Blackburn playoffs get underway

from Nick Bowman

The 2026 Blackburn Men's Fastball League regular season wraps up this week, and playoffs get underway next week. Five teams competed for the regular season title, and each team played a regular season game against the Lacroix Sports legends team. Goodfellows, led by Shannon Borho, won the regular season title. 

With five teams in the league this year, the BMFL went back to a best of three series format with the 4th and 5th place team competing in a series for a spot in the semifinals.

The 4th place Solotech Elevation take on the 5th place Rogues. Will Lowe and Nick Bowman will toe the rubber for the Elevation and Derick Bulley and Matt Cox will share the pitching duties for the Rogues. The Rogues won the regular season series two games to one. Game 1 gets underway on Tuesday, September 8 at 8:00 pm and game 2 on Thursday, September 10 at 9:00 pm. 

Winner of the series will take on the first place Goodfellows. 

In the first semi-final, the second-place Bandits, led by Max Lalonde, will take on the third-place Blue Jays, led by Andy Barber. The Blue Jays won the regular season series between the two teams, two games to one. Game 1 of the best of three series is scheduled for Thursday, September 10 at 7:00 pm. 

All games are played at the Blackburn arena diamond.