot won the final 2-0 over Adirondack Flooring. Erick Chaparro, an Argentinian, got the win on the slab in the last game, with Tyler Randerson taking the loss. Chaparro was named top pitcher of the event and Andre Hoover of Sandlot, top player.

Both Ontario teams the Kingston Axemen and the Waterdown Hammer won their first game. Waterdown then lost two, and Kingston three, to be eliminated.

Maurice Beauregard Memorial game a success

The men's fastball game at the Maurice Beauregard Memorial event in Campbell’s Bay, QC was a close one, with the Flyers prevailing 3-2 over the Athletics. 

A good crowd was on hand to witness the game which was played in the middle of a 3-pitch softball tournament. 

Adam Rueckwald got the win on the slab for the Athletics and also hit a two-run homer. Noah Fleurie took the loss and had relief from Gabe Brown.

Back Row: Umpire Jeff Ireland, Dennis McCleary, Troy Gravelle, Luke Young, Pierce Rusenstrom, Carter Beauregard, Jean-Michel Landry, Noah Fleurie, Gabe Brown, Adam Brown 

Front Row: Evan Atkinson, Jeff Tanguay, Curtis Daley, Matt Greer, Conner Hopper, Dylan Rorwick, Ethan Howard, Cade Kuehl, Bennett Rusenstrom 

West Carleton U20 to face Southeastern Ontario Screaming Eagles U20 in doubleheader

West Carleton Electric U20 will be hosting a new U20 program that started up this year in an exhibition doubleheader in Fitzroy Harbour on Sunday at noon and 2 p.m. The Southeastern Ontario Screaming Eagles, with players from the Kingston and Stittsville areas, will be in for two games.

Both teams have registered with the Ontario Amateur Softball Association and will be among the ten teams participating in the U20 Eliminations in Chepstow on July 4-6. The "elims" determine the Ontario representatives for the Softball Canada U20 Men's Canadian Championship to be held in Saskatoon in late July / early August.

Update: West Carleton won the games 8-2 and 13-3.

Five teams at Men's Elims, Twins attending

There are five teams attending the Ontario Amateur Softball Association Senior Men's Elimination Tournament on May 30 to June 1, including the Micksburg Twins.

Other teams include the host Bear Creek Express, Toronto Batmen, Kitchener Hallman Cubs and the Waterdown Hammer.

The teams will play at the newly built diamonds near the Bear Creek Gas Bar at the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation near Melbourne.

At this tournament the provincial champion will be declared, and berths will be determined for the Softball Canada Men's Canadian Championship to be held in Kitchener in August.

Elkland Molly this weekend

The 19th Annual Molly Sherman Memorial Tournament is being held this weekend in Elkland, Pennsylvania with 13 teams participating, including Ontario teams Kingston Axemen and last year's champions, the Waterdown Hammer. Below is the bracket, as per Facebook.

There will be a ceremony to celebrate the life of Mark Schultz in the Pavilion after the final game on Saturday, as per the announcement here.

West Carleton wins in Carp (updated)

West Carleton Electric won a frosty game in Carp on Thursday night 7-4 over the Micksburg Twins. 

Adam Rueckwald had the complete game win for WC. Noah Fleurie took the loss and had relief from John Enright.

The Trics scored in the first when Conner Hopper's two run homer scored Trevor Barton who had reached on a fielder's choice.

It looked like Micksburg may get a run in the second as Joe Mick singled, moved to second on a passed ball and attempted to score on a Scott Conroy single. However, Finn Barton in right field threw out Mick at home.

The Twins got a run back in the top of the third. Ryan McIntyre led off with a single, stole second and scored on Joran Graham's single.

WC responded to make it 3-1 after three. Trevor Barton reached on a error, took second on a wild pitch, advanced to third on a ground out and scored on a error.

The Electric got another in the fourth. Sean Lecuyer legged out a triple and scored on a double by Finn Barton.

Micksburg tightened the score to 4-3 in the top of the fifth. Jared Steege tripled and scored on a misplayed grounder. Mick, who had reached on a fielder's choice, scored on a Conroy double off the fence.

Fitzroy answered with another in the fifth. Colton Lecuyer singled, stole second, and moved to third on a ground out. The Twins chose to intentionally walk Hopper, and Dylan Rorwick's hard ground out scored Lecuyer.

Two more for WC in the sixth made it 7-3. Sean Lecuyer reached in a misplayed fly ball, but was put out when Finn Barton reached on a fielder's choice. A two out walk put Rueckwald on. Colton Lecuyer single scored Finn Barton and a single by Trevor Barton scored Neil Murphy who was in to run for Rueckwald on the two out pitcher rule.

Micksburg got one back in the seventh. Matt McIntyre singled with one out, advanced on Mick's single and scored on Conroy's RBI single. Two strikeouts ended the threat.

WC pitching 

Adam Rueckwald WP 7IP 4R 2ER 11H 3BB 9K

Micksburg pitching

Noah Fleurie LP 4IP 4R 3ER 4H 1BB 2K

John Enright 3IP 3R 1ER 3H 2BB 2K

WC hitting

Colton Lecuyer 3-4, R, RBI, SB

Trevor Barton 1-4, RBI, 2R

Conner Hopper 1-3, BB, 2RBI, HR, R

Dylan Rorwick BB, RBI

Sean Lecuyer 1-3, 3B, R

Finn Barton 1-3, 2B, RBI, R

Micksburg hitting

Andy McIntyre 1-4

Jared Steege 1-4, 3B, R

Joran Graham 2-4, RBI

Matt McIntyre 1-4, R

Joe Mick 2-4, R

Scott Conroy 3-3, BB, 2B, 2RBI

Ryan McIntyre 1-2, BB, R

Los Caballos, Quyon win in Manotick on Wednesday

Los Caballos and Quyon Flyers won their Greater Ottawa Fastball League games in Manotick on Wednesday night. 

The early result was a 3-1 win for the expansion Caballos over the Kars Aces. 

Josh Kahn had the pitching win, striking out 8 over five innings. Will Lowe got the save, striking out four in relief. 

Brad Porter took the loss for Kars and had relief from Andy Barber. 

Luis Anguas had two hits and scored a run for Los Caballos, and his teammates Lewis Reynoso had an RBI, and Pedro Lopez two RBIs. Felipe Morales also had a hit.

The late game saw the Quyon Flyers get by the Manotick Brewers 8-2.

Matt Greer earned the win, striking out 14.

Luc D'Entremont took the loss in relief of Carley Shane. 

Cade Kuehl hit three run homer for the Flyers while James Martel had a two run shot for the Brewers. 

Micksburg league starts up

Report from Joe Mick

The Micksburg Men's Fastball League returned to the diamond - in Micksburg of course - on Tuesday night as the four-team recreational league has been revived.

The first game of the night saw the Brewers defeat the Northstars 7-4. Noah Fleurie got the win, while Ryland Hill took the loss.

The nightcap was a 5-0 victory for the Gold Gloves over the Seniors. Blake Bramburger got the win, pitching no-hit ball over four innings, and Joran Graham relieved, also allowing no hits. John Enright took the loss.

Campbell's Bay game on Saturday

From Hunter Beauregard

Come join us on Saturday May 24th at 6 p.m. to cheer on our local fastball players during the exhibition fastball game at the 3rd Annual Maurice Beauregard Memorial 3-pitch ball tournament. There will be refreshments available at the bar onsite.

This annual tournament celebrates Maurice’s legacy and raises money for the Maurice Beauregard Community and Leadership awards given to three high school graduates in the Pontiac region, and the Maurice Beauregard Park. 

The tournament, and the exhibition fastball game, will be held in Campbell’s Bay at the Maurice Beauregard Park (2 Second Street, Campbell’s Bay, Quebec, J0X 1K0).

Here is info on last year's game.

For more about Maurice visit this link.

Micksburg league beings Tuesday

The revived Micksburg Men's Fastball League starts up on Tuesday night (May 19) bringing back town league fastpitch softball to the Upper Ottawa Valley.

There are four teams in the league. Opening night features the Northstars playing the Brewers at 6:45 p.m., followed by the Gold Gloves taking on the Seniors at 8:45 p.m.

Games are played at the Micksburg Twins diamond on Micksburg Road.... in Micksburg.

West Carleton wins 9-5 in Shawville

West Carleton Electric won 9-5 over the Quyon Flyers on Thursday night in Greater Ottawa Fastball League play in Shawville. 

Adam Rueckwald had the complete game win for WC while Matt Greer took the loss.

The Electric scored two in the first. Colton Lecuyer tripled and scored on a grounder to short by Dylan Rorwick when the throw to the plate was off line. Rorwick scored on a sacrifice fly by Steve Cavanagh later in the inning.

WC went up 6-0 in the second. Owen Brown reached on an error and scored on Lecuyer's two run homer with two out. After a single by Rorwick, Conner Hopper hit a two run shot.

Quyon responded with a pair of solo shots by Todd Hearty and Lane McMurtry in the bottom of the second.

The Flyers scored two more in the third. Dennis McCleary led off with a walk, moved to second on Hunter Beauregard's single. Both scored on Hearty's triple to the gap to narrow the score to 6-4.

The Electric scored three more in the fourth. Gabe Brown singled but was put out when Lecuyer reached on a fielder's choice. Rorwick singled to put two on and a three run blast by Hopper put WC up 9-4.

The Flyers plated one more in the fifth. McCleary singled. Beauregard then hit a screamer to left field and HK Khan made an unreal diving catch for the Trics to get an out. McCleary ended up scoring on a double by Steve McCord.

Pitching 

Adam Rueckwald WP 7IP 5R 5ER 7H 2BB 9K

Matt Greer LP 7IP 9R 4ER 8H 1BB 9K

WC hitting

Colton Lecuyer 2-4, 3B, HR, 2RBI, 3R

Dylan Rorwick 3-4, 3R, RBI

Conner Hopper 2-3, BB, 2xHR, 2R, 5 RBI

Steve Cavanagh sac fly RBI

Gabe Brown 1-3

Quyon hitting

Dennis McCleary 2-3, 2R, BB

Hunter Beauregard 1-4, R

Steve McCord 1-3, 2B, RBI

Todd Hearty 2-3, 3B, HR, R, 3RBI

Lane McMurtry 1-3, HR, R, RBI

Ashton league starts May 15

The Ashton Men's Fastball League is back for another season of Thursday night fastpitch at the Thomas Cavanagh Community Centre in southwestern rural Ottawa, starting tonight.

The league has four teams: A's, Shockers, Brewers and Farmers.

The Shockers won the title last year.

Blackburn leagues starts tonight

The Blackburn Men's Fastball League gets underway tonight (May 15). There are 6 teams in the BMFL for 2025. Games will be played Tuesdays at 8 p.m. and Thursdays 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. at the Blackburn Arena diamond.

The teams are Bandits, Blue Jays, Bytek Braves, Rogues, Goodfellows and Orioles. Defending champions Los Caballos have departed the BMFL to join the Greater Ottawa Fastball League.

For more info, visit Blackburn Men's Fastball League.

GOFL gets underway in Manotick

The Greater Ottawa Fastball League 2025 season got underway on Wednesday night in Manotick with two games.

The opener saw the Manotick Brewers defeat Los Caballos, the GOFL's newest entrant, 2-0.

Carley Shane (3 IP, 1 BB, 7 K) and Luc D'Entremont (WP, 4 IP, 1 BB, 8 K) pitched for the Brewers. 

Will Lowe took the loss with relief from Matt McKay. 

Ryan Clare was 2 for 3 with a double, Riley Dunbar was 1 for 3 and scored a run, and Luc D'Entremont was 1 for 3 with an RBI for Manotick. 

The late game was a 6-4 win for the Micksburg Twins over the Kars Aces in a game that was shortened when the lights went out.

Joran Graham started for Micksburg followed by Noah Fleurie who had the win in relief. Andy Barber began the game for Kars and was relieved by Brad Porter. 

Brad Pender was 3 for 3 for Kars with a pair of doubles. Paully Griffith had two singles and two RBIs and Scott Conroy had two triples and a double for the Twins.

Joanne Findley

Joanne Findley, a long-time part of the Eastern Ontario Umpires Association and wife of George Findley and mother of Gary Findley, has died. There will be a memorial for her at the RA, Courtside B Room, on Monday, May 19 from 14:00 and to 16:00 (2 p.m. to 4 p.m.).

For more information visit: https://memorials.renfrewcountycremation.com/joanne-findley/5592632/

Fitzroy tournament looking for a few more teams

The Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League annual recreational men's fastpitch tournament will be held on June 20 to 22, 2025 at the Fitzroy Harbour Community Centre.

The seven league teams will be entered and two 'outside' teams have indicated they will participate. The tournament is looking for up to three more teams to enter for a twelve-team field.

The event is a three-game guarantee. "Harbour Ball" does not permit composite bats for men's teams (potentially negotiable for youth teams). Entry fee is to be confirmed but is usually in the range of $250 per team. Each team will require insurance.

To indicate your team's interest in participating, contact the Commissioner, Brendan Coker at harbourfastball[at]gmail.com.

See below for links to information from last year's event

Eastern Ontario Fastball Blog: Carlsbad Springs wins Harbour Ball Tournament

Carp league gets started

The Carp Men's Fastball League is back at it for the 2025 season. The home opener is May 13 at 8:30 p.m. featuring a rematch of the championship game with Red (defending champs) vs runner up team Black on the main diamond, and on B diamond Grey vs Blue.

The CMFL is a great recreational men's fastpitch league on Tuesday nights at the Carp Fairgrounds featuring four teams with both games at 8:30 p.m.

New Osgoode league

Word is that there will be a new Men's fastpitch softball league starting up in Osgoode this season playing Monday nights, hopefully with four teams. It is great to see a new league started up. 

Coach Jamieson win ACC title with Clemson

Kyle Jamieson, who hails from Stittsville and played several years in the Greater Ottawa Fastball League with the Stittsville 56ers, is an Associate Head Coach with Clemson University and helped lead them to their first ever Atlantic Coast Conference title. Clemson will advance to the NCAA Division I Women's Softball Championship.

More information here on these links:

Kyle Jamieson – Clemson Tigers Official Athletics Site

Eastern Ontario Fastball Blog: Blast from the past: KJ wins World Juniors in New Zealand

Eastern Ontario Fastball Blog: GOFL Player Interview - Kyle Jamieson

Shawville League has four teams, starts this week

The Shawville Men's Fastpitch League will have four teams this year, playing mostly on Monday nights at the Shawville R.A. Centre.

The league is a mix of ages and skill levels and is an excellent way to introduce new players to fastpitch. Games started on this past weekend at the Showcase, and the intent is for the playoffs to wrap up before the end of August.

GOFL starts next week

The Greater Ottawa Fastball League is preparing for another season starting May 14.

The are six teams competing with three based in Manotick: Manotick Brewers, Kars Aces and the expansion Los Caballos. West Carleton Electric will be playing home games in Fitzroy Harbour and Carp, Micksburg Twins play at the Micksburg diamond, and Quyon Flyers home location is Shawville, QC.

Each team will also play an exhibition game against West Carleton Electric U20.

For more information, visit https://gofl.ca.

The Glen starts next week

The Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League is back for another season on Monday and Tuesday nights, with the occasional Wednesday, at the AY Jackson Secondary School diamond in Kanata.

There are six teams this season. The Glen will also be hosting their annual tournament in Carp on June 6-8.

More info here: https://dynessports.com/glen-cairn-fastball

Harbour Ball starts this week

The Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League, known as Harbour Ball, is back for another season on Wednesday nights at the FH Community Centre.

There are seven teams this year. The league now has its own website for the first time ever. Learn more about Harbour Ball on this site: Fitzroy Harbour Mens Fastball League - (Fitzroy harbour, ON) - powered by LeagueLineup.com

The mid season tournament will be held June 20-22 in Fitzroy. If your team is interested in playing contact the Commissioner at harbourfastball [at] gmail.com. 

Sunday games in Shawville

Team Québec U23 played two more games in Shawville on Sunday against Greater Ottawa Fastball League teams.

The first game saw the Quyon Flyers defeat the Juniors 3-1. Matt Greer and Drew Hathway pitched for Quyon while Alex Baillergeon and Sharl Leclerc pitched for TQ.

The second game was a 8-4 win for the U23s over the Micksburg Twins. Leclerc and DeShawn Salt threw for Quebec while Joran Graham and Noah Fleurie pitched for the Twins. Conner Hopper had a homer for Micksburg. 

Shawville Showcase results

The Shawville men's fastpitch showcase on Saturday featured three games, which were all close in score.

Two of the games featured Shawville Men's Fastpitch League teams. In the early game, the Royals and Scrappers played to a 6-6 tie. The late match up saw the Royals edge the Athletics 7-6.

In between was a Junior Men's game which saw Team Quebec U23 win 1-0 over West Carleton Electric U20. 

Alex Baillergeon and Sharl Leclerc combined for the pitching win, each only allowing only one hit.

Kaden Fowler, Gabe Brown, and Finn Barton pitched for WC, a combined one hitter. 

The only Quebec hit was a walk off single by Zach Dutil. WC hits were from HK Khan and Colton Lecuyer. 

Shawville fastpitch showcase on Saturday

There will be a fastpitch softball showcase at the Shawville, QC RA centre on Saturday May 3.

Things start off with a Shawville Men's Fastpitch League game at 3:30 p.m. with the Royals facing the Scrappers.

Next up is a game with Team Quebec U23 playing West Carleton U20 at 5:30 p.m.

That's followed by another SMFL game at 7:30 p.m. with the Royals playing the Athletics.

Refreshments available at the local community centre.

Team Quebec will also be playing the next day on Sunday May 4 at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. against some local Greater Ottawa Fastball League players.

Carp women's league kicks off Saturday

The new Carp Women's Softball league is kicking things off with a pair of doubleheaders on Saturday with all four teams participating.