Blackburn finals now set

 from Nick Bowman

The Blackburn Men's Fastball League finals are now set. 

The Orioles defeated the Braves 15 to 0. The Orioles got the scoring started early in the first and never looked back. Fredyan Carpio and Elvin Gomez hit home runs for the Orioles. Nick Bowman took the loss with relief from Steve Walman. Will Lowe picked up the five-inning win, giving up four hits. 

The Orioles will face the Blue Jays in the double elimination finals. The Blue Jays have the extra life and home field advantage. Next game is Thursday, October 2 at 8:00 pm at the Blackburn arena diamond*.

* Stay tuned for an upcoming City of Ottawa Council vote to rename the diamond the Greg Kazmierski Diamond, in honour of the late Greg Kazmierski, Mayor of Blackburn and member and bat boy of the BMFL.

Sting evens Glen semi with WC

Sting Electric won game two the best-of-three semi-final series 6-3 over West Carleton Electric U20 to even up things 1-1 in the Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League playoffs.

Darren Featherstone earned the pitching win. Blake Bramburger took the loss. Sting captain Craig Pavia hit a "no doubter" homerun to left field in the sixth inning.

The deciding game of the series will be played Monday October 6 at 7 p.m. at the Grove in Stittsville.

The winner of the series will play D. King Drywall Storm in the best-of-three finals, slated to begin on Wednesday October 8 at 7 p.m. at the Grove.

The Glen had to move from their regular diamond at A.Y. Jackson Secondary School in Kanata due to ongoing construction.

Harbour Ball finals

Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League best-of-three final series starts this week between #2 seed Hicks Custom Interiors and #6 seed Grandor Farms.

Game 1 - Wednesday at 9 p.m. (updated time)

Game 2 - Thursday at 9 p.m.

BMFL playoff update - down to three teams

Blackburn Men's Fastball League playoff update: On Sunday September 14, in game 3, the Blue Jays defeated Goodfellows 10-2. Andy Barber picked up the win and Shannon Borho picked up the loss.

In game 4, the Orioles defeated the Bandits 18-2. Will Lowe picked up the win.

On Thursday night, in game 5, the Braves defeated the Bandits 7-4. Nick Bowman picked up the win. Bandits carried a 4-3 lead into the top of the 7th, but, led by Mike Brownhill who had a stellar day at the plate, the Braves were able rally and score 4 in the inning. 

On Sunday, September 21, Goodfellows defeated Rogues 10-0. Shannon Borho picked up the win and Matt Cox the loss.

In the undefeated game, the Blue Jays defeated the Orioles 3-1. Andy Barber picked up the win and Will Lowe the loss.

Game 6 took place between the Braves and Goodfellows on Tuesday night. The Braves got their offence rolling and won 8-3. Geoff Grace broke the scoring in the top of the 2nd with a 3 run home run. Steve Walman added two more runs with a single. Goodfellows cut the lead to 5-3 with a two run home run from Derek Martin, followed shortly after by an rbi single. Braves added to the lead with rbi singles with Jeremy Regan and Russell Donald. Russell Donald added a solo home run in the top of the 7th to make it 8-3. Nick Bowman got the win and Shannon Borho the loss.

BMFL playoffs are now down to 3 teams. Game 7 of the double-knockout format is set for Thursday between the Orioles and Braves. The winner will face the Blue Jays in the finals.

 

Storm advance to Glen finals

The D. King Drywall Storm beat Corfix 3-2 on Wednesday night to upset the number one regular season finisher and advance to the Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League finals with a 2-0 series win. Matt McKay was the winning pitcher. Kevin Daize and Nick Ellis pitched for Corfix.

The Storm will face the winner of the West Carleton Electric U20 vs Sting Electric series. WC leads one game to none. That game is scheduled for Monday September 29 at 7 p.m. at the Grove in Stittsville.

Twins win GOFL playoff title (now with details)

The Micksburg Twins won the Greater Ottawa Fastball League playoff title with a 8-0 victory on Tuesday night over the Vars Aces in game two in Manotick to sweep the best-of-three series. 

This is the Twins' eighth playoff title and second in a row after winning last season.

Joran Graham earned the win, throwing a three hitter and striking out 21.  Andy Barber took the loss and had relief from Cory Alkerton. Andy McIntyre had a homer for the Twins.

The Twins scored in the top of the first. Jared Steege walked with two out, moved to second on a passed ball, moved to third on a misplayed ground ball, and scored on a Joe Mick single.

In the third inning, Steege led off with a triple and scored on a Graham single. Scott Conroy then singled to put runners on the corners, followed by a John Enright bunt single to score a run and make it 3-0.

Andy McIntyre homered to start off the fourth. Steege hit a double with one out, moved to third based on a ball that got by the catcher, and scored on a Graham sacrifice fly. 

Andy McIntyre got another hit, this time a double, in the sixth, moved to third on a fly ball and scored on a single by Steege to make the score 6-0.

In the final frame, Conroy singled, Jason McIntyre singled and Ryan McIntyre hit an RBI single. A based loaded walk to Steege later in the inning capping the scoring at 8-0.

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

Paul Griffith (L) is presented with I4C Consulting Trophy by Associate Junior Commissioner of the GOFL, Adam Rueckwald.

Harbour Ball finals

UPDATE: Tonight's game is postponed due to player availability issues. The new date is to be determined.

Game one of the best-of-three Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League final series is scheduled for Wednesday September 24 at 8:30 p.m. at the Fitzroy Harbour Community Centre.

Grandor Farms, the #6 seed, hope to continue their playoff success in facing off against the #2 seed, Hicks Custom Interiors.

Three Team Canada players named to "All PanAm Team" at the U23s

Three players from Canada were named to the "All PanAm Team" based on results at the U23 tournament held last week in Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina.

Nick White is from Nova Scotia, Alex McGillivray is from Ontario, and Nic Neid is from British Columbia.

BMFL playoff posts

Posted late due to logistics issues - more updates to come.

Initial post

The 2025 Blackburn Men's Fastball League playoffs get underway on Thursday, September 11, at 7:00 pm at the Blackburn arena diamond. The playoff format is double knockout.

Goodfellows and Bandits finished 1st and 2nd respectively and earned a bye.

Game 1 will feature the 4th place Blue Jays against the 5th place Braves. Andy Barber will toe the rubber for the Blue Jays and will look to lead his team offensively along with Spencer Rodd. Nick Bowman will pitch for the Braves. Keep an eye on the 38-year veteran of the BMFL league, Steve Walman, with a one game home run streak. 

Winner of game 1 will face Goodfellows, led by Shannon Borho, on Sunday at 6:00 pm.

Game 2 at 9:00 pm will feature the 3rd place Rogues against the 6th place Orioles. Derick Bulley and Matt Cox will likely see some pitching duties for the Rogues. Will Lowe will pitch for the Orioles and Manuel Luna will look to cash in some runners via the long ball.

Winner of game 2 will face the Bandits, led by Max Lalonde, Sunday at 8:00 pm.

Games will be played Thursday and Sunday throughout the playoffs with Tuesday being used for Sunday rainouts.

BMFL Playoff Update #1

In game 1, the Blue Jays defeated the Braves 8-1. Andy Barber picked up the win and Nick Bowman the loss. Matt Ellis broke the scoring and gave the Blue Jays a 1-0 lead in the second inning with a solo shot. Andy Barber hit a two-run home run in top of the 4th. Miguel Paillé and Anthony De Carlo also contributed with big hits contributing 2 RBIs. 

The Blue Jays face Goodfellows Sunday at 6:00 pm.

Orioles defeated the Rogues 5-3. Will Lowe earned the win, 7IPs, 7 Ks. Matt Cox took the loss, 7IPs, 9 Ks.

After getting out of a bases loaded one-out jam in the top half, the Rogues struck first with textbook small ball. Tyler Cox lead off with a single, Derek Bergeron moved him over to 2nd on a bunt, and Marcel Mondoux cashed him with a double. Doug Cranston smoked a single to right to add to the lead. Orioles lead off the 2nd with a solo bomb, followed later by a 2-run double by Wilmer Lovera to take the lead. They’d strike again in the third when Lowe hit a 0-2 pitch into CF to make it 5-2. Cranston would cash Mondoux in the bottom of the third to cut the lead to 2, but that’s as far as it would get as both pitchers threw shutout ball the remaining 4 innings.

The Orioles face the Bandits Sunday at 8:00 pm.

Canada awarded silver at WBSC U23 PanAm event

After Saturday's playoff round games were washed out, Canada was awarded silver medals at the World Baseball Softball Confederation Americas U23 Men's PanAm event in Santa Rosa, Argentina.

Argentina and Mexico were both awarded gold medals after each finished with five wins and one loss. Canada has five wins and two losses. Those three teams, plus Venezuela, have qualified for WBSC U23 Men's World Cup in Colombia in April.

Tyler Branchaud of the Greater Ottawa Fastball League's Manotick Brewers was a member of the team. Other players were Max Major (SK), Mac Mulvey (ON), Ryan Maher (NL), Alex McGillivary (ON), Conner Brooks (ON), Nic Neid (BC), Matt Weiler (ON), Nick White (ON), Mason McKay (ON), Will Major (SK), Nathan Running (ON), Brad Barker (ON), Dale Schweyer (ON), Ryan Bicknell (SK) and Brody Fraser (NS).

Canada finishes pool play at 5-2

Canada completed pool play late Friday at the U23 Men's World Baseball Softball Confederation Americas Qualifier in Santa Rosa, Argentina with a 5-1 win over Venezuela. Nic Neid had the complete game win. Matt Weiler had two hits and two RBIs for Canada.

Canada finished pool play with a five win and two loss record. Placement in the standings (second or third) depended on the result of the final game of the pool play between Mexico and Argentina. However, that game was rained out in the bottom of the ninth - Mexico had the bases loaded with none out.

The USA, despite having ace Marco Diaz, finished the event with a three win and four loss record, tied for fifth place with Dominican Republic.

Medal games were planned for today (Saturday) between first and second for gold and third and fourth for bronze. However, heavy rain continues as of 10:30 a.m. local time and what will happen next is to be determined.

No matter what, Canada will finish in the top four and has qualified for the U23 Men's WBSC World Cup in Colombia in April, 2026.

Glen playoff schedule

The Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League semi-final playoff schedule for next week has been determined. With the Carp Fair coming up, games will be at the Grove in Stittsville.

West Carleton Electric U20 vs Sting Electric on Monday September 22 at 7 p.m. (WC leads best-of-three 1-0).

Corfix vs D. King Drywall Storm on Wednesday September 24 at 7 p.m. (Storm leads 1-0).

GOFL finals game 2 on Tuesday

Game two of the best-of-three final series for the Greater Ottawa Fastball League will be played in Manotick on Tuesday September 23 at 8 p.m.

Micksburg Twins lead the series over the Vars Aces by a game after a 1-0 win on Wednesday in Micksburg. 

Trappers win North Leeds league final (now with photo)

The North Augusta Trappers won game 2 of the North Leeds Men's Fastball League playoff best-of-three final 7-5 over the Lyn Lightning on Thursday night to take the championship in two games straight. 

Cory Alkerton started for NA, and Luke Severson got the win in relief. Alkerton also hit a homer run. 

Andrew Fortier started and Carley Shane came in in relief for the Lightning. 

North Augusta Trappers (incl family members!)

Front row L-R

Jordie Finucan, Kallan Knapp, Kristian Knapp, Conley Knapp, Kurtis Summers, Chris Finucan, Jason Poulin, Archer Alkerton, Matt Alkerton

Back

Shawn Forbes, Danny Powers, Jordan Shipclark, Hunter Shipclark, Ricky Salmon, Mike Conlin, Luke Severson, River Alkerton, Cory Alkerton

 

REMINDER: GeeGees softball coming to Fitzroy Harbour

University of Ottawa GeeGees Women's Softball team will be playing league games in Fitzroy Harbour this month:

September 20 at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. vs York University Lions

September 21 at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. vs University of Toronto Varsity Blues

September 27 at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. vs Queen's University Gaels 

Grandor advances to Harbour Ball Finals (details added)

Grandor Farms defeated the Ottawa Valley Coffee Espressomen 13-6 on Thursday night to advance to the Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League. Grandor won the best-of-three semi-final series in three games.

Ryland Hill and Ryley Burns threw for Grandor while Adam Rueckwald and Cole Ross chucked for OVC. 

Grandor went up 2-0 in top of the first on a two run double by Kyle Campbell. 

OVC responded in the bottom of the first on a three run homer by Ross. 

The Espressomen then went up 6-2 in the bottom of the second on another three run homer by Ross. 

A huge fourth inning was the difference for Grandor. Sullivan lead off with a solo homer. 

The Farmers went through the order and scored nine runs, including a second home run by Sullivan, a three run shot. 

Hill shut down OVC for the rest of the game and Grandor put another two across in the top of the seventh.

Grandor will play Hicks Custom Interiors in. the best-of-three final series starting next week.

Canada at 4-2 at U23 Americas Qualifier

After six days of competition at the World Baseball Softball Confederation U23 Men's Americas Qualifer, Team Canada has a record of four wins and two losses.

Canada lost 5-4 on Wednesday to Dominican Republic. Jonni Suriel had the win while Dale Schweyer and Brody Fraser pitched for Canada. 

Thursday was a big bounce back day as Canada defeated the United States 4-2. Nic Neid had the complete game win while Marco Diaz took the loss. Max Major had two hits for Canada and two RBIs.

Canada wraps up the qualifying round with a game Friday at 4:30 p.m. local time (3:30 p.m. Eastern) against Venezuela. 

With the top four teams qualifying for the World Cup in April, Canada has secured a spot. 

If Canada (4-2) wins Friday over Venezuela (4-2) and Argentina (5-1) loses to Mexico (5-1), Canada would finish second on a tie breaker (head to head vs Argentina) and play in the gold medal game on Saturday. 

If Canada wins over Venezuela and Mexico loses to Argentina, Canada would finish third on a tie breaker (head to head vs Mexico) and play in the bronze medal game on Saturday. 

If Canada loses to Venezuela, even if the United States (3-3) defeats Guatemala (1-5), Canada will finish fourth on the tie breaker (head to head vs USA) and play in the bronze medal game.

If Canada defeats Venezuela, the USA would finish fourth if they defeat Guatemala, as they have the head to head tie breaker vs Venezuela. 

Twins take first game of GOFL final

The Micksburg Twins won game one of the Greater Ottawa Fastball League best-of-three final with a 1-0 win over the Vars Aces on a beautiful night in Micksburg in front of a good crowd. 

Joran Graham had the win while Andy Barber took the loss.

The game's only run was scored in the first inning. Andy McIntyre was hit by a pitch,  stole second and scored on a Jared Steege single.

Steege (2], Andy McIntyre, Paul Griffith and Jason McIntyre had hits for the Twins, while Derek Barber (2), Dylan Toms and Nick Ellis had hits for the Aces.

Game two is to be scheduled soon, once umpires are confirmed. 

HCI advances to Harbour Ball final

Hicks Custom Interiors won their second game of the best-of-three semi-final series in the Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League on Wednesday night to advance to the finals. They defeated Campbell Contracting Logsplitters 6-2. Blake Bramburger and Steve Cavanagh threw for Hicks while Owen Brown pitched for CC. Les McLeod had a homer for HCI and Dylan Rorwick put one out for the Splitters. Hicks will now advance to the finals and await their opponent. 

In the other semi-final series, the Ottawa Valley Coffee Espressomen evened up their series at one game apiece with Grandor Farms. Adam Rueckwald and Cole Ross pitched for OVC and Ryley Burns and John Sullivan three for Grandor.

Two big wins for Team Canada U23

Team Canada earned two big wins at the World Baseball Softball Confederation Men's U23 Americas Qualifier in Santa Rosa, Argentina on Monday and Tuesday and now has a three win and one loss record.

Monday saw Canada beat winless Peru 11-0 in five innings. Brad Barker got the win with an inning of relief from Nathan Running. Mac Mulvey and Matt Weiler had homers for Canada. Tyler Branchaud was 1-3 and scored a run.

On Tuesday, Canada beat previously undefeated Argentina 10-2 in a game in front of a good hometown crowd. Nick Neid had the complete game win. Nick White, Connor Brooks, and Mulvey had homers for the red and white. Branchaud had a pinch hit and scored a run.

Next up is a game at 3:30 p.m. Eastern (4:30 p.m. local time) on Wednesday against the winless Dominican Republic.

Trappers win Game 1 in North Leeds

The North Augusta Trappers won game one of the North Leeds Men's Fastball League best-of-three finals over the Lyn Lightning by a score of 4-1 on Tuesday night in Lyn.

Luke Severson had the win, spinning a two hitter. Carley Shane took the loss. Jordan Shipclark had a homer for N.A.

Game two will be played Thursday night in North Augusta. 

Harbour Ball on Wednesday

The playoffs continue for the Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League with the second games in the best-of-three semi-finals scheduled for Wednesday September 17.

#1 Ottawa Valley Coffee Espressomen will play #6 Grandor Farms at 7 p.m. on the upper diamond. Grandor leads the series 1-0.

#2 Hicks Custom Interiors play #5 Campbell Contracting Logsplitters at 8 p.m. on the main diamond. Hicks is up 1-0.

WC, Storm win in Glen

The best-of-three playoff semi-finals for the Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League started on Monday night in Carp.

#4 D. King Drywall Storm defeated #1 Corfix by a score of 6-2. Matt McKay pitched for the Storm while Kevin Daize and Nick Ellis threw for Corfix. Spencer Lee from the Storm hit a three run homer.

#2 West Carleton Electric U20 got past #3 Sting Electric 5-0. Blake Bramburger and Kaden Fowler pitched for WC while Kyle Olsen and Darren Featherstone were on the slab for Sting.  Dylan Rorwick had a solo shot for WC.

Game two in each series is to be scheduled soon. 

Team Canada U23 after Day Two

Team Canada Men's U23 has one win and one loss after Day Two in Santa Rosa, Argentina at the U23 Men's World Baseball Softball Confederation Americas Qualifier. 

The first game was a 4-0 loss against Mexico. Carlos Parra threw a no hitter for the Mexicans, allowing only one walk. Nic Neid took the loss and had relief from Dale Schweyer. In Mexico's second game, Parra threw another shutout, this time a one hitter against the USA. 

In their second game, Canada defeated Guatemala 5-4. Neid had the win with relief from Schweyer. Diego Morales took the loss. Max Major led Canada at the plate going 1-2 with a walk and two RBIs. Nick White, Mason McKay and Alex McGillivray also had hits and RBIs for Canada.

Next up for Canada is a 4:30 p.m. local time game (3:30 p.m. Eastern) versus Peru (0-2).

The top four teams from the Qualifier will play at the U23 Men's WBSC World Cup in Colombia in April.

GOFL finals start on September 17

The best-of-three Greater Ottawa Fastball League final series between the Vars Aces and Micksburg Twins gets started next week.

Game one will be played on Wednesday September 17 at 8 p.m. at the Micksburg ball field.

Glen semi-finals set

After Wednesday night's games in the Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League, the best-of-three semi-finals are set.

Corfix will face the D. King Drywall Storm in one series and West Carleton Electric U20 will face Sting Electric in the other series.

Both series are scheduled to start Monday September 15 at 7:30 p.m. in Carp.

Hicks and Grandor win opening games

The first games of the Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League best-of-three semi-finals were played Wednesday night.

#2 Hicks Custom Interiors defeated #5 Campbell Contracting Logsplitters 10-3. Matt McIntyre had a homer for HCI. McIntyre pitched as did Blake Bramburger. Owen Brown threw for the Splitters. 

#6 Grandor Farms won their third consecutive playoff game with a 6-2 win over the #1 Ottawa Valley Coffee Espressomen in 8 innings. Grandor was up 2-0 in the 7th, OVC put up two to force an extra inning, but the Farmers scored four in the top of the 8th. Ryley Burns and John Sullivan pitched for Grandor. Cole Ross and Adam Rueckwald threw for the Espressomen. 

The next games will be played next week with dates and times to be confirmed.

Lyn vs North Augusta in North Leeds final

The two teams in the North Leeds Men's Fastball League best-of-three playoff final have been determined. 

#1 Lyn Lightning had previously defeated #5 Spencerville in their semi-final two games straight. 

On Tuesday night #3 North Augusta Trappers defeated #2 Maitland 6-0 to win their series two games to one.

First game of the finals will be Tuesday September 16 at 8 p.m. in Lyn.

Three local players named to Team Canada U18 Men's National Team

Softball Canada released the roster for Team Canada U18 Men's National Team which will represent our country at the WBSC PanAmerican Championship in Bahia Blanca, Argentina from October 5 to 11.

There are three local players named to the team: Colton Lecuyer of Fitzroy Harbour and Bryce Rebertz of Arnprior, both who play for West Carleton Electric as well as Cade Kuehl of Shawville who plays for the Quyon Flyers.

Congratulations to these three young men - amazing representation from our area on a national team. 

Twins win; advance to GOFL finals vs. Aces

The Micksburg Twins won Game 2 of their Greater Ottawa Fastball League semi-final series 6-2 over the Manotick Brewers on Monday night to advance to the Finals.

Joran Graham earned the win, striking out 19, while Luc D'Entremont took the loss.

The Brewers took an early lead in the bottom of the third on a two run homer by Tyler Branchaud. 

Micksburg got a run back in the top of the fourth on an RBI double by Scott Conroy, scoring Jared Steege who had walked and stole second.

Down a run in the sixth, the Twins scored two to take the lead. Graham walked, moved to second on a passed ball, and scored on a double by Steege. After a walk to Conroy, both runners advanced 60 feet on a pitch that got by the catcher. A squeeze bunt by Quinton Rook scored Steege.

Micksburg added three runs in the seventh. Matt McIntyre walked, and Graham walked. A triple by Steege plated two, and he then scored on a sacrifice fly by Conroy.

Graham struck out the side in the bottom of seven to seal the win.

Micksburg advances to the best-of-three GOFL final against the Vars Aces. Game dates to be released as they are finalized. 

Night one in Glen playoffs

Results from game one of both first round best-of-three playoff series in the Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League on Monday night, played in Carp.

D. King Drywall Storm 2

KMS Plumbing & Heating 1

WP Matt McKay

LP Daniel Read 

Sting Electric 13

Upper Canada Elevators 2

WP Kyle Olsen 

LP Trevor Lahey

The next games are scheduled for Wednesday in Carp.

Glen Cairn playoffs start September 8

The Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League final standings have been set based on regular season play.

1. Corfix
2. West Carleton Electric U20
3. Sting Electric
4. D. King Drywall Storm
5. KMS Plumbing and Heating
6. Upper Canada Elevators

Based on the standings, Corvix and West Carleton get byes to the semi-final round. The best-of-three semi-finals are scheduled as follows. All games will be played at the Carp Fairgrounds diamonds.

Monday September 8
A diamond - 7 p.m. - KMS vs Storm
B diamond - 7:30 p.m. - UCE vs Sting

Wednesday September 10 - both games on A diamond
7 p.m. - Storm vs KMS
9 p.m. - Sting vs UCE

Monday September 15 * if necessary
A diamond - 7 p.m. - UCE vs Sting
B diamond - 7:30 p.m. - KMS vs Storm

Harbour Ball semis start Wednesday

The Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League best-of-three semi-finals get started on Wednesday September 10 at the Fitzroy Harbour Community Centre. 

At 7 p.m. on A diamond, #6 Grandor Farms will play #1 Ottawa Valley Coffee Espressomen. The Espressomen got the bye to the semis and haven't played since early August.

The other semi-final will start at 8 p.m. on B diamond with the #5 Campbell Contracting Logsplitters playing the #2 Hicks Custom Interiors. 

Ashton playoffs have begun

The Ashton Men's Fastball League playoffs have begun. 

The Farmers defeated the Brewers in the first vs second game. The Shockers beat the A's in the third vs fourth game. The Brewers and Shockers have been waiting to play their game to determine who goes to the A Finals vs the Farmers for two weeks, but rain has hampered things. The Brewers-Shockers game is scheduled to take place Thursday September 11. The loser of the Brewers vs Shockers will play the A's in the B Final.

The best-of-three A Final and B Final series are scheduled to start next week.

The four-team AMFL plays Thursday nights at the Cavanagh Community Centre in Ashton.

WBSC U23 Men's Softball Americas Qualifier starts next week

The World Baseball Softball Confederation U23 men's softball Americas qualifier will be played in Santa Rosa, Argentina. This is a qualifier for the U23 men's World Cup, with the top four teams advancing to the even to be played in the spring in Colombia.

Pool play games start on September 13 and medal games are to be played September 20. WBSC has indicated all games will be streamed on GameTime.

There are eight teams participating at the event: Canada, USA, Mexico, Argentina, Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Peru and Guatemala. The schedule 

Tyler Branchaud of the Greater Ottawa Fastball League's Manotick Brewers is on Team Canada. 

Visit Softball Canada's website for a full list of players and coaches.

North Leeds playoffs continue

The playoffs continue in the North Leeds Men's Fastball League, with first place finishing Lyn Lightning waiting in the finals. The Lightning got by Spencerville two straight in the best-of-three semi-finals with 7-0 and 10-3 victories.

The other semi-final has #3 North Augusta and #2 Maitland tied at one win apiece. Deciding game three is scheduled for Tuesday September 9 at 8 p.m. in Maitland.

Team Red repeats as Carp League champions

The Carp Men's Fastball League finished up their playoff event on Saturday at the Fairgrounds.

A full round robin of games was followed by a championship game at 1 p.m. on Saturday between the top two teams -Team Red, the defending champions, and Team Blue.

The final match up was an exciting 8-7 walk off win for Team Red. Bryan Armstrong started for Red on the slab and Jonny "Vegas" Daley earned the win in relief. Blue started Blair Foley, who had relief from Lee Nixon and Lane McMurtry finished the game for the finalists.

Down 7-6 in the bottom of the seventh, Armstrong scored from second base to tie the game when a Team Blue pickoff attempt went into centrefield. Later in the inning, with two out, Russ Gow walked, stole second. Then a single from Daley scored the winning run for Red.

The four-team CMFL plays Tuesday nights at the Carp Fairgrounds.

Kingston Axemen win the Elkland Durk Sherman Classic (updated)

For the second year in a row, the Kingston Axemen won the Durk Sherman Classic tournament over Labour Day weekend in Elkland, PA.

The defeated the host Elkland Softball Association team in the final. There were eight teams participating in the event.

Jordan "Fu" Macdonald was named the event's Top Pitcher.

Details here on Al's Fastball.

73rd Annual Durk Sherman Memorial Tournament champions, Kingston Axemen 

Game 2 in Twins - Brewers series is set

The second game of the Greater Ottawa Fastball League best-of-three playoff semi-final series between the Micksburg Twins and Manotick Brewers will be played Monday September 8 at 9 p.m. in Carp, as the Manotick diamond is not available.

Micksburg won game one by a score of 2-1.

The winner of the series will play the Vars Aces in the GOFL best-of-three final.

Carp league playoffs underway

The Carp Men's Fastball League playoffs are underway.  The four-team league plays Tuesday nights at the Carp Fairgrounds diamonds and finish up things with playoff games this Saturday.

The round robin playoffs got started Tuesday. Defending champions Team Red defeated Team Grey by a score of 17-11. Team Blue also defeated Team Black by the same 17-11 score.

Saturday September 6 at 8 a.m., Team Red will play Team Black and Team Grey will play Team Blue. Then at 11 a.m., Team Red vs Team Blue and Team Grey vs Team Black.

The two teams with the best playoff records will then face off at 1 p.m. to determine the playoff champion.

Aces to advance to GOFL finals

The Vars Aces won 4-0 on Thursday night in Fitzroy Harbour against West Carleton Electric to win their best-of-three semi-final series two games straight and advance to the Greater Ottawa Fastball League final.

Andy Barber earned the win tossing seven innings of no hit ball (12K, 2BB, 1HBP). 

Adam Rueckwald took the loss for WC (7IP 4ER 6H 7K 0BB)

All Aces runs came on homers. Kristian Knapp hit a solo shot in the first and Danny Powers hit a solo bomb in the second. Nick Ellis hit a two run shot in the third, driving in Brad Pender who had reached on an infield single.

Other hits for the Aces were by two singles by Andy Barber.

Conner Hopper had two walks for the Electric.

The Aces await the winner of the other semi-final series between Micksburg Twins and Manotick Brewers.  The Twins lead 1-0 with game two to be played early next week.

Hicks, Logsplitters advance to Harbour Ball semis

Hicks Custom Interiors and the Campbell Contracting Logsplitters both won last night in Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League playoffs last night in their deciding first round games three.

Hicks beat Baird Carpentry 6-2, getting out to an early lead and holding on for the win. Blake Bramburger and Matt McIntyre pitched for HCI while Jeff Campbell and Cole Ross (borrowed from OV Coffee for the night) were on the slab for Baird.

The late game saw the Campbell Contracting Logsplitters beat Bren Electric 7-5. Colton Lecuyer and Owen Brown pitched for the Splitters while Gabe Brown and Hunter Beauregard in his Harbour Ball debut threw for Bren. Beauregard had a homer as did Dylan Rorwick for Campbell. 

The best-of-three semi-finals will feature #1 Ottawa Valley Coffee Espressomen (who had a bye) against the #6 Grandor Farms and #2 Hicks vs #5 Logsplitters. Playoffs are expected to resume next Wednesday. 

Royals win Shawville title - updated

The Royals won the Shawville Men's Fastpitch League playoff title and the John Atkinson Memorial Trophy with a 4-2 win over the Athletics on Tuesday night.

Adam Rueckwald was the winning pitcher, striking out 13. Luke Young took the loss. Jared Murray hit a two run homer for the Royals.

The Royals ran the table winning all three games they played in the playoffs. Rueckwald was named Most Valuable Player of the playoffs by the SMFL player integrity committee.

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Back row: Ryker Long, Logan Long, Tyson Corriveau, Chad Mosley, Pat St-Cyr, Mark Richardson

Front row: Jared Murray, Hunter Beauregard, Adam Rueckwald, Mike Kavanagh

Harbour ball deciding games tonight

Two series-deciding games are to be played in the Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League tonight.

The Harbour Ball quarter-finals are best of three and two series are tied at one game apiece.

First up at 7 p.m. will feature #2 Hicks Custom Interiors against #7 Baird Carpentry. The 9 p.m. game sees #4 Bren Electric playing #5 Campbell Contracting Logsplitters - this game will feature a Caveman vs Fitzroy Junior pitching duel.

If Baird wins, they play #1 Ottawa Valley Coffee Espressomen in the best-of-three semi-finals, and the winner of the #4 vs #5 series would play the #6 Grandor Farms team which has already advanced.

If Hicks wins, they play the winner of the #4 vs #5 series and the Espressomen would play Grandor.

WC vs Vars on Thursday

Game two of the Greater Ottawa Fastball League best-of-three playoff semi-final series between Vars Aces and West Carleton Electric will be played Thursday September 4 at 8 p.m. in Fitzroy Harbour. 

Vars leads the series 1-0.

Game two of the Micksburg - Manotick series is currently being confirmed.

Athletics to face the Royals in Shawville League final -updated

The Athletics defeated the Scrappers 3-2 on Monday night in the semi-final to advance to the Shawville Men's Fastpitch League playoff final.

In a well-played game by both teams, Luke Young earned the win. Todd Hearty threw five innings for the Scrappers and Darryl Crawford tossed an inning of relief.

The A's will move on to face the Royals who had previously advanced to the final by winning the 'undefeated game' in the four-team bracket. 

The final game is Tuesday September 4 at 7:30 p.m.

Force repeat as Masters champs

Cobourg Force repeated as gold medalists at the Softball Canada Masters (40+) Men's Canadian Championship in Kitchener on Sunday. The Force beat Waterdown Hammer 7-5 in the final. 

Former Greater Ottawa Fastball League player Gregg Garrity earned the win, with relief from Don Scott. Kevin Buckley and Dan Martin pitched for Waterdown. 

Drew Hathway (GOFL - Quyon Flyers) hit a homer in the final and was named playoff round most valuable player. Brad Pender (GOFL - Vars Aces) also won gold with Cobourg. 

Adam Brown (GOFL - West Carleton Electric) was on the Waterdown team.

Saskatoon Brewers finished third in the seven-team event.

L to R: Brad Pender, Adam Brown, Drew Hathway. Photo courtesy of Erin Durant.

Galway Hitmen win Gold

The defending champions Galway Hitmen of Newfoundland and Labrador won the gold medal game at the Softball Canada Men's Canadian Championship in Kitchener on Sunday, defeating Saskatoon Jacks 2-1 in an exciting game.

The Toronto Batmen finished third.

The Micksburg Twins finished ninth in the ten team event.

Next year's championship tournament is in Saskatoon.