Jeff Langford

Jeff Langford, a fixture at local diamonds as a volunteer and spectator, died on August 28.

Jeff, who grew up in Fitzroy Harbour, was a kind person who loved the game of softball and played it as a younger man for teams like the Fitzroy Goldenmen.

He was generous with his time to help out at events such as the Canadian Championships put on in Carp, doing whatever was asked to assist with the event.

Jeff and his wife Joanne traveled the province and beyond to watch fastball tournaments and was often a contributor of stories for the blog in the '00s, chronicling the exploits of the Orleans Rebels and Orleans Gators.

In 2015, Jeff's son Joel, who was an extremely talented player, tragically died which was a shock to Jeff, Joanne and their daughter Kelsey and to the men's fastball community locally and beyond.

From a personal standpoint, Jeff, who is a secònd cousin to my wife, was supportive of this blog and always asked about how my two boys' teams were doing and had kind words of support. I will miss him, as will many others.

Obituary: posted here.

Cobourg advances to Masters final

The Cobourg Force advanced to the final with a 6-3 win last night over the Waterdown Hammer at the Softball Canada Masters (40+) Men's Canadian Championship in Kitchener.

Waterdown will play the Saskatoon Brewers at 10:30 a.m. in the semi-final to determine which team plays the Force in the final and which team gets bronze.

Brad Pender (GOFL - Vars Aces) is playing shortstop for Cobourg and was named an All-star Infielder for the event.

Twins finish ninth at Canadians

The Micksburg Twins finished ninth of ten teams at the Softball Canada Men’s Canadian Championship in Kitchener. 

Micksburg finished pool play with one win and five losses, tied with the Waterdown Hammer. Based on Softball Canada tiebreaker rules, the teams played a game on Saturday to determine which club would advance to the playoff round.

Waterdown won the play in game 5-4 in eight innings. Reese Yantzi got the win while Joran Graham took the loss. Devon Carson had a homer for the Hammer while Adam Alexander hit one out for the Twins.

The organizing committee announced all-star selections on Saturday. Jared Steege of the Micksburg Twins was named an All-Star Infielder for the event. He hit for a .417 average with two homers and four RBIs.

Play continues at the tournament into Sunday.

 Jared Steege accepts his All-Star award from Gilles Leblanc of Softball Canada.

Junior Batmen win U23 Canadians

The Rostock Toronto Junior Batmen won the Softball Canada Men’s U23 Canadian Championship on Friday, defeating Tavistock Merchants 3-2. Connor Brooks hit two solo home runs in the final for Tavistock and was named the Playoff Round Most Valuable Player. 

The Batmen had previously beaten Tavistock in the first vs second game by a score of 6-5 to advance directly to the final.

Tyler Branchaud (GOFL - Manotick Brewers) won gold as part of the Batmen team. 

Jack Becker (GOFL - Manotick Brewers) plays for Tavistock and won silver. Becker's performance in pool play earned him an award as an All-Star Infielder. Joe Mick (GOFL - Micksburg Twins) who played Provincials with West Carleton Electric U23 was picked up by Tavistock for the event and also won silver.

Tavistock beat the New Hamburg Mustangs 6-2 in the semi-final game. Conner Hopper (GOFL - West Carleton Electric) was a pick up by New Hamburg from WC U23 for the event and won a bronze medal.

Canadians in Kitchener

The Softball Canada Canadian Championship tournaments in Kitchener at U23, Masters Men's and Men's continue today.

In the U23 division, the semi-final will be played at 11 a.m. and will be streamed. Tavistock Merchants will face New Hamburg Mustangs. Joe Mick is playing with Tavi and Conner Hopper is with NH. The loser of that game gets bronze. The winner plays Toronto Jr. Batmen at 3:30 p.m., also a streamed game. Tyler Branchaud is with the Batmen.

For Masters Men's, pool play continues today. Waterdown Hammer Masters lead the seven teams with a 4W 0L record.

In Men's, pool play is also continuing. Bear Creek Express (3-0) and Toronto Batmen (4-0) remain undefeated. Micksburg Twins lost two games on Thursday to Saskatoon and the Batmen and have a 1-3 record. Micksburg needs to win at 9 a.m. this morning against Waterdown to have their best shot to make Saturday's playoff round. That game will be livestreamed.

Micksburg 1-1 after day one at Canadians

The Micksburg Twins won a game and lost a game on day one at their first ever Softball Canada Men's Canadian Championship in Kitchener. 

The Twins first game on Wednesday was a 7-0 loss to the Sooke, BC Loggers. Tyson Barkman and Aaron Emery pitched a combined five inning perfect game. Wade Kewageshig and Andy Barber threw for Micksburg. 

Micksburg rebounded with a win to move to .500 as they defeated host Kitchener Hallman Cubs 2-1 in the late game. The Twins did not get a hit, but scored two runs from runners aboard on walks then scored on the same wild pitch. Joran Graham got the win and Kyle Linton was the losing pitcher.

Next up on Thursday are games against Saskatoon Jacks and Toronto Batmen.

North Leeds league starts second round of playoffs

The North Leeds Men's Fastball League has begun the second round of the playoffs with best of three semi-finals.

Lyn finished first and got a bye. They play Spencerville, who beat out Westport in the quarter-Finals. Lyn won game one of the semi-finals 7-0.

North Augusta beat out Greenbush. They play Maitland who beat out Eastons Corners. Maitland won game one 7-6 on a walk off single.

Stittsville seeking coaches

From SMSA

Stittsville Minor Softball Association is looking for Rep Coaches to lead our growing competitive program for the 2026 season. If you or someone you know is interested in joining SMSA and coaching one of our girl's rep teams from U13 all the way to U23/Intermediate, please fill out the form below. Feel free to pass this email to any potential applicants you know! SMSA encourages female coaches to consider applying, as well as former and current players to lead or assist with some of our younger teams.

SMSA Rep Coaching Interest Form 2026

Coach Interest form due by Friday August 29th. Rep Tryouts will begin in early September.

Local players at the Canadians

The Softball Canada Canadian Championships for Men's (open), Masters Men's and U23 Men's are being held this week in Kitchener. 

The U23 Men begin today and there are 7 teams total - four from Ontario, one each from Saskatchewan, Québec and Newfoundland and Labrador. 

Local players participating and their Greater Ottawa Fastball League teams are:

Toronto Jr. Batmen: Tyler Branchaud (Manotick)

Tavistock Merchants: Jack Becker (Manotick) and Joe Mick (Micksburg)

New Hamburg Mustangs: Adam Roth (Manotick) and Conner Hopper (West Carleton)

Équipe Québec: Hunter Beauregard (Quyon)

Masters Men's (40+) begins Tuesday night. There are seven teams at this level - four from Ontario, two from Saskatchewan and one from Alberta.

Local players in this event are:

Cobourg Force: Drew Hathway (Quyon), Brad Pender (Vars) and former GOFLers Gregg Garrity and Dan Loney.

Waterdown Hammer: Adam Brown (West Carleton)

The Men’s open division starts up Wednesday with ten teams in the mix - five from Ontario, two from Newfoundland and Labrador, and one each from British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia. 

Local players on rosters include:

Kitchener Hallman Cubs: Tyler Branchaud (Manotick)

Micksburg Twins: Joran Graham, Matt McIntyre, Joe Mick, Andrew McIntyre, Scott Conroy, Paul Griffith, and Jared Steege (Micksburg), Dylan Rorwick, Adam Rueckwald and Conner Hopper (West Carleton), Matt Greer (Quyon),  Andy Barber (Vars).

Did I miss anyone? If so, let me know in the comments.

Ontario wins gold at CSG

Team Ontario won gold at the Canada Summer Games Men's Softball competition in St. John's, NL on Sunday with a 4-2 victory over Team Québec. 

Joe Weiler had the complete game win, and Sharl Leclerc, Jeremy Breton, and Mark Tomatuk pitched for Québec. 

The teams had split their previous games as QC won the round robin game on Thursday and ON won the first vs second game on Saturday. 

Conner Hopper from Fitzroy Harbour who plays for West Carleton Electric in the Greater Ottawa Fastball League was a gold medalist.

Cade Kuehl of Shawville who hit a solo homer in the Final and Hunter Beauregard of Campbell's Bay who hit an RBI single in the Final play for Team Québec. They play for Quyon Flyers in the GOFL.

Left to right: Hunter Beauregard, Conner Hopper, Cade Kuehl 

ON and QC to meet in Final

Team Ontario and Team Québec will meet for a third time at Canada Summer in St. John's, NL as they play in the gold medal game at 11 a.m. local time (9:30 a.m. Eastern) on Sunday.

Québec has bested Ontario in pool play with a 6-5 win on Thursday. 

The teams met for the second time on Saturday morning as ON beat QC 9-2 in the first versus second game and advanced directly to the final.

Later Saturday, Québec then played Nova Scotia which had won the third vs fourth game over Saskatchewan. Québec won in exciting fashion, 6-4 in a game which featured a solo home run from Hunter Beauregard. NS won bronze medals and Québec gets a chance to play Ontario again.

Check the 2025 Canada Games site for the live stream of the game.

QC and ON to meet in CSG semi

Team Ontario and Team Québec will meet in the first vs second game at Canada Summer Games in St. John's, NL on Saturday at 11 a.m. local time (9:30 a.m. Eastern).

Québec went undefeated in pool play with eight straight wins. They beat Alberta 18-1, New Brunswick 6-2, and B.C. 8-1 on Friday.

Ontario also won three on Friday - 8-1 over Saskatchewan, 16-0 over Manitoba and 15-0 over B.C. Their only loss in pool play was Thursday against Québec, finishing with seven wins and a loss.

The winner of the Saturday at 11 a.m. game will advance to Sunday's gold medal game at 11 a.m. local time.

The loser of ON vs QC will play the winner of #3 Nova Scotia vs #4 Saskatchewan at 4 p.m. Saturday. The loser of that game gets bronze and the winner advances to the gold medal game.

Games are streamed on YouTube - search for Canada Summer Games Men's Softball.

Québec and Ontario 1 - 2 at CSG

Team Québec and Team Ontario are atop the standings for Men's Softball at the Canada Summer Games in St. John's, NL after play on Thursday. 

Québec won their first game of the day 1-0 in tight game over Nova Scotia. Cade Kuehl had one of Team Q's three hits and had a walk as well. 

Ontario played two early and won both big: 12-0 over Newfoundland and Labrador and 12-2 over Alberta. Conner Hopper had 3 RBIs in the Alberta game.

The final game of the day for both teams was an ON vs QC match up with both teams going in undefeated. Québec prevailed 6-5 with a bases loaded single in the bottom of the seventh to win. Hunter Beauregard was 3 for 4 and had a key RBI for Québec. Kuehl also had an RBI.

This meant Québec finished the day with five wins and no losses in first place, with three games to play on Friday vs Alberta, New Brunswick and British Columbia. Ontario was in second with four wins and a loss, with games versus Saskatchewan, Manitoba and B.C.

Micksburg beats Manotick 2-1: updated

Micksburg beat Manotick 2-1 in their first game of the Greater Ottawa Fastball League semi-final on Thursday.  Joran Graham had the win, Luc D'Entremont the loss.

Manotick scored in the top of the first when Riley Dunbar's double scored Ty Branchaud who had walked.

Jason McIntyre's sacrifice fly scored Scott Conroy in the second to tie the game at 1-1.

In the seventh a walk off single by Graham scored Matt McIntyre who had walked and took second on a passed ball.

Harbour Ball playoffs results (corrected)

The Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League playoffs continued with action on Wednesday night with three games which were the second games of the best-of-three quarter-final round.

#6 Grandor Farms beat #3 Clean Cut Construction 9-8 to win the series two straight, to advance to the semi-finals. Team sponsor Ryley Burns, Gavin Boyd, and Jack Armstrong all had homers for Grandor.

#7 Baird Construction won 13-4 to even up their series 1-1 with #2 Hicks Custom Interiors to force a game three.

The late game was a 16-3 victory for #4 Bren Electric over the #5 Campbell Contracting Logsplitters, evening their series at one apiece. Gabe Brown had two homers in this game, plus an additional disputed inside the park home run that Gabe insists was legit but opposing pitcher and older brother Owen Brown claims was due to an error. 

#1 Ottawa Valley Coffee Espressomen are waiting to play the lowest advancing seed in the semi-finals.

Ontario, Québec undefeated at Canada Games

After a day of delay due to rain, the Canada Games Men's Softball got underway today in St. John's, NL.

Team Ontario won both their games - 17-2 against New Brunswick and 10-3 versus Nova Scotia. Conner Hopper of West Carleton Electric had a grand slam in the game vs NB.

Team Québec also had a successful day at the diamond, winning three games - 11-0 over Newfoundland and Labrador, 8-1 over Manitoba and a tight 7-6 comeback win over Saskatchewan. Cade Kuehl had a bases loaded 3 RBI double for TQ vs Sask.

The teams play each other at 3:30 p.m local time, 2 p.m. Eastern on Thursday. 

Full schedule and results here. 

Shawville League playoffs

The Shawville Men's Fastpitch League playoffs on Monday resulted in one team being eliminated and another advancing to the finals. 

In the winner-winner game, the Royals beat the Athletics 8-3 to advance to the Final. Adam Rueckwald had the win while Luke Young took the loss.

The loser-loser game saw the Scrappers win 8-1 over the Pontiac Juniors to eliminate Pontiac. Todd Hearty and Darryl Crawford pitched for the Scrappers while Gibson Lang was on the slab for the young guys.

The Scrappers will play the Athletics in the semi-final on Monday.

Schedule revamped at Canada Games

The schedule for Men's softball has been revamped after all of Tuesday was wiped out due to poor weather.

Games start up Wednesday morning. Schedule here.

Vars wins first game of semis

The Vars Aces won game one of the Greater Ottawa Fastball League semi-finals 10-0 over West Carleton Electric on Tuesday night in Manotick. 

Andy Barber earned the win. Adam Rueckwald took the loss with relief from Gabe Brown. 

Carleton Mushroom wins Osgoode League

Team Carleton Mushroom (captain Tyler Alexander) won the Osgoode Men's Fastball League inaugural playoff championship on Saturday with a 7-5 win over Dewan Painting. After being down 4-1 going into the 7th, they came back for the victory. Carter Marshall threw for Carleton, Jack Dewan (captain for the Painters) was the loser.

The B final saw Peterson Haulage (captain Jack Wallace) defeated Proactive Restoration (captain Trevor Beaulieu). 

The OMFL is potentially expanding the league to six teams next year.

Canada Games Men's Softball starts Tuesday

The Canada Summer Games are currently being held in St. John's, NL and are a multi-sport event including both women's and men's softball.

The 11-team women's event wrapped up today and British Columbia beat Ontario in the gold medal game. Alberta won bronze. Results here.

The men's softball event (U20 age level) starts on Tuesday August 19. There are nine teams, with each province except PEI represented. The teams play a full round robin, ending Friday, with playoff games on Saturday and gold medal game on Sunday August 24. Schedule here, with results also to be posted on this page.

Three local athletes are participating in men's softball - Conner Hopper of Fitzroy Harbour is with Team Ontario. Cade Kuehl of Shawville and Hunter Beauregard of Campbell's Bay are playing with Team Quebec. 

Harbour Ball playoffs this week

The Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League commissioner has released the second games of the first round best-of-three playoff matchups for this week coming.

Wednesday August 13 at 7 p.m. (D1)
#6 Grandor Farms vs #3 Clean Cut Construction (Grandor leads 1-0)

Wednesday August 20 at 7 p.m. (D2)
#7 Baird Carpentry vs #2 Hicks Custom Interiors (Hicks leads 1-0)

Wednesday August 20 at 9 p.m. (D1)
#4 Bren Electric vs #5 Campbell Contracting Logsplitters (Splitters lead 1-0)

#1 Ottawa Valley Coffee Espressomen await the completion of the first round before playing in the semi-finals.

GOFL semi-finals to begin next week

The Greater Ottawa Fastball League semi-finals series start next week, best-of-three match ups to determine the finalists. Game one for each series is as follows:

#3 West Carleton Electric face #2 Vars Aces in Manotick on Tuesday August 19 at 8 p.m.

#1 Micksburg Twins will play #5 Manotick Brewers in Micksburg on Thursday August 21 at 8 p.m.

The GOFL will take off the week of Softball Canada U23 and Men's Canadian Championship in Kitchener (August 25 to August 29).

Playoffs will resume after Labour Day.

GOFL playoffs first round - results

Dates for the first round best-of-three Greater Ottawa Fastball League playoff series have been set. The top advancing seed will play #2 Vars Aces and lowest advancing see will play #1 Micksburg Twins in best-of-three semi-finals.

Results:

#6 Los Caballos vs #3 West Carleton Electric 

Game 1 - Thursday August 7 - West Carleton 7 Los Caballos 3

Game 2 - Wednesday August 13 - West Carleton 8 Los Caballos 6 (8 innings)

West Carleton wins series 2-0

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#5 Manotick Brewers vs #4 Quyon Flyers 

Game 1 - Thursday August 7 - Quyon 5 Manotick 4 (8 innings)

Game 2 - Tuesday August 12 - Manotick 4 Quyon 0

Game 3 - Thursday August 14 - Manotick 6 Quyon 1

Manotick wins series 2-1

Manotick wins game three

The Manotick Brewers won game three of their Greater Ottawa Fastball League playoff series with the Quyon Flyers by a score of 6-1 on Shawville on Thursday night.

Luc D'Entremont got the complete game win, allowing only four hits. Drew Hathway took the loss.

The teams traded solo homers early on - Adam Roth for Manotick and Shawn Laframboise from Quyon.

With the game tied 1-1 after six complete, the visitors put up five runs in the top of the seventh. 

Tyler Branchaud walked and Jack Becker singled. After a pop out and a ground out, the Flyers elected to intentionally walk Roth to load the bases. Zach Branchaud singled to drive in two, followed by a two RBI double by Trevor Beaulieu and an RBI single by Ty Alexander. 

With the win, the Brewers advance to the GOFL semi-finals against the Micksburg Twins.

GOFL annual history lesson

Once again, a yearly tradition (except for 2020) - blog readers' annual history lesson on the GOFL. The Greater Ottawa Fastball League and its predecessor, the Kemptville Men's Fastball League have been around since 2000.

Here are the past winners/finalists, as well as the league teams and franchise histories.

Past winners / finalists

2000 Dollco defeated Macton (3-0, best of five)

2001 Macton defeated D.T.I. (3-1, best of five)

2002 Lomor defeated Macton (3-0, best of five)

2003 Team Easton defeated Macton (1 game final, 8 innings)

2004 Team Easton defeated West Carleton (3-1, best of five)

2005 Team Easton defeated Stittsville (3-1, best of five)

2006 Team Easton defeated Stittsville (3-1, best of five)

2007 Team Easton defeated West Carleton (3-0, best of five)

2008 Stittsville defeated Team Easton (3-1, best of five)

2009 Stittsville defeated Quyon (3-2, best of five)

2010 Kars defeated Quyon (2-0, series shortened to best of three)

2011 Kars defeated Quyon (Final Weekend Showdown tournament format)

2012 Kars defeated Quyon (FWS tournament format)

2013 Micksburg defeated Kars (FWS tournament format)

2014 I4C Victory defeated Micksburg (FWS tournament format)

2015 I4C Victory defeated Micksburg (2-0, best of three)

2016 Micksburg defeated Kars (Final Four format)

2017 Micksburg defeated West Carleton (Final Four format)

2018 Quyon defeated Kars (Final Four format)

2019 Micksburg defeated Kars (2-1, best of three)

2020 No league - COVID

2021 Micksburg defeated Orleans (COVID double knockout bracket)

2022 Micksburg defeated Kars (2-1, best of three)

2023 Orleans defeated Kars (2-1, best of three)

2024 Micksburg defeated Quyon (2-0, best of three)

League Composition

2000 - 6 teams
Kemptville Macton Muckdogs
Kemptville D.T.I.
Stittsville 56ers
Kemptville Dollco Printing
Kemptville Thunder Juniors
Kanata Pirates Juniors

2001 - 5 teams
Kemptville Macton Muckdogs
Kemptville D.T.I.
Stittsville 56ers
Kemptville Dollco Printing
Kanata Pirates Juniors

2002 - 4 teams
Kemptville Macton Muckdogs
Kemptville Team Easton (formerly D.T.I.)
Stittsville 56ers
Kemptville Lomor Printers (formerly Dollco Printing)

2003 - 4 teams
Kemptville Macton Muckdogs
Kemptville Team Easton
Stittsville 56ers
Kemptville Lomor Printers

2004 - 5 teams
Kemptville Macton Muckdogs
Kanata Team Easton
Stittsville 56ers
Manotick Lomor Printers
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric

2005 - 4 teams
Kanata Team Easton
Stittsville 56ers
Manotick Lomor Printers
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric

2006 - 6 teams
Kanata Team Easton
Stittsville 56ers
Manotick Lomor Printers
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
Carp I4C Victory
Ottawa Blitz

2007 - 8 teams
Ottawa Team Easton
Stittsville 56ers
Manotick Lomor Printers
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
Carp I4C Victory
Ottawa Blitz
Quyon Combat Flyers
Orleans Gators

2008 - 9 teams
Ottawa Team Easton
Stittsville 56ers
Manotick Lomor Printers
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
Carp I4C Victory
Ottawa Blitz
Quyon Combat Flyers
Orleans Gators
Greely DNTW Eagles

2009 - 9 teams
Ottawa Team Easton
Stittsville 56ers
Manotick Lomor Printers
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
Carp I4C Victory
Ottawa Blitz
Quyon Combat Flyers
Orleans Gators
Greely DNTW Eagles

2010 - 8 teams
Kars Aces (formerly Team Easton)
Stittsville 56ers
Barrhaven Broadway Blues (formerly Lomor Printers)
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
Carp I4C Victory
Ottawa Blitz
Quyon Combat Flyers
North Gower Marlboroughs (formerly Greely Eagles)

2011 - 7 teams
Kars Aces
Stittsville 56ers
Barrhaven Broadway Blues
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
Carp I4C Victory
Ottawa Taylor's Blitz
Quyon Combat Flyers

2012 - 7 team
Kars Aces
Stittsville 56ers
Barrhaven Broadway Blues
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
Carp I4C Victory
Ottawa Taylor's Blitz
Quyon Combat Flyers

2013 - 8 teams
Kars Aces
Stittsville 56ers
Barrhaven Broadway Blues
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
Carp I4C Victory
Manotick Taylor's Blitz (changed name to Manotick)
Quyon Flyers
Micksburg Twins

2014 - 7 teams
Kars Aces
Stittsville 56ers
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
I4C Victory (home diamond moved to Manotick)|
Quyon Flyers
Micksburg Twins
Kanata Pirates

2015 - 7 teams
Kars Aces
Stittsville 56ers
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
I4C Victory
Quyon Flyers
Micksburg Twins
Ottawa Valley As

2016 - 7 teams
Kars Aces
Stittsville 56ers
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
I4C Victory
Quyon Flyers
Micksburg Twins
Ottawa Valley As

2017 - 7 teams
Kars Aces
Stittsville 56ers
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
I4C Victory
Quyon Flyers
Micksburg Twins
Ottawa Valley As

2018 - 7 teams + 1 affiliated team
Kars Aces
Stittsville 56ers
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
I4C Victory
Quyon Flyers
Micksburg Twins
Ottawa Valley As
Kemptville Black Sox (affiliate team)

2019 - 9 teams
Kars Aces
Stittsville 56ers
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
I4C Victory
Quyon Flyers
Micksburg Twins
Ottawa Valley As
Kemptville Black Sox (joined full time)
Orleans Rebels

2020 - no season (COVID)

2021 - 6 teams
Kars Aces
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
Manotick Brewers (formerly I4C Victory)
Micksburg Twins
Ottawa Valley As
Orleans Rebels

2022 - 8 teams
GOFL East
Orleans Rebels
Manotick Brewers
Kars Aces
Osgoode Chiefs U23

GOFL West
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
Ottawa Valley As
Micksburg Twins
Quyon Flyers (returned to league after one year off)

2023 - 7 teams
Orleans Rebels
Manotick Brewers
Kars Aces
Osgoode Chiefs
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
Micksburg Twins
Quyon Flyers

2024 - 7 teams + 1 affiliate
Orleans Rebels
Manotick Brewers
Kars Aces
Osgoode Chiefs
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
Micksburg Twins
Quyon Flyers
Ottawa Los Caballos (affiliate)

2025 - 6 teams
Manotick Brewers
Vars Aces (new name)
Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton Electric
Micksburg Twins
Quyon Flyers
Ottawa Los Caballos (joined full time)

Franchise History - Current Teams

Vars Aces
Home Diamond: Manotick
Years in League: 25 (2000-25)
Previous Names: D.T.I., Team Easton, Kars Aces
Previous Home Diamonds: Kemptville, Stittsville, Kanata, North Gower
Championships: 8 (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012)
Finalists: 6 (2001, 2008, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023)

West Carleton Electric
Home Diamond: Fitzroy Harbour
Years in League: 21 (2004-2025)
Championships: none
Finalists: 3 (2004, 2007, 2017)

Manotick Brewers
Home Diamond: Manotick
Years in League: 19 (2006-2025)
Previous name: I4C Victory
Previous Home Diamonds: Carp
Championships: 2 (2014, 2015)
Finalists: none

Micksburg Twins
Home Diamond: Micksburg
Years in League: 12 (2013-2025)
Previous League: Upper Ottawa Valley Men's Fastball League
Championships: 7 (2013, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024)
Finalists: 2 (2014, 2015)

Quyon Flyers
Home Diamond: Shawville
Years in League: 17 (2007-2019, 2022-2025)
Previous Names: Quyon Combat Flyers
Previous League: Ottawa R.A. League
Previous Home Diamond: Quyon, Luskville
Championships: 1 (2018)
Finalists: 5 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2024)

Ottawa Los Caballos
Home Diamond: Manotick
Years in League: 2 - (2024 - affiliate, 2025 - full time)
Previous League: Blackburn Men's Fastball League
Championships: none
Finalists: none

Franchise History - Defunct Teams

Osgoode Chiefs
Home Diamonds: Manotick, Osgoode
Years in League: 3 (2022-2024)
Previous Names: Osgoode Chiefs U23
Previous League: Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League
Championships: none
Finalists: none

Orleans Rebels
Home Diamond: Blackburn, Manotick, Orleans
Years in League: 5 (2019-24)
Championships: 1 (2023)
Finalists: 1 (2021)

Ottawa Valley As
Home Diamond: Carp
Years in League: 7 (2015-2022)
Championships: none
Finalists: none

Stittsville 56ers
Home Diamond: Stittsville
Years in League: 20 (2000-2019)
Championships: 2 (2008, 2009)
Finalists: 2 (2005, 2006)

Kemptville Black Sox
Home Diamond: Carp, Kemptville
Years in League: 2 (2018 affiliate, 2019 full-time)
Championships: none
Finalists: none

Kanata Pirates
Home Diamond: Carp
Years in League: 1 (2014)
Championships: none
Finalists: none

Manotick Taylor's Blitz
Home Diamond: Manotick
Years in League: 8 (2006-2013)
Previous Names: Ottawa Blitz, Ottawa Taylor's Blitz
Championships: none
Finalists: none

Barrhaven Broadway Blues
Home Diamonds: Manotick, Kemptville
Years in League: 14 (2000-2013)
Previous Names: Lomor Printers, Dollco Printing
Championships: 2 (2000, 2002)
Finalists: none

North Gower Marlboroughs
Home Diamonds: North Gower, Greely
Years in League: 3 (2008-2010)
Previous Names: Greely DNTW Eagles
Championships: none
Finalists: none

Orleans Gators
Home Diamond: Orleans
Years in League: 3 (2007-2009)
Championships: none
Finalists: none

Macton Muckdogs
Home Diamond: Kemptville
Years in League: 5 (2000-2004)
Championships: 1 (2001)
Finalists: 3 (2000, 2002, 2003)

Kanata Pirates Juniors
Home Diamond: Kemptville
Years in League: 2 (2000-2001)
Championships: none
Finalists: none

Kemptville Thunder Juniors
Home Diamond: Kemptville
Years in League: 1 (2000)
Championships: none
Finalists: none

WC advances to GOFL semi-finals (now with details)

West Carleton Electric advanced to the Greater Ottawa Fastball League semi-finals with a 8-6 win in Manotick in eight innings over Los Caballos in their best-of-three playoff quarter-final on Wednesday night.

Adam Rueckwald had the complete game win. Will Lowe took the loss in relief of Matt McKay.

West Carleton scored two in the top on a Finn Barton 2RBI triple. West Carleton would have scored more runs but for Fredyan Carpio leaping to steal a Conner Hopper missile to centrefield that would have been a home run if not for the catch.

Los Caballos strung together five straight hits before three consecutive strikeouts to go up 4-2 after one complete.

The 'Trics evened things up in the second. With Chris Costello on with a single and two out, Colton Lecuyer was intentionally walked. The next batter, Trevor Barton singled to score two.

WC took the lead in third 5-4 after Finn Barton walked and eventually took home on a wild pitch.

The home team responded immediately to tie it in their half of third after a Derek Martin single and Elvin Gomez double.

West Carleton went up 6-5 in the sixth. Dylan Rorwick singled, moved to second on a ground out, took third on a wild pitch and scored on Finn Barton single. 

In the bottom of the sixth, Felipe Morales smashed a ball deep to left for what looked like a sure two-out triple, but Ben Broek's throw was right on the money and the inning was ended with a 7-5 put out.

The Caballos tied it up in dramatic fashion in the bottom of the seventh as Juan Ramirez had a game tying homer to lead off the inning. After two strikeouts, Carpio doubled. Two intentional walks later, the bases were loaded, but Rueckwald got a strikeout to get the game to the eighth.

With Rorwick on second on the international tiebreaker, Los Caballos elected to intentionally walk the first batter, Hopper. A wild pitch moved the runners sixty feet, and Finn Barton's sac fly to left field, his fourth RBI of the night, scored the go ahead run. A single by Sean Lecuyer scored Hopper and gave the Trics a two-run cushion. 

After Los Caballos failed to score in the bottom, West Carleton Electric won 8-6 and advanced to the semi-finals where they will face the Vars Aces.

Pitching

WC

Adam Rueckwald - WIN 8IP 6R 6ER 13H 14K 2IBB

Los Caballos
Matt McKay - 3IP 5R 5ER 4H 6BB 1K
Will Lowe - LOSS 5IP 3R 2ER 9H 2BB 1K

North Leeds playoffs begin

Scores from the first game of the best-of-three quarter-final playoff round on Tuesday night in the North Leeds Men's Fastball League.  Lyn got the bye and waits in the semi-finals for their opponent.

Maitland 8
Eastons Corners 7

Game two tonight at 8 p.m. in Eastons Corners

North Augusta 7

Greenbush 2
Game two tonight at 8 p.m. in Greenbush

Spencerville vs Westport
Game one tonight at 8 p.m. in Westport

Hicks and Grandor win on Wednesday in Harbour Ball

There two playoff games in Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League action on Wednesday night, both the first game of the first round best-of-three series.

Grandor Farms defeated Clean Cut Construction 5-4. John Sullivan, Ryley Burns and Ryland Hill threw for Grandor while Kevin Bisch, Dave Bahm and Johnny Coe pitched for CCC.

Hicks Custom Interiors got by Baird Carpentry 5-4 in eight innings. Matt McIntrye and Blake Bramburger pitched for HCI while Jeff Campbell and emergency pick up Cole Ross were on the slab for Baird. The game was tied 2-2 after seven innings. McIntrye had the walk off hit in the bottom of eight to win it.

Brewers even series

The Manotick Brewers won 4-0 over the Quyon Flyers in Greater Ottawa Fastball League first round playoff action on Wednesday night in Manotick to even their best-of-three series at one game each.

Luc D'Entremont had the complete game shutout win, allowing five hits, walking one and striking out ten. Matt Greer threw for the Flyers, allows eight hits, walking three and striking out two.

For Manotick, Jack Becker had a hit and a walk and scored twice. Ryan Clare was two for two with a walk, an RBI and run scored. Riley Dunbar was three for three and an RBI and run scored. Trevor Beaulieu and Ty Alexander also had hits for Manotick.

Hunter Beauregard (2), Lane McMurtry, Cade Kuehl and Bennett Rusenstrom had hits for Quyon. 

Game three of the series is scheduled for 8 p.m. at the Shawville R.A. at 8 p.m. on Thursday August 14.

Logsplitters take game one

The Campbell Contracting Logsplitters won the first game of their best of three opening round playoff series against Bren Electric by a score of 10-4 tonight in Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League post-season play.

Colton Lecuyer and Owen Brown pitched for the Splitters while Noah Fleurie and Gabe Brown threw for Bren. Sean Lecuyer had a homer for the Electricians.

The other two Harbour Ball playoff series get started Wednesday night.

North Leeds playoff update

North Leeds Men's Fastball League playoffs started tonight.

Lyn Lightning finished first and get a bye first round.

Maitland Marlins finished 2nd place and play 7th placed Easton Corners Haymakers.

North Augusta Trappers finished 3rd and play 6th place Greenbush Generals.

Westport Lumberjacks finished 4th and play 5th placed Spencerville.

Shawville playoffs begin

The Shawville Men's Fastpitch League playoffs begun Monday night. The four-team League plays a modified double knockout bracket to determine their playoff champion. 

On Monday early, #2 Athletics beat #3 Scrappers 13-2. Luke Young was the winning pitcher. Darrell Crawford started and finished for the Scrappers with captain Blake Bramburger also pitching. Cade Kuehl had a homer and Maxime Asselin had two doubles and a triple for the A's.

The late game saw the #1 Royals defeat #4 Pontiac 3-1. Adam Rueckwald pitched for the Royals and Matt Greer for Pontiac.

That sets up next week's games on Monday August 18 when the Athletics will face the Royals for a direct trip to the Final, and Pontiac will play the Scrappers to see what team is eliminated. 

Shawville league playoffs to begin

The Shawville Men's Fastpitch League playoffs begin tonight. The four-team league plays at the Shawville, QC Recreation Association on Monday nights.

The Pontiac junior team will face the Royals at 7 p.m. on Monday August 11, followed by the Scrappers facing the Athletics at 8:30 p.m.

Carp Shootout Final detailed recap

The details of the final game of the Carp Shootout on Sunday, based on the @fitzroyfastball live tweets. Vars Aces were the home team and Micksburg Twins the visitors.

Top of the first
Andy Barber pitching; Brad Pender catching

Andy McIntyre singles. Matt Greer sac bunt, McIntyre to second, one out. Joran Graham single scores McIntyre, RBI. Jared Steege pops up to 2b, two out. Joe Mick grounds out to 3b, three out. Micksburg leads 1-0 after top of first.

Bottom of the first
Joran Graham pitching; Joe Mick catching

Brad Pender grounds out to ss, one out. Nick Ellis singles to rf, error by lf, ball goes to the fence, Ellis scores on the three-base error. Kristian Knapp strikes out looking, two out. Andy Barber walks. Knapp in as replacement runner. Cory Alkerton walks. Colton Lecuyer bloop single to centre, advances to second on throw, Knapp and Alkerton score, 2 RBI. Kyle Lloyd walks. Matt Alkerton strikes out swinging, three out. After one complete, Vars leads 3-1.

Top of the second

Matt McIntyre reaches on infield error by 3b. Drew Hathway strikes out, McIntyre steals second, advances to third on errant throw, one out. Nic McGrayne hits two run homer, 2 RBI. Scott Conroy grounds out to 2b, two out. Andy McIntyre flies out to cf, three out.  Micksburg 3 Vars 3 after 1.5 innings.

Bottom of the second

Drew Hathway in to pitch. Jeff Barber bloop single. Brad Pender walks. Nick Ellis flies to lf, one out. Kristian Knapp pop to ss, two out. Andy Barber pop to ss, three out. Tied at 3-3 after two complete.

Top of the third

Matt Greer strikeout swinging, one out. Joran Graham solo homer, RBI. Jared Steege infield single. Joe Mick single, Steege to third. Ryan McIntyre pinch runs for Mick. Matt McIntyre reaches on error by 1B, bases loaded. Drew Hathway singles, 2 RBIs, Steege and R. McIntyre score. Brad Porter in to pitch. Nic McGrayne pops out 1b, two out. Scott Conroy grounds to 1b, three out. Micksburg 6 Vars 3 midway through the third inning.

Bottom of the third

Cory Alkerton walks. Colton Lecuyer flies out to cf, one out. Kyle Lloyd strikes out looking, two out. Cory Alkerton steals second. Matt Alkerton walks. Jeff Barber walks, bases loaded. Brad Pender strikeout looking, three out. Micksburg 6 Vars 3 after three complete.

Top of the fourth

Andy McIntyre walks. Matt Greer reaches on fielder's choice, 3b to 2b, McIntyre out at 2nd, one out.  Joran Graham reaches on fielder's choice, ss to 2b, Greer out at second, two out. Jared Steege reaches on error by cf, Steege on first, Graham advances to third. Joe Mick reaches on fielder's choice, ss to 2b, Steege out at 2nd, three out. Micksburg 6 Vars 3 after three and a half.

Bottom of the fourth

Nick Ellis doubles. Kristian Knapp singles to score Ellis, RBI. Andy Barber bunt single, Knapp to second. Cory Alkerton grounds into 1b to 2b double play, Barber out at second, Knapp to third, two out. Colton Lecuyer walks. Lecuyer steals second. Kyle Lloyd strikes out looking, three out. Micksburg 6 Vars 4 after four innings.

Top of the fifth

Matt McIntyre singles. Drew Hathway pops up to ss, one out. Nic McGrayne pops up to 2b, two out. Scott Conroy pops to 2b, three out. Micksburg 6 Vars 4 after four and a half innings.

Bottom of the fifth

Matt Alkerton walks. Joran Graham re-enters in to pitch. Jeff Barber singles to lf, Alkerton to second. Brad Pender at bat. Wild pitch moves runners to 2nd and 3rd. Pender reaches on fielder's choice, throw to home error by 1b, Alkerton scores. Pender on second, Barber on third. Nick Ellis sac fly to rf, Barber scores, RBI. Pender advances to third. Kristian Knapp walk. Knapp advances to second on defensive indifference. Andy Barber three run homer, 3RBIs. Drew Hathway re-enters in to pitch. Cory Alkerton grounds out to 2b, two out. Colton Lecuyer single. Kyle Lloyd single, Lecuyer advances to second. Matt Alkerton strikeout looking, three out. Vars 9 Micksburg 6 after five complete. 

Top of the sixth

Andy McIntyre infield single. Matt Greer grounds into ss to 2b to 1b double play, two out. Joran Graham pops up to 2b, three out. Vars 9 Micksburg 6 in middle of sixth inning.

Bottom of the sixth

Jeff Barber solo homer, RBI. Brad Pender ground out to ss, one out. Nick Ellis ground out to 1b, two out. Kristian Knapp ground out to 1b, three out. After six complete, Vars 10 Micksburg 6.

Top of the seventh

Jared Steege ground out to 3b, one out. Joe Mick fly out to cf, two out. Matt McIntyre grounds out to ss, three out. Final score, Vars 10 Micksburg 6.

Vars Aces win the 2025 Carp Shootout

The Vars Aces won the 2025 Carp Shootout tournament on Sunday, finishing at the top of the six-team event, defeating the Micksburg Twins in the final. Ottawa Valley Grain finished third, East Hants, NS Mastodons finished fourth. West Carleton Electric U20 and Southeastern Ontario Screaming Eagles also participated in the tournament.

Micksburg Twins 8
Ottawa Valley Grain 4

The semi-final game on Sunday morning saw the Micksburg Twins defeat the Ottawa Valley Grain team 8-4. Joran Graham was the winning pitcher and. Alex Baillargeon took the loss. 

Graham had a solo homer, and Matt McIntyre (2), Nic McGrayne, Scott Conroy, and Drew Hathway also had RBIs for the Twins. Dylan Rorwick, Jack Becker, Trevor Beaulieu drove in runs for the Grainers.

Vars Aces 10
Micksburg Twins 6

The Aces were waiting in the final having won the first vs first game on Saturday evening over the Grainers. They outlasted the Twins 10-6 in a slugfest to take the title.

Brad Porter was the winning pitcher for the Aces in relief of Andy Barber. Graham took the loss with relief from Hathway.

McGrayne, and Graham homered for the Twins. Brothers Andy Barber and Jeff Barber both homered for Vars.

Andy Barber was named tournament Most Valuable Player.

Organizers Geoff Lathem (L) and Steph Bouchey (R) recognize Andy Barber as the 2025 Carp Shootout Most Valuable Player.

2025 Carp Shootout Champions - Vars Aces

Back row (L to R): Colton Lecuyer, Matt Alkerton, Brad Pender, Danny Powers, Luke Severson, Brad Porter, Cory Alkerton
Front row (L to R): Kyle Lloyd, Kristian Knapp, Jeff Barber, Nick Ellis, Andy Barber, Shawn Forbes

Saturday at the Shootout

Saturday results at the Carp Shootout men's fastpitch softball tournament.

East Hants Mastodons 3

Ottawa Valley Grains 3

The first game of the day ended in a 3-3 tie, with the Mastodons from Nova Scotia ending up even with the Ottawa Valley Grain team made up of Greater Ottawa Fastball players from three different teams. David Watson threw for East Hants, while Luc D'Entremont started and Alex Baillargeon finished for the Grainers. Brody Fraser hit a solo shot for the Mastodons to put them up but Tyler Branchaud's solo homer for OVG tied things up, which is how it ended. 

Micksburg Twins 10

Southeastern Ontario Screaming Eagles 4

The defending champion Twins got by the Screaming Eagles 10-4 in a game that saw Matt Greer, Jared Steege and Andy McIntyre all hit homers for the winners. John Enright got the win and Noah Fleurie threw in relief. Kyle Olson took the loss and had relief from Hudson Compeau.

East Hants Mastodons 9

West Carleton Electric U20 4

The Junior 'Trics got out to an early 3-1 lead, but the Mastodons came back to win 9-4 to stay undefeated. David Watson has the complete game win, while Kaden Fowler took the loss. Finn Barton had a homer and triple for the U20s and Carter Wright also hit one out for WC.

Vars Aces 10

Eastern Ontario Screaming Eagles 1

Vars won their second game of the Shootout 10-1, as Brad Porter had the win and Luke Severson threw in relief. Evan Lyndaker took the loss and had relief from Kyle Olson. Kristian Knapp had a homer for Vars.

Playoff Round

Micksburg Twins 7

West Carleton Electric U20 3

Once again the Junior 'Trics got out to an early lead, only for their opponent to come back for the win, as the Twins beat WC 7-3 to advance to the quarter-final. Corey Costello, in his first game in 6 years, had the start for Micksburg; Drew Hathway got the win in relief. Finn Barton started and took the loss and had relief from Gabe Brown. 

East Hants Mastodons 8

Southeastern Ontario Screaming Eagles 1

The Nova Scotia team got second place with the tiebreaker and face the SEO Screaming Eagles, beating them 8-1. Once again, David Watson went the distance, this time in a five-inning run rule shortened game. Hudson Compeau took the loss and had relief from Evan Lyndaker. East Hants advanced to the quarter-final.

Vars Aces 6

Ottawa Valley Grains 5

In the battle of the two top seeds, Vars prevailed 6-5 over the Grainers to advance to the final on Sunday, with OVG going to the semi-finals. The Grainers scored five runs in the first inning but that was all the plated as the Aces came back to win. Andy Barber had the win in relief of Cory Alkerton. Alex Baillargeon took the loss in relief of Adam Rueckwald. Ryan Clare hit a home run for Ottawa Valley.

Micksburg Twins 2

East Hants Mastodons 1

9 innings

The quarter-final game was an epic rematch of the 2023 Carp Shootout Final as the Micksburg Twins eliminated the Mastodons with a 2-1 win in nine innings. Joran Graham, who got out of a bases loaded jam in the eighth, had the complete game win. David Watson, who threw all 28 innings for Nova Scotia in one day, was the hard luck loser. Scott Conroy's double in the top of the night drove in the winning run.

Sunday schedule

10 a.m. (Semi-final) - Micksburg Twins vs Ottawa Valley Grain

1 p.m. (Final) - Vars Aces vs winner of semi-final

Quyon wins first playoff game

This was supposed to be posted Thursday night, but there was some sort of glitch - likely blogger's error. Anyway, here is a story from the GOFL playoff first round.

The Quyon Flyers won the first game of the first round best-of-three Greater Ottawa Fastball League playoff series 5-4 against the Manotick Brewers on Thursday night in Shawville, in eight innings.

Drew Hathway earned the win while Carley Shane pitched for the visitors.

Manotick had a 4-1 lead after six and a half. In the bottom of the seventh, Shawn Laframboise led off with a single up the middle for the Flyers. After a Steve McCord single and a flyout, Dennis McCleary doubled to score one. Manotick elected to intentionally walkp Matt Greer to load the bases for Drew Hathway. He hit a high far one to the right centre gap that fell in at the fence, scoring two. Manotick made the relay in time to get Greer trying to score from first.

With the game tied at three, the game went to an eighth inning. After a scoreless top of eight, Cade Kuehl drove in the game winning run to win the match 5-4 for the Flyers.

Game two is scheduled for Wednesday August 13 in Manotick at 7 p.m.

Ottawa Sports Pages article

An Ottawa Sports Pages article on Fitzroy Harbour resident Conner Hopper's upcoming trip to St. John's, NL for the Canada Summer Games in men's softball.

U17 Canadians playoff day

The playoff schedule has been set as the top 8 teams of 11 advance to Saturday at the Softball Canada U17 Men's Canadian Championship in Napanee. 

Link here: https://softball.ca/news/event-news/2025-u17-mens-playoffs-at-the-u17-canadians.htm

Grainers, Aces win on Friday at the Shootout

Results from Friday night at the Carp Shootout. 

Ott⁰awa Valley Grains 5

West Carleton Electric U20 0

The Grainers beat the Junior Trics 5-0 in the first game of the night. Alex Baillergeon, a pick up from Team Québec U23, got the win, striking out 15 and allowing only two hits. Gabe Brown threw five innings for WC with two innings of scoreless relief from Blake Bramburger. 

Dylan Rorwick had a two run homer for the Grainers. Sean Lecuyer also had two RBIs for OVG. Conner Hopper and Alex Strathern had the two hits for WC.

Vars Aces 8

Micksburg Twins 5

Andy Barber was the winning pitcher and hit a homer in the first for the Aces. Joran Graham took the loss.

Drew Hathway had a homer for the Twins.

The Aces were down in the top of the seventh, but a grand slam by pick up Colton Lecuyer put Vars in charge.

Round robin play starts at 10 a.m. tomorrow with the playoff round starting at 4 p.m.

Harbour Ball playoff games next week released

The Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League commissioner has released the first games of the first round best-of-three playoff matchups for next week.

With several players on both teams in the 4th vs 5th series with Greater Ottawa Fastball League commitments, one of the games will be on Tuesday night to avoid a conflict.

Tuesday August 12 at 8 p.m. (D1)
#5 Campbell Contracting Logsplitters vs #4 Bren Electric

Wednesday August 13 at 7 p.m. (D1)
#2 Hicks Custom Interiors vs #7 Baird Carpentry

Wednesday August 13 at 7 p.m. (D2)
#3 Clean Cut Construction vs #6 Grandor Farms

#1 Ottawa Valley Coffee Espressomen await the completion of the first round before playing in the semi-finals.

U17 Men's standings after two days

The standings at the U17 Men's Canadian Championship being held in Napanee this week. 

Brookfield, NS and the host team are at the top of the table.

Round robin play continues today, with playoff round and finals on the weekend.

More info and streaming here: Softball Canada U17 Men's CC

WC takes game one

West Carleton Electric won the first game of their first round best-of-three Greater Ottawa Fastball League playoff series over Los Caballos 7-3 in Carp on Thursday night. 

Adam Rueckwald (8H, 8K, 1HBP) earned the win while Will Lowe (11H, 6K, 4BB) took the loss.

Los Caballos scored all their runs in the top of the first. Wilmer Lovera and Pedro Lopez both singled with two out and scored on a three-run size large homer by Fredyan Carpio.

The Electric responded right away with four in the bottom of the opening frame. Colton Lecuyer tripled and scored on a single by Dylan Rorwick. A homer by Conner Hopper scored two more. Finn Barton later scored in the inning after a walk, wild pitch, ground out and an RBI ground out by Ben Broek.

The Trics added two in the third as Hopper singled and scored by a missile of a homer by Barton.

WC's final run was in the fourth. Lecuyer singled driving the ball off Lowe's glove. He later plated on an RBI hit by Barton to make it 7-3.

Game 2 is scheduled for Wednesday August 13 at 9 p.m. in Manotick. 

Pink Team wins Carp Women's league playoff final

report from Steph Bouchey

The Pink Team won the inaugural Carp Women’s Softball League championship last night in Carp.

Pink beat Green in the finals in a tight 2-0 pitcher’s duel. Kelsey Warren and Lynn Kearns both took no hitters into the 5th inning before a string of 3 hits from Josie Rogers, Danika Gareau and Michelle Mulvihill put Pink up 2-0. 

Danika Gareau received the golden ball for MVP of the game. The golden bat was awarded to Team Pink as the winning team.

Representatives from all four teams will be coming together to play an exhibition all-star game on Friday night at 8:00 at the Carp Shootout. WP Kelsey Warren 0R 10Ks 2 hits LP Lynn Kearns 2R 12Ks 5 hits Danika Gareau 2 for 3 1R (Pink) Michelle Mulvihill 1 for 3 2 RBIs (Pink) Christie Kellam 1 for 3 with a double (Green)

Back row left to right: Josie Rogers, Marley Smith, Kiersten Lee, Bridgitte Clarke, Kelsey Warren, Tegan Thompson

Front row left to right: Emily Brazeau, Lana Mulvihill, Michelle Mulvihill, Avery Batchelar

Front: Danika Gareau

Not pictured: Victoria FitzGibbon  

Harbour Ball first round playoff matchups set

First round matchups (best-of-three series) have been set for the Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League after all seven teams have completed their 12 game regular season.

Ottawa Valley Coffee finished first with a 10W-2L record and will get the bye to the semi-finals. Adam Rueckwald and Cole Ross pitch for the Espressomen.

Second place Hicks Custom Interiors (Matt McIntyre, Blake Bramburger, Steve Cavanagh) had a 7W-5L record and will face seventh place Baird Carpentry (Jeff Campbell and Ethan Howard) at 3W-8L-1T.

Third place Clean Cut Construction (6W-5L-1T) play against Grandor Farms (4W-7L-1T). Shawn Ryan, Kevin Bisch and Johnny Coe throw for CCC while Ryley Burns, Ryland Hill and John Sullivan hurl for Grandor.

Fourth place Bren Electric (5W-6L-1T) will match up versus Campbell Contracting Logsplitters (5W-7L). Gabe Brown, Noah Fleurie and Mitch Taylor chuck for the Electricians and Owen Brown and Colton Lecuyer are on the slab for the Splitters.

Games will start next week with the schedule to be determined.

U17 Men's Canadian Championship in Napanee

The Softball Canada U17 Men's Canadian Championship will be held August 6 - 10 in Napanee.

There are 11 teams participating from Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan. 

Info here: https://softball.ca/u17mens.

Carp Shootout 2025

There will be six teams at the 2025 Carp Shootout men's fastpitch softball tournament in Carp on August 8-10: Micksburg Twins (defending champions), Vars Aces, East Hants (Nova Scotia) Mastadons, Ottawa Valley Grains, West Carleton Electric U20, Southeastern Ontario Screaming Eagles U20.

There will also be a Carp Women's Softball League all star game on Friday night as part of the event.

The schedule has been released as follows:

For more information, visit https://www.carpshootout.ca/2025-shootout

Tom Dexter

Tom Dexter, a former player with the Elkland Softball Association teams, has died in a workplace accident. Dex was a big man with a big heart, very generous, and a great softball player. My condolences to his wife Angie and his family and friends.

Obituary here.

GOFL playoff positions are set

In the interest of getting the playoffs started and completed in a timely fashion, the Greater Ottawa Fastball League's standings will be set as of this past Thursday's games and the playoffs will begin. There are two regular season games that were postponed for weather-related reasons that will not be played.

The first two teams get a bye to the best-of-three semi-finals. The remaining four teams play in best-of-three quarter-finals. 

Playoff games are to begin this week and will be published soon.

1. Micksburg Twins 9W-1L  .900
2. Vars Aces 8W-2L-1T  .773
3. West Carleton Electric 6W-6L  .500
4. Quyon Flyers 4W-7L  .364
5. Manotick Brewers 4W-8L  .333
6. Los Caballos 2W-9L-1T  .208

Three local athletes medal at U20 Men's Canadians

The Chatsworth Longhorns were recognized as gold medalists at the Softball Canada U20 Men's Canadian Championship on Sunday in Saskatoon, SK.

The Longhorns, who recently won the Ontario U20 Men's Provincial championship tournament, defeated the Plattsville, ON Lightning in the final by a score of 6-4. Plattsville was undefeated in the tournament until the final. Joe Weiler was the winning pitcher while Sean Demarest and Cohen Christner pitched for the Lightning. 

Chatsworth defeated Équipe Québec in the semi-final game 4-2, awarding the Quebeckers bronze. Weiler and Dakota McComb pitched for the Longhorns and Jérémy Bréton pitched for Team Quebec.

Conner Hopper of the Greater Ottawa Fastball League's West Carleton Electric was a pickup player for Plattsville and earned a silver medal. Cade Kuehl and Hunter Beauregard of the GOFL's Quyon Flyers were on Équipe Québec and earned bronze. All three players will be representing their province at the upcoming Canada Games later this month. 

Colton Lecuyer, also of WC Electric, was at the event as a pickup player for the fourth place St. George Aces.

L-R: Hunter Beauregard, Conner Hopper, Cade Kuehl, with their medals

Three teams remain at U20 nats

Three teams remain in contention for medals at the U20 Men's Canadian Championship in Saskatoon after playoff games on Saturday. 

Plattsville Lightning defeated Équipe Québec 7-0 in the first vs second game to advance directly to the Final at 1:30 p.m. Central Time on Sunday.

Québec will play Chatsworth Longhorns in the semi-final at 11 a.m. Central. 

Chatsworth defeated Team Newfoundland 5-1 and Labrador and St. George Aces 10-0 in the playoff round.

The streaming link is available here.

Hill United, Cobourg win at ISCs

Hill United Chiefs repeated as champions of the International Softball Congress World Tournament, going undefeated in five games to take the title in North Mankato, MN. The Chiefs beat the Bear Creek Express 10-0 in the final. Marco Diaz got the win and Ty Sebastian took the loss with relief from Pita Rona.

In the 50+ Legends final, Cobourg Force went undefeated in the event, winning all seven games they played, defeating CR Brewers of BC 13-2 in the final. Grant Patterson threw for the Force while the Brewers used Rich Haldane, Trevor McCabe, Trevor Ethier and Rob Schweyer on the slab.

U20 Men's round robin completed

At the U20 Men's Canadian Championship in Saskatoon, the Plattsville Lightning went through the round robin undefeated with a 6-0 record. West Carleton's Conner Hopper was picked up by Plattsville for the event.

Équipe Québec finished 4-2 and have the second seed. Cade Kuehl and Hunter Beauregard of Quyon Flyers play for QC.

Chatsworth Longhorns also finished 4-2. Fingal Storm, Saskatoon Selects, St George Aces all ended up 2-4. Colton Lecuyer of West Carleton was added by the Aces for the tournament. 

Team Newfoundland and Labrador were 1-5. 

The playoff round starts today.

ISC update

After the Friday games at the International Softball Congress World Tournament in North Mankato, MN, there are four teams remaining.

Hill United beat Northeast Drillers 3-1 in the undefeated game to advance to the Final at 5:30 p.m. (Central). JDT First Energy plays STK Fastball at 9:30 a.m. with the winner to play the Drillers in the semi-final at noon. 

Midland Explorers won the ISC II Final yesterday 3-1 over the Georgian Bay Giants on a walk off homer in the bottom of the ninth inning. 

On the 50+ Legends side, four teams remain in the semi-finals: Highroad Excavating Northstars (BC) vs Cobourg Force (ON) and CR Brewers (BC) vs All Season Patriots (PA). 

Waterdown Hammer lost 5-4 in the first round of the playoff bracket to the Minnesota Aces. Brad Porter started the game and Bill Carson took the loss in relief.

Updated schedule for ISC, ISC II and Legends

The International Softball Congress has released the schedule for today's remaining games as of 11:30 a.m. Central time.

Six teams left in ISC bracket

There are six teams remaining in contention at the International Softball Congress World Tournament in North Mankato, MN. 

Hill United Chiefs play the Northeast Drillers in the undefeated game tonight at 6:30 p.m.

On the losers' side, at 11:00 a.m. the Bear Creek Gremlins play the Bear Creek Express, and at 1 p.m. JDT First Energy plays STK Fastball.

On the ISC II side of things, Midland Explorers are waiting in the 3 p.m. final and will face the winner of Junkyard Dawgs vs Georgian Bay Giants at 9 a.m.

For more info visit https://www.iscfastpitch.com

Porter with a win at Legends

The International Softball Congress 50+ Legends tournament continues in North Mankato, Minnesota. 

Defending champions Cobourg Force has three wins with one round robin game to play on Friday morning.  They have only allowed one run against so far.

All Seasons Patriots of Allentown, Pennsylvania are also undefeated winning all four of their games so far. Former Greater Ottawa Fastball League player Dan Loney is in their line up.

Waterdown Hammer finished pool play with three wins and a loss. They defeated Bar Buzz of Wisconsin 8-1 on Wednesday then lost a close game to CR Brewers of British Columbia 5-4. Brad Porter threw for the Hammer against the Brewers, who walked it off in the bottom of the seventh with two out. Rob Schweyer, Trevor Ethier and Trevor McCabe all threw for CR. The Brewers finished the round robin 4-0.

The Hammer then beat local team Ostrander 14-2 before wrapping up with a 6-5 win over Texas Stars. Porter got the win in relief of Bill Carson.

Teams await their seedings for the playoff bracket games for Friday.

Plattsville 4-0 at U20s

The defending champions Plattsville Lightning remained undefeated at the Softball Canada U20 Men's Canadian Championship in Saskatoon with two convincing wins on Thursday - 8-0 over Équipe Québec and 13-6 over Chatsworth Longhorns.

Québec defeated St. George Aces 2-1 to stay in second spot in the standings with a 3-1 record. The hosts Saskatoon Selects and Chatsworth are at .500 with 2-2 records while Fingal Storm, St. George and Team Newfoundland all have one win.

Some photos provided by Al Kuehl of the Greater Ottawa Fastball League players taking part in the event. 

Hunter Beauregard, Conner Hopper and Cade Kuehl.

Hunter Beauregard, Colton Lecuyer, and Cade Kuehl 

Micksburg and Quyon win on Thursday

Results from the Greater Ottawa Fastball League Thursday night neutral site doubleheader in Carp.

Micksburg Twins 5 Los Caballos 1

The Twins got by Los Caballos 5-1. Joran Graham started and threw five inning for Micksburg, getting two strong innings of relief from Noah Fleurie. Will Lowe went the distance for Los Caballos. Jared Steege and Scott Conroy had homers for the Twins.

Quyon Flyers 7 Los Caballos 0

The Flyers took six innings to get by Los Caballos 7-0. Drew Hathway earned the win. Lowe started again for Los Caballos and kept Quyon off the scoresheet until a two run homer by Todd Hearty in the fourth. The Flyers scored five in the sixth inning to invoke the run rule.