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The match ups for the best-of-three playoff semi-finals in the Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League have been set following the Baird Carpentry win over Ottawa Valley Coffee Thursday night in their deciding game three. Blake Bramburger had the pitching win for Baird, while Bryan Armstrong and Colton Lecuyer threw for OVC.
Gagnon Plumbing, the first seed that received a bye to the semis, will face the Carpenters. They will play game one of their best-of-three on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Bren Electric Logsplitters will match up against Hicks Custom Interiors in the other series. Those two teams plan on getting two games in on Wednesday at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.
The A and B playoff finals are underway in the Ashton Men's Fastball League.
The Ashton A's are up one nothing on the Ashton Farmers in the best-of-three A final and the Ashton Shockers are up one nothing on Whitewater Brewing in the B final.
The deciding Game 3 of the Micksburg Twins vs Manotick Brewers first round playoff series will be played Tuesday September 15 at 8 p.m. in Kars. (Manotick diamond is unavailable.)
The winner of that game will face the Vars Aces in the semi-final, with Game 1 scheduled for Wednesday September 16 in Manotick at 8 p.m. Should Tuesday get rained out, Wednesday night will become a 7 p.m. & 9 p.m. doubleheader.
Game 1 of the Los Caballos vs Pontiac Flyers series is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday September 15 in Shawville.
The Maitland Marlins won game one of the best-of-three North Leeds Men's Fastball League final playoff series with a 10-0 win in five innings over the Lyn Lightning.
The playoffs continue in the Blackburn Men's Fastball League.
In the #4 seed vs #5 seed best-of-three series, Solotech Elevations and Rogues are tied at one game apiece. The winner of that will advance to play #1 seed Goodfellows in the best-of-three semi-finals.
The other semi-final has started with the Blue Jays up 1-0 over the Bandits.
The Royals won the Shawville Men's Fastpitch League playoff final and the John Atkinson Trophy on Thursday night with a 2-0 win over the Athletics.
Adam Rueckwald, who was named playoff Most Valuable Player, was the winning pitcher allowing only one hit and striking out 17.
Matt Greer took the loss despite striking out 19.
Rueckwald and Jeff Tanguay had the RBIs for the Royals. Shawn Laframboise also had two hits and scored both runs. Cade Kuehl had the Athletics only hit.
Back left to right: Logan Long, Ryker Long, Finn Dagenais, Gibbson Lang, Tyson Corriveau, Julien Gagnon
Front Left to Right: McCoy Meilleur, Shawn Laframboise, Adam Rueckwald, Jeff Tanguay.
Missing: Todd Smart, Troy Dumouchel, Mike Kavanagh
The Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League playoffs were supposed to resume Wednesday but rain soaked the area.
Instead, deciding game three of Ottawa Valley Coffee vs Baird Carpentry, which has been rained out twice now will hopefully get played Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
The winner will advance to the best-of-three semi-finals anticipated to start next week.
For the first time in many years, North Augusta will not be in the North Leeds Men's Fastball League final series, as they lost last night 15-7 in game three of the semi-final series versus Maitland.
The best-of-three finals will begin tonight at 8 p.m. in Maitland as they face Lyn for the league title.
The Royals advanced to the Shawville Men's Fastpitch League final with a 10-1 win over the Scrappers on Tuesday night.
Adam Rueckwald had the complete game win and hit two homers for the Royals. Todd Hearty took the loss and batted in the Scrappers only run. Darrell Crawford pitched in relief.
The Athletics and Royals will face off for the title on Thursday night at 7 p.m. at the Shawville R.A.
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.
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.
Sometime in the past month, the all-time views for this blog went over 2 million.
That seems.....insane. But also validating for the effort I have put into this thing. Thanks to everyone who keeps coming back to check out stories, those who send me stuff, and the people who respond to my irritating text messages asking for updates. I'll do my best to keep posting content.
The Caveman says I should have monetized this thing. He's probably right, but I never have. I do accept random beers in beer gardens across the softball world if you're ever interested though.
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.
The Micksburg Twins tied their best-of-three Greater Ottawa Fastball League playoff series with the Manotick Brewers at a game apiece with a 2-0 win Tuesday night in Micksburg.
Joran Graham threw a perfect game for the home team. Luc D'Entremont allowed only one hit for Brewers.
Twins got their first run when Jared Steege walked, stole second, advanced to third on an overthrow and scored on a Joe Mick ground out. The insurance run was plated after Andy McIntyre tripled and scored on a passed ball.
The date and time for Game 3 will be confirmed shortly.
Shawville Men's Fastpitch League playoff action continued on Tuesday night.
The Athletics defeated the Scrappers 5-1 to advance directly to the final. Matt Greer threw for the A's while Darrell Crawford and Todd Hearty pitched for Scrappers. Evan Atkinson hit two homers for the A's.
The Royals eliminated the Flyers with a 13-6 win. Adam Rueckwald pitched for the Royals while Luke Young threw for the Flyers.
The Royals will face the Scrappers to see who moves on to the finals.
The four-team Carp Men's Fastball League came to a close on Saturday August 29 with the year-end tournament, with one of the most exciting finals the Carp league has witnessed.
The Finals saw the Defending Champions Team Red (All in One Septic and Excavating) up against much younger Team Black (The Barn Cats/Devries Power) aka Kitty Cats.
Blair Laughlin went three strong innings for the Barn Cats with relief from Andy McIntyre. Ray Armstrong started for the Big Red machine with relief from Jon Daley and Bryan Armstrong.
At the end of seven, the score was 0-0 and then went to international tie breaker. Nothing was resolved in the eighth, and each team scored one in the ninth. In the top of the tenth Armstrong came back to relieve Daley and the Barn Cats put up three and All in One could only get one back.
Final Score: Barn Cats 4 All in One 2. W.P McIntyre L.P Armstrong.
In the Bronze medal game, Team Blue defeated Team Grey (Goldie Mohr).
The Carp League plays Tuesday night regular season games at the Fairground diamonds.
Back
row from left to right: Brian Arthur, Cole Ross, Liam Cavanagh, Corbin McCord,
Connor Armstrong, Carter Armstrong, Mike Sullivan Front row from left to
right: Justin Clarke, Deider Peskett, Blair Laughlin, Austin McCord, Andy
McIntyre; not in picture Andy McAtamney, Dawson Budau
The Bren Electric Logsplitters won 8-6 on Monday night to take their first round series two games to one against Grandor Farms in Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League playoffs.
The Farmers overcame a 6-0 deficit to tie the game at six after six complete. The Splitters put up two in the top of seven and Grandor could not respond.
Gabe Brown and Owen Brown pitched for Bren while Ryley Burns and Ryland Hill threw for Grandor. Ryan Conners hit a large solo homer for the Farmers.
The Splitters advance to the best-of-three semi-finals which begin Wednesday at 9 p.m.
The 7 p.m. game that night will be Game 3 of Ottawa Valley Coffee vs. Baird Carpentry series. If OVC wins that game, they will face Hicks Custom Interiors and Bren will play Gagnon Plumbing, both games at 9 p.m. that night. If Baird wins, they will play Gagnon, and Bren gets HCI at 9 p.m.
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.
Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League playoffs continue with games next week.
Monday at 8 p.m. will be Game 3 of the Bren Electric Logsplitters vs Grandor Farms series to determine what team moves on to the semi-finals.
Wednesday at 7 p.m. will be Game 3 of the Baird Carpentry vs Ottawa Valley Coffee series. Baird won 11-7 this past week to even the series. Ben Wade and Joe Kerluke had homers for Baird while Connor Beahan hit one out for OVC.
The semi-finals will get started at 9 p.m. on Wednesday.
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.
The remaining two games of the Greater Ottawa Fastball League opening round playoff series between the Micksburg Twins and Manotick Brewers have been set.
Micksburg will host game 2 at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday September 1. If necessary, game 3 will be Wednesday September 2 at 8 p.m. in Manotick.
The Brewers won game one.
The winner of the series will advance to play the Vars Aces in the best-of-three semi-final.
Updated - Los Caballos advance to GOFL semi-finals
Los Caballos defeated West Carleton Electric 6-1 on Wednesday in Manotick to win the Greater Ottawa Fastball League opening round playoff series two games to none.
Dan Read earned the win and Adam Rueckwald took the loss.
The game was 1-1 after five innings before a couple of timely home runs put Los Caballos ahead. Fredyan Carpio had a 2-run HR and Felipe Morales hit a 3-run HR.
Gabe Brown had WC's only RBI.
Los Caballos will advance to the semi-finals to play the Pontiac Flyers in a best-of-three series.
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.
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 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.
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.
Game two of the best-of-three Greater Ottawa Fastball League opening round playoff series between Los Caballos and West Carleton Electric will be played Wednesday August 26 at 8 p.m. in Manotick.
Los Caballos won game one last week.
In the other series, Manotick Brewers lead Micksburg Twins one game to none with game two being finalized for next week.
The Vars Aces and Pontiac Flyers have byes and await opponents in the semi-finals.
The Bren Electric Logsplitters won 10-0 on Monday night in a rain shortened playoff game against Grandor Farms.
The Splitters' bats came alive to even the best-of-three series in the Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League first round.
Game three was to be played immediately following last night's game but the field conditions prevented the match from starting and it will be rescheduled.
The playoffs for the Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League continue tonight and later this week.
Gagnon Plumbing earned the bye to the semi-finals by finishing first, and #2 seed Hicks Custom Interiors defeated #7 Clean Cut Construction two games to none in their best-of-three series to advance as well.
Tonight (Monday) at 7 p.m. the #4 seed Grandor Farms play #5 Bren Electric Logsplitters. If Grandor wins, they advance to the semis. If Bren wins, the deciding game three will be played immediately after the 7 p.m. game.
On Wednesday at 7 p.m., the #3 Ottawa Valley Coffee will play #6 Baird Carpentry with a one game to none lead.
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.
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!
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.
The Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League playoffs begun on Wednesday night in Fitzroy Harbour.
Gagnon Plumbing finished first in the seven team league and earned a bye to the semi-finals. The other six teams will play in best-of-three series.
Hicks Custom Interiors #2 and Clean Cut Construction #7 played a doubleheader to start things off. Hicks prevailed with a 9-2 win the first game and came back from a 5-4 deficit to win the night cap 6-5 and sweep the series. A key hit from Evan Campbell in the top of the seventh was the difference.
Ottawa Valley Coffee Espressomen #3 took a one game lead in their series over Baird Carpentry with an exciting 6-5 walk off win. Down 5-2 after six and a half, Colton Lecuyer hit an inside the park homer to tie the game, followed by a solo bomb by Conner Hopper to walk it off.
Grandor Farms #3 also won an exciting game 6-5 to take a series lead over the Bren Electric Logsplitters #4. After the Splitters got out to a 4-2 lead, a grand slam by Mitch Taylor put the Farmers ahead 6-4. The Splitters ground out a run to make it 6-5 in the sixth. Then, with two out, the Splitters' speedy Brett Almeida smashed a tailing liner deep to left field, which made it to the fence. Left fielder Tyler Graham hit Sean Lecuyer, the shortstop out to make the cut. The Splitters sent Almeida from third and a perfect throw to Grandor's catcher Brendan Coker was on target from Big Lec to get the out and end the game.
The Manotick Brewers edged the Micksburg Twins 1-0 in Greater Ottawa Fastball League playoff action on Wednesday in Manotick.
Luc D'Entremont got the complete game win, allowing only one hit, walking three and striking out 15.
John Enright threw well despite taking loss with a four hitter and walking one.
Joran Graham had Micksburg's only hit. For Manotick, Tyler Branchaud was 2 for 3 with a double and scored a run, Riley Dunbar had a hit, and Ryan Clare had a double and an RBI.
The next game in the best-of-three series will be announced soon.
Los Caballos won the first game of their best-of-three Greater Ottawa Fastball League playoff series against West Carleton Electric by a score of 5-2 in Fitzroy Harbour on Tuesday night.
Dan Read had the win, allowing eight hits, walking one and striking out six. Adam Rueckwald took the loss giving up seven hits, no walks and striking out four.
Fredyan Carpio had a two run homer and Wilmer Lovera a solo shot for Los Caballos. Jefferson Roman and Elvin Gomez also had RBIs.
WC runs came on a Dylan Rorwick solo homer in the first and a Bryce Rebertz solo homer in the seventh. Trevor Barton, Conner Hopper, Gabe Brown, Alex Strathern and Rueckwald also had hits.
Greater Ottawa Fastball League playoffs will start next week, with a break this week due to the International Softball Congress World Tournament and several players being at that event.
The 4th vs 5th series features the Manotick Brewers vs Micksburg Twins. Game one of the best-of-three will be Wednesday August 19 at 8 p.m. in Manotick.
Update: Game one of the Los Caballos (3rd) vs West Carleton Electric (6th) series will be played Tuesday August 18 at 7 p.m. in Fitzroy Harbour.
The Osgoode Men's Fastball League playoff tournament was played this weekend at the Kars diamond.
In the first game, the #1 seed Metcalfe Clinical were upset by #4 seed B&T MacFarlane by a score of 8-3. B&T got on the board early with a two run shot from Austin Blanchard. The game remained 3-0 until the sixth when B&T plated five highlighted by a moonshot home run by Evan Davis. Metcalfe got a few back, but fell short losing 8-3. Austin Blanchard had the win, Nick Bowman took the loss.
In the #2vs #3 semi-final, the shorthanded Peterson Haulage defeated Dewan Painting by a score of 10-7. Dewan Painting made a late charge, but ultimately were shut down by Zach Branchaud who got the complete game win. Nolan Holmes took the loss with relief from Tyler Alexander.
In the final, following two upsets in the semis, Peterson Haulage ran out of gas being short on arms and found themselves quickly down by 14 in the third inning. Peterson got some back, but ultimately fell short losing 14-4 in the final, giving B&T MacFarlane, captained by Trevor Beaulieu, the championship after going 3-9 during the regular season. Austin Blanchard earned the win with relief from Trevor Beaulieu. Zach Branchaud took the loss with relief from Tyler Boyd.
The Osgoode Men’s Fastball League is likely expanding to six teams next season for their third season with interest expressed from many others.
Top row (L-R): Austin Blanchard, Ethan Sherwood (coach), Brandon Carr, Graham Vanderwint, David Bahm, Mark Blanchard. Bottom row (L-R): Cooper Packham, Elliott Coleman, Evan Davis, Trevor Beaulieu, Terry MacFarlane. Missing: Jackson Bennett, Cory Baldwin
The Hill United Chiefs won the ISC World Tournament with an exciting 4-3 victory over the Bear Creek Gremlins in the tourney's last game. Marco Diaz had the win and Jack Besgrove took the loss with relief from Kuba Osička.
In the ISC II Final, the Pueblo Bandits defeated the Waterdown Hammer 5-4 in eight innings. Joe Mick from the GOFL's Micksburg Twins is on the Hammer and his dad Jamey is on the coaching staff.
In the ISC Legends 50+ tournament, the Parksville Red Sox from British Columbia won the title beating the Maccabi team, which had five New Zealand hall of famers in the starting line up. The Waterdown Hammer Legends, which had three GOFL players (Brad Porter, Trevor Barton and Adam Brown) finished fifth of fifteen teams with a three win and three loss record.
The playoffs for the North Leeds Men's Fastball League have begun. Six teams (North Augusta, Eastons Corners Haymakers, Maitland, Greenbush, Lyn and Easton Corners As) are playing off as per their website.
The International Softball Congress World Tournament continues at Chippewa of the Thames, ON at the Bear Creek complex. There are two undefeated teams remaining - Hill United Chiefs and the Bear Creek Gremlins. Other teams still in the running are Bear Creek Express, Northeast Drillers, The Sandlot Merchants and Kegel Black Nights.
Several local Greater Ottawa Fastball League players were on the Kingston Axemen, including Joran Graham, Andy Barber, Conner Hopper, Dylan Rorwick, Cade Kuehl, Kristian Knapp and Nick Ellis. The Axemen had a very good tournament, finishing 3-2. They beat Pueblo, CO Bandits 6-4, lost to Bear Creek Express 11-0, beat the Walton, ON Brewers 8-1, beat the PA Storm 2-1, and lost to Kegel 7-0. The Axemen finished tied for 9th place.
Tyler Branchaud's Toronto Batmen U23 team went 0-2 in the world tournament, losing two close games 5-3 to Sandlot and 5-4 to the Saskatoon Jacks. They went to the ISC II bracket and have won three games and lost one so far, and play the Peguis, MB Redmen at 9 a.m. today.
Georgian Bay Giants had Brad Pender playing for them - they had three wins and two losses in the World Tournament.
Luis Colombo was with the JDT First Energy and they also went 3-2 in the event.
Waterdown Hammer, a team in which Joe Mick was catching, went 1-2 in the World Tournament, and entered the ISC II bracket, winning three in a row then losing a game. They play at 11 a.m. today.
The Kingston Axemen, a team with many local players from Eastern Ontario, has a one win and one loss record at the International Softball Congress World Tournament in Chippewa of the Thames, ON so far after two days of play.
The Axemen defeated Peublo, CO Bandits 6-4 in their opener, with Joran Graham earning the win on the slab on Sunday evening.
Last night the Axemen fell to the host Bear Creek Express 11-0. Andy Barber had the start and threw very well against a top-level team, before giving way to Jordan Macdonald who finished the game.
Next up for Kingston is a game on Tuesday at 11 a.m. vs the Walton, ON Brewers.
For more information, including links to streaming, visit https://iscfastpitch.com/.
Jake Davies of West Carleton Online provides great news coverage of our area, including lots of stories on local fastball.
His article about the U20 Men's Fastpitch Canadian Championship tournament is very comprehensive and features some excellent photos, including an amazing picture of a home run stealing catch.
I really recommend you subscribe to the site for the $50 annual fee.
Jake has generously "unlocked" this story and given me permission to post on the blog:
CARP – What became a calling card for the West Carleton Electric throughout the 2026 Canadian Fast Pitch Championship held last week Tuesday to Sunday (Aug. 4 to Aug. 10), the team became national champions on the very last pitch of the tournament.
The West Carleton Electric celebrate their gold medal winning feat in the 2026 U20 Canadian Fast Pitch Championship. Photo by Jake Davies
The cardiac kids won time and time again through last-minute heroics all week, becoming the first local team to win a national fast pitch championship and doing it at the tournament they were hosting. Large crowds enjoyed great fastball all week long at the Carp Fairgrounds, and having the home team to cheer on all week, meant tournament organizers had their largest turnout of the three national championships Carp has hosted over the last four years.
The ‘Trics started the tournament last Tuesday (Aug. 4), beating Newfoundland and Labrador on the last pitch of the game with a walk-off home run hit by Nolan O’Brien. That would become the team’s signature play. But first a bit of adversity for West Carleton as Équipe Québec would pummel the Electric 15-1 later that same day.
West Carleton would finish the first round of the championship going 5-2, finishing second in the eight-team standings behind only the Brookfield Elks of Nova Scotia, who beat the ‘Trics 3-1 in the final game of the first round.
The playoff round started Saturday (Aug. 8). West Carleton would take on the Elks in what was undoubtedly the wildest game of the tournament and possibly any tournament.
Electric outfielder Jackson Barton looks to bunt a player over during the game against the Aces. Photo by Jake Davies
First, both teams had to deal with a rain delay that pushed back the start of the game by more than two hours. Incredible work by the incredible field crew had the ball diamond in impeccable shape for the roughly 6 p.m. start. Despite the delay, organizers estimate there were roughly 1,000 fans in attendance for the game.
The Electric battled back from two huge deficits to earn a highly improbably win against the team wit the best record in the tournament.
In the fifth inning of the seven-inning game, the ‘Trics were down 9-3 and the Elks were one run away from invoking the seven-run mercy rule with a runner on third base looking to get home for the win.
West Carleton got out of that jam and was able to somehow tie the game and eventually win it 12-10 in the ninth inning – two extra past regulation.
Electric star Kaden Fowler hit a two-run homer in the top of the ninth for the win. He also was credited for the pitching win, having taken over the bump from the starter.
This amazing catch in the sixth inning by an Aces outfielder robbed Finn Barton of a home run but served as a sacrifice to allow the Electric to score the tying run. Photo by Jake Davies
Fitzroy Harbour’s Colton Lecuyer and Kinburn’s Finn Barton also had home runs for West Carleton.
The ‘Trics would play Ontario’s St. George Aces in the gold medal match. The Elks defeated Équipe Québec 7-6 to make it to the finals.
The bleachers were full and the entire field was surrounded by fans for Sunday’s (Aug. 9) gold medal game under a hot, punishing sun.
The Aces got off to an early lead in the back-and-forth game, but the ‘Trics would quickly tie it up, and eventually take their own lead. By the end of the sixth, the ‘Trics had once again overcome a one-run deficit to tie it up. Fowler, who pitched the entire game, would keep the Aces from scoring in the top of the seventh, and then would win the game for West Carleton with a one out, walk-off, solo home run to secure the national championship for the Electric’s first national championship.
Colton Lecuyer and Jackson Barton also homered for the ‘Trics in the game.
Fowler would be named playoff Most Valuable Player.
West Carleton’s Ethan Howard takes a rip at a pitch. Photo by Jake Davies
Following the game and the medal ceremony, West Carleton Electric manager Kinburn’s Trevor Barton, and his son, hot-hitting outfield Finn (Trevor’s other son Jackson is also on the team) spoke to West Carleton Online about the historic win.
“Unreal, can’t beat it,” Finn said of winning gold on a walk-off home run.
“Unbelievable,” he said. “Never a doubt. I wasn’t worried in the least. We talked about adversity all year. Tuesday night we got beat bad and sometimes that can wake a team up. We used it as fuel the rest of the week and the boys played great.”
From coming within one run of being eliminated from even playing in the gold medal match, to wearing the medal proudly around their necks, it was a roller coaster of emotions for the ‘Trics.
“As a team, I don’t think we ever gave up,” Finn said. “Not one time. We always knew we had a chance to win. Just one run at a time, one hit at a time, one pitch at a time, and when you take it that way, it’s pretty easy to win.”
Electric third baseman Dawson Pennock swings at a pitch. Photo by Jake Davies
Trevor’s affiliation with the West Carleton Electric goes back decades, as a longtime infielder for the Electric’s adult Greater Ottawa Fastball League (GOFL) team to coaching for almost as long. He can’t quite remember a win this big for the West Carleton club.
“I can’t say we have (put a gold medal around his neck),” Barton said. “That’s the best group and the best result we’ve ever had as a group. Some of these kids I had in t-ball. I think up until now, the best we ever did was second in the province (which also just happened this year). Our men’s team, I think we’ve been in a provincial final, but nothing like this at the national level.”
Finn says winning at home makes the championship even more special.
“Can’t beat it,” he said. “In front of the fans with everyone cheering you on (Finn’s grandparents Don and Pam Armstrong sat just feet away from home plate for the entire tournament), there’s nothing better.”
“The crowds were amazing all week,” Trevor said. “It was unreal. It was the 10th man on our team every at bat, every game. It was huge.”
Many of the U20 Electric are only 18 years old. When West Carleton Online spoke to Trevor earlier in the year, he mentioned he expected the team to be even stronger next year. Now the coach has expanded his expectations.
The West Carleton Electric are the 2026 Canadian Fast Pitch Championship gold medalists. In front, from left, are Colton Lecuyer, Ethan Howard, Kaden Fowler, Bryce Rebertz, Dawson Pennock and Finn Barton. In the middle is team sponsor Dale Hanna. In the back is Brady Bates (bat boy), Jack Barton, Jason McIntyre, Nolan O’Brien, Thomas McLean, Carter Wright, Carter Marshall, Dan Read, Jackson Marshall, coaches Sean Lecuyer, Adam Brown, Shawn Rebertz and Trevor Barton. Photo by Jake Davies
“We’ll be looking to repeat,” he said. “We’ve got three kids graduating this year and everyone else will be back. So, we’ll be looking to repeat, but until then, we’re going to enjoy this moment.”
Of course, we did talk about fastball and at that time he was “pretty pumped,” for the tournament. We asked Finn if the tournament lived up to his spring expectations.
“Everything and more,” Finn said. “No one could have drawn that up any other way. It was unreal.”
Following the awards ceremony, Softball Canada had an award for the West Carleton Fastball committee presented to Carp’s Geoff Lathem in honour of their hard work putting the tournament together.
Lathem said it took more than 150 volunteers and a year and a half to put it all together.
“Now let’s go drink some beer,” he told the fans.
“All the teams, all the fans, everyone we met in Carp, a class act,” the Softball Canada representative told the crowd.
West Carleton wins U20 Men's Canadian Championship
West Carleton Electric won the U20 Men's Canadian Championship on Sunday with a 7-6 win over the St. George, ON Aces.
St George had beaten Brookfield, NS Elks 2-0 in the semi-final earlier in the day.
Kaden Fowler had the pitching win and hit a walk off homer in the bottom of the seventh to secure the title. Fowler was named MVP of the championship round.
Codee Rahn started for the Aces and was relieved by Nate Wylie.
Colton Lecuyer and Jack Barton also had back-to-back homers for WC in the second inning.
What a ride. I'm exhausted. Maybe I'll post more info later.
Front Row, L-R: Colton Lecuyer, Ethan Howard, Kaden Fowler, Bryce Rebertz, Dawson Pennock, Finn Barton Middle Row: Dale Hanna (sponsor) Back Row, L-R: Brady Bates (bat boy), Jack Barton, Jason McIntyre, Nolan O'Brien, Thomas McLean, Carter Wright, Carter Marshall, Dan Read, Jackson Marshall, coaches: Sean Lecuyer, Adam Brown, Shawn Rebertz, Trevor Barton
West Carleton Electric advanced to the Softball Canada U20 Men's Canadian Championship gold medal game on Sunday with a 12-10 dramatic, intense and at times insane win in nine innings over the Brookfield, NS Elks on Saturday night at the Carp Fairgrounds.
Kaden Fowler earned the pitching win and hit a two run homer in the top of the ninth. He relieved starter Carter Marshall.
Will Singer went the distance for the Elks and took the loss.
Colton Lecuyer and Finn Barton also had home runs for West Carleton.
At one point in the bottom of the fifth, the Electric were down 9-3, with a runner to invoke the mercy rule on third base. An improbable comeback and eventual victory in nine innings ensued.
With the victory, West Carleton Electric advanced to the gold medal game at 1:30 p.m. They will play the winner of the semi-final between Brookfield and the St. George Aces which defeated Équipe Québec 7-6 in the quarter-final game on Saturday night.
The story above doesn't do justice to the incredible game last night. I'm helping coach the team and far too exhausted to write more right now. Once the event is done I'll try to document a proper breakdown of what happened. If you weren't there or watching the stream, do yourself a favor and watch the recording here.
Saturday was the day for playoff round games at the U20 Men's Canadian Championship in Carp.
There was a rain delay about 2:45 p.m. and the grounds crew did excellent work to get the diamonds back in top shape quickly, impressing the Softball Canada supervisor and Umpire-in-Chief.
At the end of the day, three teams advanced to the medals on Sunday.
The final pool play game at the Softball Canada U20 Men's Canadian Championship in Carp on Friday night was a well attended match up between the host West Carleton Electric and the Brookfield Elks from Nova Scotia, with first place seed on the line.
Brookfield prevailed with a 3-1 victory to lock up top spot with six wins and one loss in pool play. WC finished 5-2 and were seeded second as they defeated both the other teams with the same record.
The game was very tight throughout, with a Rylan Sutherland two run homer to centrefield in the bottom of the sixth being the difference to give the Elks the win.
Lefty Keegan Maguire had the pitching win, tossing a three hitter and striking out 11.
Dan Read threw very well for West Carleton, allowing only seven hits and striking out six.
Kaden Fowler's single drove in the WC run, scoring Finn Barton who had singled and moved to second on a Bruce Rebertz sacrifice bunt. Rebertz had the other Electric hit.
The two teams will play again in the 1 vs. 2 playoff game at 4:15 p.m. on Saturday with a direct trip to Sunday's final at stake. The loser goes to the semi-final.
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