North Augusta tournament results

The Moan and Groan League had its year end Tournament this past weekend in North Augusta. 

Domville Aces were A champions over North Augusta Royals 3-2.

TS Electric won the B final 5-1 over the Maitland Bandits.

MVP was Andrew Fortier from Domville.

Top Catcher was Austin Limburg from Domville.

Top pitcher was Jamie Finucan from TS Electric.

Other teams in the League are Maynard and Roebuck Old Timers, Spencerville Grounders and Kingston Cowboys.

A Champs - Domville As

B Champs - TS Electric 

Can Am wins Durk Sherman Classic

Can Am won the 74th Annual Durk Sherman Classic played over Labour Day weekend in Elkland, PA.

Can Am beat the New York Bombers 10-6 in the final game Sunday night. 

Kyle Ainslie and Brandon Sands pitched for Can Am in the event while the Bombers had Jordan Macdonald and Sisko Sabate on the slab.

The host Elkland Softball Association finished third. Their pitchers were Duane Weiler, Cohen Christener and Zack Winkworth.

Local teams participating were the Greenbush Generals who finished with one win and three losses and West Carleton Electric with one win and two losses. Thomas Maclean and Carley Shane threw for the Generals while Adam Rueckwald and Brad Porter pitched for the Electric.

Eleven teams participated in the event.

Durk Sherman Classic Tournament in Elkland this weekend

The Durk Sherman 74th Annual Classic tournament will be held this Labour Day weekend, once again at the beautiful ballyard in Elkland, Pennsylvania.

There are 11 teams entered, including at least two from Eastern Ontario: Greenbush Generals and West Carleton Electric. There is also a CanAm team likely with some Eastern Ontario content.

See below for the bracket that has been released.

I will be there this year after missing two of the last three - I am really looking forward to re-connecting with my Elkland friends and will do my best to document the goings-on this weekend - at least those that can be published.

Bear Creek declared Men's champions

The final game of the Softball Canada Men's Canadian Championship in Saskatoon, SK was washed out on Sunday due rain. 

Based on Saturday's results, Bear Creek, ON Express were declared gold medalists and Sooke, BC Loggers awarded silver.

East Hants, NS Mastodons got bronze.

There were 13 Men's teams at the event.

Saskatoon Brewers win Masters Men's title

The Softball Canada Masters Men's (40+) Canadian Championship ended Saturday with the host Saskatoon, SK Brewers taking the title with a 2-0 win over Cobourg, ON Force. The GOFL's Drew Hathway and Brad Pender were silver medalists with the Force.

Shakespeare, ON Falcons won bronze and the Waterdown, ON Hammer finished fourth.

Men's Canadians playoff round begins

The playoff round for the Softball Canada Men's Canadian Championship begins today in Saskatoon. 

Eight of the 13 teams participating advanced to the playoff round.

Four teams have a double life:

East Hants (NS) Mastodons 

Sooke (BC) Loggers

Bear Creek (ON) Express 

Toronto (ON) Batmen

Four teams have a single life:

Saskatoon (SK) Jacks

Earl Grey (SK) Rockets 

Newfoundland Galway Hitmen

Saskatoon (SK) Merchants

The Waterdown (ON) Hammer missed out on advancing to the playoff round by one run in the plus minus tie breaker.

The bracket schedule is posted online. Game times were changed to avoid bad weather predicted on Sunday with only two games now on August 30th.

Bracket here.

Full info on the tournament including streaming is available here.

Masters Men's tournament down to four

There are four teams remaining at the Softball Canada Masters Men's (40+) Canadian Championship in Saskatoon, SK.

The host Saskatoon Brewers will play Shakespeare, ON Falcons at 1 p.m Eastern time with a trip to the Finals on the line

Cobourg, ON Force the defending champions will play Watedown, ON Hammer, last year's silver medalists, at 3:15 Eastern. Some GOFLers will be involved in this one with Drew Hathway (Pontiac) and Brad Pender (Vars) playing for Force and Matt Greer (Pontiac) and Adam Brown (West Carleton) on the roster for the Hammer.

The winners of the 3:15 p.m. game and losers of the 1 p.m. game will play at 7:45 p.m. Eastern in the semi-final. 

The gold medal game is at 10 p.m. Eastern. 

The schedule was adjusted due to a bad weather forecast for Sunday. 

For more information including streaming, visit https://softball.ca/mens. 

Batmen win U23 title

The Toronto Junior Batmen won the Softball Canada U23 Men's Canadian championship in Saskatoon on Wednesday with a 5-1 win over Nova Scotia. The gold medalists finished the tournament with eight wins and one loss. 

Tyler Branchaud (Manotick) and Colton Lecuyer (West Carleton) of the GOFL were with Toronto. 

Batmen to face Nova Scotia in U23 final

The defending champions Toronto Junior Batmen will face Nova Scotia in the gold medal game at 12:45 a.m. Eastern on Wednesday. 

Nova Scotia won the #1 vs #2 game by a score of 6-4 over Toronto to advance directly. 

Toronto came back from a 5-0 deficit to defeat New Hamburg Mustangs 8-5 in the semi-final.  The Mustangs earned bronze.

New Hamburg had defeated Newfoundland and Labrador then Tavistock Merchants to make it to the semi-finals. 

Branchaud, Hopper named U23 All stars

At the Softball Canada U23 Men's Canadian Championship, the All-Star Awards were announced today. 

Two GOFLers, Tyler Branchaud (Manotick Brewers) of Toronto Junior Batmen and Conner Hopper (West Carleton Electric) of New Hamburg Mustangs were named all-star outfielders.

The complete list is available here.

Men's and Masters Canadians

The Softball Canada Men's and Masters Canadian Championships will be held in Saskatoon, starting tonight with Finals on Sunday. 

The Masters (40+) has ten teams: four from Saskatchewan, three from Ontario, two from Alberta and one from Manitoba. Waterdown Hammer Masters have Matt Greer of the GOFL's Pontiac Flyers and Adam Brown (West Carleton Electric) on the roster. The defending champions have Drew Hathway (Flyers) and Brad Pender (Vars Aces) suiting up.

On the Men's side there are 13 teams with entries from Saskatchewan (4), Ontario (4), Newfoundland and Labrador (2), British Columbia, Nova Scotia and the Northwest Territories. The Waterdown Hammer have Joran Graham, Joe Mick (both Micksburg), Conner Hopper (WC Electric) on the roster and Jamey Mick is helping coach. The U23 Toronto Junior Batmen are also playing in the event. They have Tyler Branchaud (Manotick Brewers) and Colton Lecuyer (WC Electric) playing for them.

Information about the event, including links to streaming, are available on the Softball Canada website.

U23 Canadians moves to playoff round UPDATED

The Softball Canada U23 Men's Canadian Championship is being held in Saskatoon with seven teams participating. 

The Toronto Junior Batmen, the defending champions who went through the Ontario Amateur Softball Association elimination tournament undefeated at 5-0, also haven't lost at Canadians and have six wins. They will play Nova Scotia Marshall Workplace Law Selects (5-1) in the 1st vs 2nd game today at 5:30 p.m. Eastern. The winner advances to the Final on Wednesday at 12:45 Eastern, the loser plays at 10 p.m. tonight. 

Tyler Branchaud of the GOFL's Manotick Brewers plays for the Batmen and Colton Lecuyer of West Carleton Electric was added for the event. Branchaud was #7 overall in batting average hitting .471. Nova Scotia's roster has many of the players who won bronze at the U20 Men's Canadians in Carp.

Finishing third (3-3) by virtue of a tie-breaker was the Tavistock, ON Merchants. They will play the winner of #7 Okanese, SK Thunderstrikers (0-6) and #6 host Delisle, SK Pride (1-5) at 2:30 p.m. Eastern. Brothers Gavin and Connor Brooks of Napanee play for the Merchants.

The fourth vs fifth game at 12:15 p.m. EDT will feature two 3-3 teams - Moorfrost Mariners of Newfoundland against New Hamburg, ON Mustangs. Conner Hopper of West Carleton Electric was added by the Mustangs for the event. Hopper was #10 overall in batting average with a .429 average 

For full info, including links to streaming ($$), visit the Softball Canada website.

Micksburg Tournament results

The Micksburg Men's Fastball tournament was held this weekend, and it was a success. Six teams participated in what was a great display of men's ball. 

Pitchers for the teams included Matt McIntyre and John Enright for the Micksburg Twins, Drew Hathway and Blake Bramburger for Kool Vent Heat, Gabe Brown and Ryland Hill for the Logsplitters, Adam Rueckwald, Matt Greer and Ethan Howard for Fitzroy, Kevin Bisch for the Wizards and Will Lowe and Austin Blanchard for Carlsbad.

See below for results.

from Matt McIntyre

UPDATED SCOREBOARD

Friday

6:00 PM — Micksburg Kool Vent Heat 3 - 0 Log Splitters

8:00 PM — Micksburg Twins 3 - 2 Fitzroy

Saturday

9:00 AM — Micksburg Twins 3 - 0 Log Splitters

11:00 AM — Carlsbad 3 - 2 Wizards

1:00 PM — Carlsbad 4 - 0 Micksburg Kool Vent Heat

3:00 PM — Fitzroy 6 - 2 Wizards

5:00 PM — Log Splitters 9 - 9 Fitzroy

7:00 PM — Micksburg Kool Vent Heat 8 - 1 Wizards

9:00 PM — Carlsbad 8 - 5 Micksburg Twins

Sunday's games could not be played due to rain, so the tournament concludes with the following final standings:

FINAL STANDINGS

 1 Carlsbad 3W 0L
 2 Micksburg Kool Vent Heat 2W 1L
 3 Micksburg Twins 2W 1L
 4 Fitzroy 1W 1L 1T
 5 Log Splitters 0W 2L 1T
 6 Wizards 0W 3L

Thank you to all the teams, players, volunteers, and fans for a great weekend of softball. We appreciate everyone who came out and supported the tournament!

Micksburg tournament Friday night

The Micksburg Men's Fastball tournament kicked off Friday night with two great games and fans on hand to watch.

Game 1 was between Micksburg Kool Vent Heat and the Tri-City Logsplitters (made up of Harbour Ball players). KVH prevailed 3-0 with Drew Hathway and Blake Bramburger combining for a two hit shutout.  Gabe Brown and Ryland Hill threw for the Splitters. 

Game 2 was a 3-2 win for the Micksburg Twins over Fitzroy. Matt McIntyre pitched for the Twins and had a homer, and John Enright also threw. Joe Mick added a bomb for the locals. Adam Rueckwald and Matt Greer threw for Fitzroy. 

Games resume Saturday morning at 9 a.m. Other clubs in the six team event are The Wizards and Osgoode.

Micksburg tournament schedule released

The schedule has been released for the six-team Micksburg Men's Fastball Tournament this coming weekend, to be held at the Micksburg Ball Field.

August 21 - 23

Friday 6 p.m.  Logsplitters vs Micksburg Kool Vent Heat
Friday 8 p.m.  Micksburg Twins vs Fitzroy

Saturday 9 a.m. Logsplitters vs Micksburg Twins
Saturday 11 a.m. Wizards vs Osgoode

Saturday 1 p.m.  Micksburg Kool Vent Heat vs Osgoode
Saturday 3 p.m.  Fitzroy vs Wizards
Saturday 5 p.m.  Logsplitters vs Fitzroy
Saturday 7 p.m.  Micksburg Kool Vent Heat vs Wizards
Saturday 9 p.m.  Micksburg Twins vs Osgoode

Sunday 9 a.m. Semi-Final #1 - 1st vs 4th
Sunday 11 a.m. Semi-Final #2 - 2nd vs 3rd
Sunday 1:30 p.m. FINAL 

U20 Men's Canadian Championship starts in a week

The Softball Canada 2026 U20 Men's Canadian Championship starts a week from today at the Carp Fairgrounds diamonds.

There are eight teams participating at this year's event: Plattsville Lightning, St. George Aces and Chatsworth Longhorns from Ontario; Team Newfoundland and Labrador; Brookfield Elks from Nova Scotia; Equipe Quebec, and Valley Vikings from Saskatchewan, along with the host team West Carleton Electric.

The action starts at 10 a.m. on Tuesday August 4 and wraps up with the Final on Sunday August 9 at 1:30 p.m. The tournament website, including the full schedule is available here: U20 Men's. See the end of this post for the West Carleton Electric game schedule.

Admission prices are very reasonable - $10 a day for adults, a week pass for $50 (Seniors $40, Kids 13-18 for $30). Children 12 and under are free.

While the tournament organizers are pleased to have a large contingent of volunteers as always, there is always room for more. We especially could use grounds workers for games during the day, but other positions are available. If you can help, contact Jayne at 613-293-7262 or jcoady@xplornet.com.
This is the third time the West Carleton Fastball Committee has hosted a Canadian Championship, with previous events in 2022 (U23 Men's) and 2024 (U20 Men's). The Committee also hosts the Carp Shootout men's tournament annually.

For more information, you can visit West Carleton Fastball.

Kingston wins Brussels tournament (photo added)

The Kingston Axemen won the 54th Annual Brussels tournament on Sunday afternoon with a 7-3 over the Mitchell Mets. The event had 16 teams participating. 

Joran Graham had the pitching win while Luke Zettle (who hit a home run) took the loss with relief from Don Scott. 

The Axemen has a perfect 4 wins 0 losses record with three wins on Saturday. 

Kingston advances to Brussels A final

The Kingston Axemen, preparing for the International Softball Congress World Tournament in August, won three straight on Saturday at the 16-team Brussels tournament and will play Sunday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. in the A Final vs the Mitchell Mets.

The Axemen opened up with a 6-2 win off a local team, the Fullarton As. Jordan Macdonald had the start for Kingston.

Next up was a 3-1 victory over the Tavistock Merchants U23 team, with Andy Barber spinning a gem.

A 9-1 win over another ISC team, the Georgian Bay Giants, put Kingston in the final. Joran Graham had the win and Kaden Fowler hit a grand slam for the Axemen.

Micksburg to host a tournament

The Micksburg Men's Fastball League is hosting a recreational men's fastball tournament August 21-23 at the Micksburg diamond.

Teams will be guaranteed three games. Organizers are hoping for at least six teams.

To learn more about the event or to register your team, contact Matt at 613-617-3293.

Kingston finalists in Au Sable

The Sandlot from Pennsylvania won the eight team 64th Annual Au Sable Forks, NY men's fastpitch tournament over the weekend.

They defeated the Kingston Axemen in the final.