ISC World Tournament in 2027 awarded to Bear Creek

The International Softball Congress has announced that the 2027 World Tournament will be hosted at the Bear Creek Sports and Entertainment Complex at Chippewa-on-the-Thames in southwestern Ontario.

This is the same venue, near Melbourne, ON where the Ontario Amateur Softball Association Men's Provincial tournament was held in May.

The World Tournament will be in Ontario in both 2026 and 2027, as next year's event will be in Kitchener.

Plattsville, Quebec with both in Day 1 at U20s

Plattsville Lightning and Team Québec both have two wins after day one at the seven team Softball Canada U20 Men's Canadian Championship in Saskatoon.

Defending champions Plattsville beat two Ontario teams - 12-2 over Fingal Storm and 10-0 over St. George Aces. Conner Hopper of West Carleton was picked up by the Lightning for the event.

Québec, which has Cade Kuehl and Hunter Beauregard from the Quyon Flyers playing, defeated Ontario Provincial A Champions Chatsworth Longhorns 3-2 and host Saskatoon Selects 10-1.

Chatsworth, Fingal, and St. George all have one win and one loss, while hosts Saskatoon and Team Newfoundland are winless.

Plattsville plays Québec today (Thursday) at noon.

Kingston Axemen finish 2-2 at ISCs

The Kingston Axemen finished with two wins and two losses at the International Softball Congress World Tournament in North Mankato, Minnesota.

The Axemen opened up the event with a 5-4 win over the Pueblo Bandits from Colorado.  Their next game was a loss to the Bear Creek Express of Ontario. They then beat Townsend Tide of Ontario 6-0 before losing a tight 1-0 game to Team 518 from New York.

Softball Canada U20 Men's Canadian Championship starts Weds

The Softball Canada U20 Men's Canadian Championship starts on Wednesday July 30 in Saskatoon, with the finals scheduled for Sunday August 3.

The event has seven teams participating - the host Saskatoon Selects, Newfoundland and Labrador U20, Quebec U20, and four teams from Ontario: defending champions Plattsville Lightning, Chatsworth Longhorns, St. George Aces and Fingal Storm. Plattsville, who won in Carp last year, have virtually the same team for this year's event.

West Carleton Electric U20 fell just short of qualifying, however three players from their roster got picked up for the event. Conner Hopper was added by Plattsville, Colton Lecuyer was picked up by St. George and Fingal drafted Kaden Fowler. Hopper and Lecuyer both also play with WC's Greater Ottawa Fastball League team.

Team Quebec has two players from the GOFL participating - Cade Kuehl and Hunter Beauregard, both of whom play for the Quyon Flyers.

ISC World tournament starts Saturday

The 32-team International Softball Congress World Tournament starts on Saturday in North Mankato, Minnesota. The tournament is earlier than its normal mid-August dates due to the World Games in China which feature Men's Softball this year.

The Kingston Axemen, ranked #19, are participating at the ISCs and start off their tournament with an 8 p.m. (Eastern) game on Saturday evening against the Pueblo Bandits (ranked#13). Greater Ottawa Fastball League players on the Axemen roster include Nick Ellis and Kristian Knapp from the Vars Aces and Tyler Branchaud from Manotick Brewers. 

The top three ranked teams at the event are the #1 Hill United Chiefs, #2 Bear Creek Gremlins and #3 Northeast Drillers. Play continues throughout the week, wrapping up with the finals on Saturday August 2.

There is also a 50+ Legends division at the same time with 15 teams, starting on Wednesday July 30 with the finals also on August 2. GOFLers Brad Porter (Vars Aces) and Adam Brown (West Carleton Electric) will be playing in that division for the Waterdown Hammer.

Thursday in Micksburg rained out, DH scheduled July 31

The Greater Ottawa Fastball League game scheduled Thursday night in Micksburg was rained out and will be made up as part of a doubleheader scheduled for Thursday July 31 in Carp.

7 p.m. - Micksburg Twins vs Los Caballos
9 p.m. - Vars Aces vs Micksburg Twins

Other GOFL games to be made up with dates to be confirmed are Los Caballos vs Quyon Flyers and Micksburg Twins vs Quyon Flyers.

Flyers win on Thursday

On Thursday night for the Greater Ottawa Fastball League game in Shawville, the rain delayed the start, the home team got the diamond playable, the game started, the game was delayed because the power was out, then another bigger storm came in and things were washed out for the night.

In the end, the Quyon Flyers got a shortened 3-1 1 won over West Carleton Electric. Drew Hathway pitched for the home team and 18 year old Finn Barton had his regular season GOFL debut for WC.

Jared Murray hit a two run homer for Quyon. Dylan Rorwick's sacrifice fly drove in the only WC run.

The second game of the night (Quyon vs. Los Caballos) was postponed.

Vars Aces announcement

After a change in 'ownership', the Greater Ottawa Fastball League's Aces will now be known going forward as the Vars Aces.

The club is sponsored by Durant Barristers, Pendant Farms and Ellis Trim and Carpentry. 

The team will continue to play home games at the Manotick Arena diamonds and all historic league records will continue to be recognized for this franchise going back to Team Easton and Kars Aces previous iterations.

Ontario Challenge Cup call for teams

From Blair Setford

ISC Canada East is excited to announce details for the 2025 Ontario Challenge Cup which is open to all league teams from Ontario and Quebec.

Teams are invited to submit their rosters for the double knockout tournament which will be held September 26-28 in Ingersoll, hosted by the Rotary Club.

A paid entry fee in the 2026 ISC World Tournament in Kitchener will be awarded to the winner. The OCC is open to all league teams. Entry fee is $525 and is payable via Interac e-transfer to blairjs[at]gmail.com. Space in the tournament is limited to the first 12 (or 14) teams that confirm via paid entry.

Teams are permitted three pick-ups from within their league. All players on the roster must be eligible for your respective league’s playoffs.

For more information about the OCC, please contact Blair Setford or another member of the ISC Canada East team.

GOFL playoffs approaching

The Greater Ottawa Fastball League spring meeting determined that playoffs would start in early August - and the league appears to be on target to make that happen.

The current standings are tight at the top and bottom, and only one placement is solidified.

For games through July 23, 2025

Teams finishing first and second get a bye into the playoff semi-finals. Those two teams will be Micksburg Twins and the Kars Aces. The Thursday July 24 game (Aces at Twins, up in the 'Burg at 8 p.m.) will go a long way to determining who finishes where at the top of the table. The Aces will be done after Thursday while the Twins have make-up games against Los Caballos (July 31 in Carp) and Quyon Flyers (tentatively August 5).

For the bottom four teams, third will play sixth and fourth will play fifth in a best-of-three quarter-final first round series.

In the middle of the pack is West Carleton Electric. They can finish no worse than .500 and will finish in third place no matter what happens. WC have one more game remaining vs Quyon Flyers as part of a doubleheader in Shawville on July 24.

Fourth through sixth is all up for grabs between Manotick Brewers, Los Caballos and Quyon Flyers. The Brewers once again are the first GOFL team to finish their season. Los Caballos have games remaining vs Quyon (July 24) and Micksburg (July 31). The Flyers have three remaining (WC, Los Caballos, Twins).

The semi-final playoff series will feature the top seeded winner of the first round playing the second place team, and the other first round winner playing the top seed, both in best-of-three series.

The two remaining teams will play in a best-of-three final.

Once playoff games are finalized, they will be posted on this blog and on the league website. For the GOFL website visit here.

Glen Cairn league to play at Beaverbrook and Carp diamonds

After decades of playing at the diamond at A.Y. Jackson Secondary School in the Glen Cairn neighbourhood of Kanata, the Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League has been required to move due to a construction project

After a 'tryout' period of a couple of options, the league has determined that all games will now be on Mondays, with a doubleheader to be played at the Beaverbook diamond off of Campeau Drive in Kanata and a single game at the Carp Fairgrounds.

For more info on the six team "Glen" league, visit their website: Glen Cairn Men’s Fastball League – Dynes Sports Management.

WC and Manotick win on Wednesday (now with further details)

West Carleton Electric and Manotick Brewers earned wins in Fitzroy Harbour in Greater Ottawa Fastball League action on Wednesday night.

West Carleton 6 Quyon 5

The early game was a come from behind 6-5 win for West Carleton Electric over the Quyon Flyers. Gabe Brown (10K, 7H, 5BB, 1HBP) earned the complete game win for WC. Drew Hathway (5R, 1K, 4H, 4BB) took the loss in relief of Matt Greer (0R, 5K, 4H, 0BB). Greer had a solo home run for Quyon. Dylan Rorwick had a double and triple with 4 RBIs for WC. 

With Quyon up 5-2 after six and a half innings, the Electric walked off the win in the bottom of the seventh. Gabe Brown reached base on an error, and Owen Brown walked. Colton Lecuyer's double scored the younger Brown. After a fly out, Rorwick's triple scored two to tie the game. With two bases open, Quyon elected to intentionally walk Conner Hopper and Finn Barton, but a subsequent walk to Sean Lecuyer scored the winning run.

Manotick 10 West Carleton 2

The night cap was a 10-2 win for Manotick Brewers over West Carleton. Adam Roth (11K, 7H, 1BB) got the seven-inning complete game win and also hit a homer for Manotick. Adam Rueckwald (6R, 6K 11H, 1BB) took the loss with an inning of relief from Gabe Brown (4R, 0K, 4H, 1BB). 

Cole Hodges and Isaac Roth both had three hits and scored three runs for the Brewers. Jack Becker had two hits for Manotick and several nice defensive plays at third base. Hopper hit a massive two-run homer for WC that landed on the grass on Diamond 2 in the first inning, but those were the only runs for the 'Trics as Roth kept them off balance with various speeds and spins.

Dunkirk Tournament results

Results from the 50th Annual First Ward Falcons men's fastpitch tournament in Dunkirk, NY as provided by John Sliwa.

Friday night

Dunkirk Lakeside 2 WP Jason Surdyke

Team 5010 United 1 LP Dan Duemo

Dunkirk Fastpitch 11 WP Ty Buck

Bronx Bombers 3 LP Mikey Quinones

Ohsweken Redmen 9 WP  Steve Normand (18 K 6 inn PG)

Wyevale 0 LP Mike Kelly

Saturday
Durkirk Lakeside 9
Weavers / Mr. B's 6

Oshawa Guns 9
Honest John's 4

Wyevale 6

Durkirk Fastpitch 0

Team 5010 United 10
Weavers / Mr. B's 2

Bronx Bombers 7
Honest John's 6

Oshawa Guns 2
Bronx Bombers 1

Ohsweken Redmen 9
Dunkirk Lakeside 1

Wyevale 7

Weavers / Mr. B's 6

Dunkirk Fastpitch 8
Honest John's 7

Ohsweken Redmen 12
Team 5010 United 2

Dunkirk Fastpitch 6
Oshawa Guns 3

Sunday

Quarter Finals:

Wyevale 9

Team 5010 United 0

Oshawa Guns 1

Bronx Bombers 0

Dunkirk Lakeside 9

Dunkirk Fastpitch 0

Oshweken Redmen 9

Honest John’s 1

Semi-finals 

Wyevale 10

Oshawa Guns 0

Oshweken Redmen 5

Dunkirk Lakeside 0

Final

Oshweken Redmen 9

Wyevale 2

West Carleton Electric U20 wins bronze

West Carleton Electric U20 finished with three wins and two losses to end up third at the ten team Ontario Amateur Softball Association U20 Men's Provincial tournament in Grafton this weekend.

The only two losses for WC were to the eventual champions Chatsworth Longhorns. 

On Saturday, the Electric defeated St. George Aces 5-0, loss to Chatsworth 3-2, and beat Hillsdale Haymakers 10-1. (Details here.)

On Sunday morning, WC got by Stone Mills Thrashers 14-13. After six and a half innings, the Electric were up 14-4, and the Thrashers scored nine in the bottom of seven to make it a nailbiter. Kaden Fowler got the win and had relief from Carter Wright and Gabe Brown, who had the save. Ethan Tombs and Brandon Barker pitched for Stone Mills. Colton Lecuyer and Carter Wright had homers for WC. Fowler and Finn Barton both had two singles and a double. Ethan Howard and Jack Barton had two hits as well for the Jr Trics.

That win put West Carleton into the semi-final game against Chatsworth. Chatsworth prevailed 15-7 in five innings. Brown took the loss in relief of Finn Barton for WC while Codee Rahn and Dakota McComb threw for the Longhorns. The game was 6-4 after four innings, but things got away from WC in the fifth. Conner Hopper had a double, triple and walk for West Carleton. Wright and Brown also had hits for WC.

Chatsworth went on to win the final, defeating Plattsville Lightning 5-4.

West Carleton Electric U20

Provincial bronze medalists 

Back row: Sean Lecuyer, Adam Brown, Gabe Brown, Alex Strathern, Will Potten, Colton Lecuyer, Carter Wright, Conner Hopper, Trevor Barton, Shawn Rebertz

Front row: Bryce Rebertz, Finn Barton, Dawson Pennock, Hayden HK Khan, Kaden Fowler, Ethan Howard, Jack Barton 

WC U20 advance to Sunday

West Carleton Electric won two and lost one on Saturday to advance to the top four on  Sunday at the Ontario Amateur Softball Association U20 Men's Provincial tournament in Grafton.

The first game of Saturday saw #6 seed WC upset #3 seed St. George Aces by a score of 5-0. Gabe Brown earned the win going the distance for the Electric, allowing only five hits and striking out four. Isaac Roth and Easton de Belleval threw for the Aces. Alex Strathern had a two run homer for WC as well as an RBI single. Conner Hopper had a solo homer for the U20 Trics, Colton Lecuyer had two singles, and Bryce Rebertz, Kaden Fowler, and Brown all had hits as well.

Next up was a game against #2 seed Chatsworth Longhorns, a 3-2 defeat for West Carleton. Fowler threw well in defeat, allowing five hits, striking out eight and giving up only one earned run, and also driving in a run with a sacrifice fly. Joe Weiler got the win for Chatsworth, throwing a three hitter and striking out twelve. Rebertz had a walk, a bunt single and a sacrifice bunt. Strathern hit an RBI triple and Hopper had a double.

The final game of the day for WC was 10-1 win over the Hillsdale Haymakers in six innings. Brown got the win, allowing three hits and striking out three. Rebertz was three for four with two runs scored and Hopper was two for three with a walk and scored three runs. Strathern had two doubles and a walk. Jack Barton legged out an infield single, stole a base and scored in a pinch hit opportunity. 

West Carleton will play Sunday at 9 a.m. versus the Stone Mills Thrashers. The winner of that game will play the loser of Chatsworth Longhorns and Plattsville Lightning at 11 a.m.

Flyers beat U20s

The Quyon Flyers defeated the West Carleton Electric U20 team by a score of 6-4 on Thursday night exhibition game in Shawville.

Drew Hathway was the winning pitcher, seeing five innings of work. Todd Hearty got the save in two innings of relief. 

Finn Barton, who also hit a home run for WC, started on the slab and had two innings of scoreless relief by Gabe Brown.

West Carleton will compete at the Ontario Amateur Softball Association U20 Provincial A tournament this weekend in Grafton.

WC, Aces win on Wednesday

West Carleton Electric and Kars Aces were winners in the Wednesday night doubleheader in Manotick. 

The early game was a 4-2 win for West Carleton over the Manotick Brewers. Adam Rueckwald had the complete game win, allowing three hits, and striking out nine. Luc D'Entremont took the loss (5IP, 4R, 5H, 10K) with relief from Carley Shane (2IP, 0R, 1H, 2K).

Ben Broek had am RBI single, Gabe Brown had a two RBI triple and Sean Lecuyer had a solo homer for WC. Ryan Clare hit a solo bomb and both RBIs for the Brewers.

The later game was a 6-4 for the Kars Aces over WC. Brad Porter had the win (6IP, 4ER, 9H, 5K) and Andy Barber came in for the save in the seventh (1IP, 1H, 3K). Ben Broek threw for WC (6IP, 6R, 9H, 8K).

The Aces scored their first five batters of the first inning. Brad Pender hit a home run to lead off the bottom of the first. Pender, Nick Ellis, and Andy Barber all had two hits for the Aces.  

Dylan Rorwick had two hits and Finn Barton had three hits for WC. Colton Lecuyer had a single and a sacrifice fly.

Story from NL

A story from Newfoundland about a championship team from 50 years ago.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/softball-nationals-placentia-1.7580952

 

Venezuela wins WBSC World Cup

Venezuela won their first ever World Baseball Softball Confederation championship at the Men's 2025 Softball World Cup with a 3-0 victory in the gold medal game over New Zealand on Sunday in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.

Maiker Pimental was the winning pitcher in the final and was named the Most Valuable Player of the event.

One of the members of the World Cup team is Luis Colombo, who has played some games in the Greater Ottawa Fastball League and was the pitcher for Los Caballos at the Carp Shootout in 2024. 

There are several players of Venezuelan descent who have played or are playing in the GOFL with Orleans Rebels and Los Caballos, including Edgar Contreras, Manuel Luna, Jefferson Román and Moises Del Corral.

USA won bronze, defeating Japan. Canada finished fifth at the eight-team event, missing the "Super Round" and finishing at the top of the "Placement Round". Other teams playing were Argentina, Dominican Republic and Australia.

This old site......

Actual conversation this morning.

Mrs. Fastball: "What are you doing?"

Me: "Oh, just updating the blog."

Mrs. Fastball: "Oh really? You still update that old site?" 

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Stats below, 25.3K views over the past month for this site.....

Team Ontario day in Carp

Team Ontario, a U20 Men's team that will be participating at the Canada Games in St. John's, NL in August, visited Carp on Saturday at an event hosted by the West Carleton Fastball Committee.

Early in the day, a free skills clinic was organized by the Team ON players and coaches, and it was well attended by local youth from across the area.

Later in the afternoon, Team Ontario played a doubleheader exhibition game against a team of Greater Ottawa Fastball League players from five different clubs. 

The first game saw Team O win 3-1. Dakota McComb, Sean Demarest, and Jared Vosper pitched for the U20s while Andy Barber and Adam Rueckwald pitched for the GOFLers. Matthew Van de Wynckel, the Most Valuable Player at the U20 Men's Canadian Championship in Carp last year, hit a homer. Brad Pender hit one out for the GOFL club. 

The second game was a 6-3 win for the youngsters. Joe Weiler and Vosper pitched for Team O and Drew Hathway, Rueckwald and Barber were on the slab for the GOFL. Sam Diamond and the only local player on the team, Conner Hopper of Fitzroy Harbour, hit homers for Team Ontario.  Joran Graham had a two RBI double for the GOFL.

 

Dunkirk, NY tournament schedule

The schedule for the 50th Annual Dunkirk, NY First Ward Falcons men's fastpitch tournament has been posted.

Twins edge Trics

The Micksburg Twins beat West Carleton Electric 10-9 in Greater Ottawa Fastball League play in Carp on Thursday night.

Noah Fleurie had the win striking out seven, while Adam Rueckwald took the loss striking out four.

Twins got one in the first - Andy McIntyre singled, moved on a wild pitch and passed ball and scored on Joran Graham's ground out.

WC responded with two in the bottom of the first. Colton Lecuyer and Trevor Barton both walked. Lecuyer scored on a Dylan Rorwick ground out and Barton scored on Conner Hopper's infield single.

Trics added another run on the second. Owen Brown singled and scored on Lecuyer's triple.

Micksburg put up four in the third. Graham's three run shot scored Nolan Rook who had singled and Andy McIntyre who walked. Later in the inning Scott Conroy drove in Jared Steege who had singled.

The home team responded with three to tale a 6-5 lead. Rorwick singled, scored on a Hopper triple. Hop plated on Chris Costello's double, and Costello scored on a Neil Murphy single. 

Matt McIntyre's two run homer (scoring cousin Andy who had singled) to put the Twins back in the lead in the fourth.

The Twins pushed the lead to 8-6 on a Fleurie sacrifice fly which scored Steege.

Micksburg added runs to make the lead 10-6 in the top of the seventh on a Fleurie homer which scored Steege.

West Carleton mounted a comeback in the seventh but fell just short. Lecuyer walked, took second on a wild pitch, and scored on Rorwick's single. Hopper then singled prior to a two run scoring triple by Finn Barton. However, Fleurie got out of the jam with two strikeouts to end the game.

Micksburg 
Andy McIntyre 2-3, BB, 3R
Matt McIntyre 1-4, HR, 2RBI, R

Joran Graham 1-4, HR, 4RBI, R
Jared Steege 3-4, 3R
Scott Conroy 2-4, RBI
Noah Fleurie 2-3, HR, 3RBI, R, sac fly
Dawson Pennock 1-2
Nolan Rook 1-1, R

West Carleton
Colton Lecuyer 1-2, 3B, 2R, 2BB
Dylan Rorwick 2-4, 2R, 2RBI
Conner Hopper 2-3, 3B, RBI, 2R
Finn Barton 1-4, 3B, 2RBI
Chris Costello 1-4, 2B, RBI, R
Neil Murphy 1-2, RBI
Owen Brown 1-2, R

Aces and Los Caballos win in Manotick

The Kars Aces and Los Caballos both won their games 4-3 on Wednesday night in Greater Ottawa Fastball League play in Manotick over the visiting Quyon Flyers. 

The early game had the Aces build a 4-0 lead, give up three runs in the seventh, but hold on for the win over Quyon.

Brad Porter had the win with an inning of relief from Andy Barber. Trevor Lahey took the loss. 

For the late game, a grand slam for the Los Caballos by Pedro Lopez was the difference as they beat the Flyers 4-3. 

Will Lowe earned the win and Daniel Read took the loss with relief from Lahey.

Dennis McCleary had a solo homer for the Flyers.

Dunkirk tournament needs pitchers

 From John Sliwa

Pitchers are needed in Dunkirk NY on July 19,20 for the 50th Annual Dunkirk Men's Fastpitch Tournament. Several teams are down to one pitcher and need help. Email: johnsliwa@yahoo.com or text: 716-785-5328.

Team Ontario coming to Carp on July 12, doubleheader vs GOFL players

The West Carleton Fastball committee is welcoming Team Ontario to Carp Fairgrounds on Saturday July 12.

Team Ontario, a U20 Men's softball team, will be representing the province at the 2025 Canada Games in St. John's, NL in August. The team has local representation with Conner Hopper of Fitzroy Harbour who is a member of the group.

Admission is free and a barbecue will be onsite. Here is the schedule of events.

9 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. - Team Ontario batting practice

10:15 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. - Set up

10:30 to noon - Youth skills clinic led by Team ON coaches and athletes.

Noon to 3 p.m. - Team Ontario on field strategy session

3 p.m. and 5 p.m. - doubleheader games between Team Ontario and the GOFL.

The GOFL team will consist of various players from member clubs of the Greater Ottawa Fastball League.

For more information, check out Facebook.

Branchaud named to Au Sable Forks Hall of Fame

The Au Sable Forks, NY men's fastpitch softball tournament honours notable past participants every year with a Hall of Fame induction. 

This year's induction class includes Mike Branchaud of Metcalfe, former member of King and His Court, former Greater Ottawa Fastball League player, current GOFL coach with the Manotick Brewers and CEO of Softball Canada. 

Games in Glen cancelled tonight

The Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League games scheduled for tonight have been cancelled due to today's steady rain.

Bytown Belles win in Saugeen (Details added)

The Bytown Belles women's softball team of Ottawa repeated as the Saugeen Showdown champions this past weekend.

On Friday night the Belles beat the Base Invaders 6-5 and the winning pitcher was Bella Ferguson with 4 Ks. Jessie Cameron was 2 for 3 with 2 RBIs and Steph Bouchey was 2 for 3 with 2 RBIs. 

On Saturday the Belles came back from behind to beat Chief’s Point 6-5. Andrea Dakin got the win on the mound. Alika Kingsbury (2024 tournament MVP) was 2 for 3 with a 3-run homerun and Kaitlyn Sinclair was 2 for 3. 

On Saturday night in the winner-winner game to advance to the finals the Belles made several first inning errors to eventually lose 11-1 to the CMO Chaos. 

On Sunday in the semifinal game the Belles beat Hopeville 9-2 to advance to the finals. Hopeville had local Ottawa area athletes Justine Styles and Kate Parks. They were 5-2 on the weekend coming around the long way after losing their first game. Kaitlyn Sinclair earned the win on the mound for the Belles with only 1 earned run and 6ks. Alika Kingsbury was 2 for 3 with a homerun, Kaitlyn Flear was 2 for 3 with 2 runs scored, Gwen Woodsit was 2 for 3 and Steph Bouchey was 1 for 2 with 2 RBIs. 

The finals was a rematch of Saturday night against CMO. The Belles came from behind to win 5-3 and repeat as tournament champions. Kaitlyn Sinclair got the win with 4ks. Gwen Woodsit had a solo homerun, Alika Kingsbury was 2 for 3 and Steph Bouchey was 2 for 3 with 2 RBIs and 2 runs scored. 

Kaitlyn Sinclair was once again named the Top Pitcher of the tournament after pitching 13 innings on Sunday and giving up only 4 earned runs. 

Steph Bouchey was named tournament Most Valuable Player going 6 for 9 in the tournament with 4 bunt singles, a double, and 6 RBIs. 

Warren helps Oakville get to Canadians

Kelsey Warren of Metcalfe won a silver medal at the Provincial Women's Softball Association U19 Tier 1 provincials with the Oakville Angels this weekend and qualified for Canadians in British Columbia. Warren pitched 28 innings this weekend with 12 earned runs and 23 strikeouts.

Plattsville wins U20 Eliminations

The Plattsville Lightning won the Ontario Amateur Softball Association U20 Elimination tournament in Chepstow on the weekend with four straight wins over Southeastern Ontario, Stone Mills and Chatsworth (twice). 

The Lightning outscored their opponents 35 to 5,  and their catcher Matt Van de Wynckel was named tournament Most Valuable Player.  Joe Weiler of Chatsworth was named Top Pitcher.

Plattsville won the U20 Canadian Championship in Carp last year and already had a berth to this year's event in Saskatoon as defending champions. 

Chatsworth, St. George (third place) and Fingal (fourth) earned berths to the nationals.

West Carleton Electric finished with two wins and two losses, tied for fifth.

WC U20 finishes 5th at Elims (updated)

West Carleton Electric finished fifth at the Ontario Amateur Softball Association U20 Eliminations in Chepstow with a two win and two loss record.

After a close eight inning 3-2 loss Friday night to Chatsworth, the Electric beat Southeastern Ontario Screaming Eagles 3-2 on Saturday morning. Kaden Fowler had the win for WC allowing only five hits and striking out 10. Dan Read of Stittsville threw well for the Eagles. Finn Barton was 2 for 4 with an inside the park homer for the Electric and Conner Hopper had a triple, scoring on a miscue on the relay.

Next up was another win just a few hours later, this time over the Hillsdale Haymakers 8-6. Gabe Brown had the win allowing six hits and striking out 10. He was also 2 for 3 at the plate with an RBI. Colton Lecuyer was 2 for 4 with an RBI and Dawson Pennock hit a bases loaded triple for WC. Isaac Jesseau took the loss for Hillsdale.

Following that was a game against Fingal Storm on Saturday evening where the winner would advance to the top four on Sunday and secure a berth to the U20 Canadian Championship in Saskatoon.  WC lost 3-1 as Zach Winkworth threw a three hitter for the Storm. Rivor Taylor was 3 for 3 with two RBIs for Fingal. Kaden Fowler took the loss allowing only six hits and striking out six. Fowler had the lone RBI for West Carleton, driving in Alex Strathern who had singled.

West Carleton will now prepare for the Provincial tournament in Grafton on July 18-20.

Au Sable Forks tournament July 11-13

The schedule for the 63rd Annual Au Sable Forks, NY men's fastball tournament features 8 teams. Visit Facebook for more info:

Au Sable Forks Tournament Facebook page

WC U20 loses opener at Elims

West Carleton Electric lost a tight game on Friday night at the Ontario Amateur Softball Association U20 Eliminations in Chepstow, falling 3-2 to Chatsworth in 8 innings. 

Joe Weiler had the win in one inning of relief of Dakota McComb. Gabe Brown took the loss. 

WC scored first in the second inning. Kaden Fowler singled and scored on Alex Strathern's double.

Chatsworth evened things up at one on Alex McGillvray solo shot.

The game was tied 1-1 after seven innings. 

McGillvray homered again in the top of the eighth, scored the runner on base for the tiebreaker rule.

WC got one back in the eight on a Finn Barton ground out RBI, but fell short and lost 3-2.

Next up for WC is a game against Southeastern Ontario Screaming Eagles at 11 a.m.

Chatsworth pitching 

Dakota McComb 7IP 1R 1ER 3H 4BB 10K

Joe Weiler 1IP 1R 0ER 0H 1BB 2K

West Carleton pitching 

Gabe Brown 8IP 3R 2ER 4H 1BB 2K

Chatsworth hitting

Alex McGillvray 2-4, 2HR, 2R, 3RBI

Connor Paige 1-4

Max Rahn 1-3, 2B

West Carleton hitting

Dawson Pennock 1-1, 3BB

Kaden Fowler 1-3, BB, R

Alex Strathern 1-3, 2B, RBI

WC wins Harbour Days Classic

West Carleton Electric won the Harbour Days Classic as part of Greater Ottawa Fastball League action on Thursday night. The Harbour Days summer festival in Fitzroy Harbour is held traditionally the first weekend in July each year and features the local woman's softball league games followed by a GOFL match up. 

This year's game saw WC defeat Los Caballos 9-2 in front of a decent crowd, with most spectators on the deck with a refreshment in hand. 

Adam Rueckwald was the winning pitcher while Matt McKay took the loss.

West Carleton scored a run in the bottom of the first. Colton Lecuyer walked, took second on a wild pitch, moved to third on a flyout to the right, and scored on Dylan Rorwick's ground ball to short.

Los Caballos took the lead on two-run homer by Felipe Morales in the top of the third, driving in McKay who reached on an infield single.

The 'Trics put up five runs in the bottom of the fourth to regain the lead. Sean Lecuyer singled with one out, moved to second on a wild pitch and moved to third when Chris Costello reached on an error. A sharply hit double by Neil Murphy scored two, and he moved to third on the throw home. Gabe Brown then singled to score Murph. After Gabe Brown moved to third on two wild pitches, Owen Brown walked and stole second. Colton Lecuyer then reached first on a passed ball third strike to load the bases. A walk to Trevor Barton scored Gabe Brown, and Owen Brown later took home on a wild pitch to make it 6-2.

The home team ended the game on the run rule in the bottom of the sixth. Conner Hopper led off with a single, and Colton Lecuyer reached on an error. A single by Barton drove in two, followed by a triple by Rorwick to end the game at 9-2.

WC pitching
Adam Rueckwald WIN 6IP 2R 2ER 4H 2BB 8K

WC hitting
Colton Lecuyer 2BB, 2R
Trevor Barton 1-3, BB, R, 2RBI
Dylan Rorwick 1-4, 3B, 2RBI
Sean Lecuyer 1-3, R
Chris Costello 1-3, R
Neil Murphy 1-3, 2B, 2RBI
Gabe Brown 3-3, R, RBI
Conner Hopper 1-1, R

Los Caballos pitching
Matt McKay LOSS 5IP 9R 5ER 9H 4BB 3K

Los Caballos hitting
Felipe Morales 2-3, HR, 2RBI, R
Misael Castro 1-3
Matt McKay 1-2, R

Twins come back to beat Flyers

The Micksburg Twins came back to the beat the Quyon Flyers 7-6 in Greater Ottawa Fastball League play in the 'Burg on Thursday night.

Joran Graham had the win in relief of Noah Fleurie. Drew Hathway took the loss.

Quyon got out to a 6-0 lead in the first, but Micksburg scraped back, including three runs in the bottom the sixth to take the lead. Jared Steege had a two-run triple to put the Twins up a run.

Aces win both in Manotick DH

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

Aces 9 Brewers 4

The opener saw Kars win 9-4 over Manotick. Brad Porter had the win on the slab while Carley Shane took the loss. Brad Pender hit two home runs for Kars, one of them inside the park.

Aces 4 Brewers 3

The late game was a closer match up, as the Aces won 4-3. Andy Barber was the winning pitcher while Luc D'Entremont threw for Manotick. Kars was up 3-1 after six, then Manotick tied it 3-3 in the top of the seventh. Pender's third homer of the night walked it off in the bottom of the seventh for the Aces. Danny Powers also had a homer for Kars.

Team Czechia vs West Carleton Electric doubleheader

Team Czechia, a U16 boys team currently on a tour of Quebec and Ontario, made a stop in Fitzroy Harbour on Tuesday for a doubleheader against West Carleton Electric U20.

A good crowd about 120 was on hand to watch two games of fastpitch softball on a beautiful Canada Day in the Harbour. Pre-game, the national anthems of Czechia and Canada were played courtesy of YouTube and the teams exchanged pins.

The first game was a 13-7 win for West Carleton. Carter Wright had the win for the Electric with relief from Kaden Fowler. Alex Strathern was 2 for 4, Wright was 2 for 2, Bryce Rebertz was 3 for 3 with a walk. Ethan Howard had a double and a walk, as well as making several key plays at third base. Blake Bramburger, coming back from injury, did an excellent job playing first base. Jack Barton sealed the win with an amazing catch at the fence in left centre field for the final out of the game. 

After a snack of pizza together in the Community Centre, the teams played a second game with the Electric coming back from a 5-3 deficit after six for a 6-5 win. Finn Barton earned the win in relief of Gabe Brown. Colton Lecuyer had a clutch double in the seventh to drive in Hayden HK Khan who had singled to start things off. Dawson Pennock also had an important double in the final inning. Wright was 2 for 4 with the game tying RBI in the seventh, and Finn Barton was 2 for 3 with an inside the park homer and walk. 

Team Czechia showed some talent, playing well defensively and had disciplined hitting, striking out a total of only five times in two games. The Czechs had already played in St. Leonard, QC and will be moving on to play games in Napanee, Kingston, Tavistock, and Tara, ON as part of their tour as well as taking in a Blue Jays game.

The two teams and officials gathered for a post-game photo.