Flyers win 6-1

The Pontiac Flyers won 6-1 over Los Caballos on Wednesday night in Manotick to even their Greater Ottawa Fastball League semi-final playoff series at a game apiece.

Drew Hathway earned the win, allowing six hits, striking out 14 and walking none.

Will Lowe took the loss, giving up 11 hits, striking out four and hitting a batter.

The Flyers put up four in the fourth. Luke Young's single scored a run and a Hathway single drove in another two. Matt Greer added a sacrifice fly RBI.

Cade Kuehl's hard hit solo shot to left field in the sixth made it 5-0.

Los Caballos got a run back in the bottom of the sixth after Luis Anguas doubled and scored on  a single by Felipe Morales. 

The Flyers made it 6-1 in the seventh when Jared Murray drove in Shawn Laframboise who had reached on an error.

Game three will be confirmed but hopefully will be played Tuesday in Shawville. 

Carpenters advance to Harbour Ball finals

Baird Carpentry defeated Gagnon Plumbing 10-9 on Wednesday night in Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League playoff action to win their best-of-three semi-final series two games straight.

Blake Bramburger threw for Baird while Steve Cavanagh and Kevin Bisch pitched for Gagnon.

Baird Carpentry will face Hicks Custom Interiors in the finals.

Maitland wins North Leeds title

Maitland Marlins won the North Leeds league playoff championship for the first time on Tuesday night in Maitland.  

The Lyn Lightning were leading 5-2 heading into the bottom of the sixth inning when Maitland rallied for five runs to take a 7-5 lead into the seventh. Jason Woodside shut the door on Lyn in the seventh inning to seal the victory.

WP: Jason Woodside 3 IP, 1R in relief of Dusty Brown 4 IP, 4 R

Game Winning RBI - Brock Murphy

LP: Andrew Fortier 6 IP, 7 R

The North Leeds trophy was first awarded to Westport in 1952.

Back : Nate Hamilton, Brock Murphy, Ethan Jackson, Hayden Sayeau, Jacob Baker, Jordie Dodge

Front: Ty McNish, Jason Woodside, Dusty Brown, Matt Hamilton, Austin Limburg 

Missing : Marty Hamilton, Connor Van Luit

Twins vs Aces game 3 set for Thursday

The deciding Game 3 of the Greater Ottawa Fastball League semi-final playoff series between the Micksburg Twins and Vars Aces will be played on Thursday September 24 in Manotick at 8:30 p.m.

The winner will advance to the Finals against the winner of the Pontiac Flyers - Los Caballos series. The Caballos are up 1-0 in that best-pf-three with game two tonight (Wednesday September 23) at 7 p.m.

Storm advance to Glen final; Stittsville and KMS go to game three

There are three teams remaining now in the Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League playoffs.

The D. King Drywall Storm won their semi-final series in two games vs. Sting Electric to advance to the best-of-three finals.

After losing game one 4-3, Stittsville Team 6 defeated KMS Plumbing and Heating 7-2 on Tuesday night to tie the series at a game apiece. The deciding game three of that series will be scheduled soon.

Goodfellows force game 3 in BMFL

From Nick Bowman

In Blackburn Men's Fastball League playoff action, the Blue Jays defeated the Bandits 9-0 in game 2 of their semi-final to advance to the finals. Andy Barber picked up the win for the Blue Jays.

In game 1 of the othersemi-final, Solotech Elevation defeated Goodfellows 10-7 in 9 innings. Will Lowe started the game for Elevation. Elevation were up 5-2 until Tyler Alexander hit a grand slam to make it 6-5. In a mite ball move, Nick Bowman took off the catcher’s gear and came in relief. Geoff Grace hit a homerun to keep the game alive in the top of the 7th. The game went to extras. Each team scored one run. Elevation were able to put up 3 runs in the 9th and shut down Goodfellows for a 10-7 win. Nick Bowman picked up the win in relief of Will Lowe. Lacroix Sports Legends pitcher Gilles Roy threw all 9 innings for Goodfellows. 

In game 2, Goodfellows defeated Elevation 11-1. Goodfellows scored one in the first and kept piling on the runs. Derek Martin hit a homerun for Goodfellows. With Shannon Borho still unavailable, Carley Shane pitched for Goodfellows and picked up the win. Nick Bowman took the loss with relief from Will Lowe.

Game 3 goes Thursday at 8:00 p.m. with the winner facing off against the Blue Jays in the finals

Micksburg evens semi-final series

The Micksburg Twins evened their best-of-three Greater Ottawa Fastball League playoff semi-final series with a 5-2 over the Vars Aces in Manotick on a frosty Tuesday night.

Joran Graham earned the win allowing five hits and walking two. Andy Barber took the loss and allowed five hits and five walks.

Vars got on the board in the second with an Andy Barber double, scoring on an error.

The Aces got a second run in the third on a Kristian Knapp infield single followed by an Andy Barber triple.

The Twins went up 3-2 in the fifth on a two RBI double by Matt McIntyre, who also scored on a wild pitch.

Micksburg added two more in the sixth with RBIs by Graham on a fielder's choice and a single by Matt McIntyre.

Andy Barber (3), Kristian Knapp and Nick Ellis had the hits for the Aces.

Micksburg hits were by Matt McIntyre (2), Jason McIntyre, Jared Steege and John Enright. 

The time and date for game three is to be determined. 

Harbour Ball semis to wrap up Wednesday

The Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League best-of-three semi-final series between Baird Carpentry and Gagnon Plumbing will be decided on Wednesday.

They teams will play at 7 p.m. If the Carpenters win, they advance to the Final to play Hicks Custom Interiors. If the Plumbers win, game three will immediately follow to determine the finalist.

uOttawa wins four in Fitzroy

from Steph Bouchey

The uOttawa Gee-Gees had a four win weekend in Fitzroy Harbour to improve to 6-2 to start the season in Ontario University Softball.

On Saturday the Gee-Gees won 4-3 in an extra inning game against the Waterloo Warriors. Waterloo took an early lead in the game but Ottawa came back with the help of back to back triples by Chloe Milne (Gatineau, QC) and Samantha Bartley (Oshawa, ON). In the top of the international tiebreaker 8th inning Gee-Gees catcher Izzy Carpenter (Mississauga, ON) had a well executed pick off at third base to eliminate the placed runner and keep the score tied 3-3. In the bottom half of the inning Kaitlyn Flear (Sydenham, ON) stole third and came home on a Sarah Power (Middle Cove, NL) sacrifice fly to win the game. Erin Federal (Milton, ON) and Serena Parlee (Riverview, NB) pitched for Ottawa.  

In the second game the Gee-Gees scored early and often to win 12-7 against the Warriors. Milne was 3 for 5 with 2 triples and 4 RBIs while Flear had 3 RBI of her own. Parlee got the win on the mound while Brooke Cammisuli (Whitby, ON) pitched one inning of relief.  

On Sunday the Gee-Gees swept the York Lions 8-2 and 9-4. Game one was highlighted by an excellent pitching performance from Federal and Cammisuli. Amanda Rastad (Coquitlam, BC) had a 3 hit game while Flear and Jordan Pickard (Kemptville, ON) had two hits each and Milne hit a solo homerun. 

In the fourth game of the weekend Josie Rogers (Moncton, NB) started on the mound and Parlee came out in relief. Offensively the Gee-Gees were fueled by a 3 hit performance by Power, triples by Milne and Bartley and doubles from Carpenter and Rastad. Laneah Colwell (Whitehorse, YT) had an outstanding diving catch in left field and then threw out the runner at third for a double play. 

These wins built on the opening weekend success where uOttawa beat Windsor 3-1 and McMaster 9-2 while losing to Brock 6-3 and Laurier 8-0. Next weekend the Gee-Gees are on the road to play Toronto Metropolitan University and York. 

GeeGees win four on the weekend

The uOttawa GeeGees women's university softball team played four home games in Fitzroy Harbour on the weekend, and swept both doubleheaders against the Waterloo Warriors and York Lions to move to six wins and two losses so far this season.

More to follow

GOFL playoffs continue

The Greater Ottawa Fastball League playoffs continue this week with game two of each best-of-three semi-final scheduled as per below.

Tuesday September 22 at 8 p.m. in Micksburg

Vars Aces vs Micksburg Twins; Vars leads series 1-0.

Wednesday September 23 at 7 p.m. in Manotick 

Pontiac Flyers vs Los Caballos; Los Caballos lead series 1-0.

Lecuyer off on New Zealand adventure

Colton Lecuyer of Fitzroy Harbour had a very busy season of fastpitch softball. He played for West Carleton Electric at the U20 in OASA play and at Canadians, U23 at provincials, and Men's level in the Greater Ottawa Fastball League. He played for Ottawa Valley Coffee in the Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League. He played ISC for the Kingston Axemen. He was picked up to play with the Toronto Junior Batmen at U23 and Men's Canadians. 

Yet, after all that, his 2026 softball adventure continues.

Now Colton, who turned 19 last week, has recently departed to go to New Zealand to play softball over the fall and winter for the East Coast Bays in Auckland.

Best wishes to Lec for a successful season on the other side of the globe. We will do our best to provide any updates as we receive them.

Colton Lecuyer Bobblehead as posted on Facebook by Outside the Chute

Blackburn playoff update

The Blackburn Men's Fastball League playoffs continued with two games on Thursday night.

#4 Solotech Elevations upset #1 Goodfellows 10-7 in nine innings to win game one of the best-of-three semi-final series, with game two scheduled for Tuesday September 22 at 9 p.m.

In the other semi-final, the #3 Blue Jays beat #2 Bandits by a score of 9-0 to win the series and advance to the finals.

Los Caballos win game one

Tuesday's Greater Ottawa Fastball League semi-final playoff game in Shawville between Los Caballos and the Pontiac Flyers ended with some uncertainty.

After an independent review considered the facts and reviewed the video of the final play, it was determined that the original "out" call on the last play of the game stands and the final score was Los Caballos 2 - Pontiac Flyers 1 in nine innings.

Los Caballos lead the best-of-three series one game to none. Game two will be played next week, date to be confirmed.

Semis set for the Glen

The semi-final match ups are set for the Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League with four games scheduled for next week.

Monday Sept 21 Grove - Stittsville 

6:30 p.m. - Stittsville (Team 6) at KMS Plumbing and Heating
8:30 p.m. - D. King Drywall Storm at Sting Electric

Tuesday Sept 22 Grove - Stittsville 

6:30 p.m. - Sting at Storm
8:30 p.m. - KMS at Team 6 

Hicks advance to Harbour Ball finals

In Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League action last night, Hicks Custom Interiors swept a playoff semi-final doubleheader over the Bren Electric Logsplitters to advance to the finals.

The first game was 6-2 and the late result was 14-6. Adam Rueckwald and John Sullivan pitched for HCI and Owen Brown and Gabe Brown threw for Bren, with Dylan Rorwick and Hayden Khan helping pitch the last inning of the last game.

The other semi-final was a single game only. Baird Carpentry won 4-0 over Gagnon Plumbing. Blake Bramburger pitched for Baird. Steve Cavanagh and Kevin Bisch pitched for the Plumbers. That series will resume next week.

Aces win game one over Twins

The Vars Aces won the opening game of their best-of-three Greater Ottawa Fastball League semi-final series by a score of 2-0 over the Micksburg Twins.

Andy Barber got the win, allowing only four hits. Joran Graham took the loss.

Kristian Knapp's two run homer in the first was the difference maker in this one. Nick Ellis was also 3 for 3 for the Aces.

Game two will be Tuesday night in Micksburg  at 8 p.m.

Lyn evens North Leeds final series

The North Leeds Men's Fastball League best-of-three final series was evened at one game apiece last night as Lyn defeated Maitland 6-4. Andrew Fortier earned the pitching win.

The deciding game three is scheduled for Tuesday September 22 at 8 p.m. in Maitland.

Blackburn playoff update, games on Thursday

The Blackburn Men's Fastball League playoffs continue with four teams remaining. 

In the 4th vs 5th series of the BMFL playoffs, Solotech Elevation defeated the Rogues 2 games to 1. 

In game 1, Elevation won 9 to 6. Nick Bowman had the win and Derick Bulley took the loss with relief from Matt Cox.

In game 2, the Rogues won 9 to 4. Matt Cox had the win and Nick Bowman took the loss. Marcel Mondoux hit a homerun for the Rogues.

In game 3, Elevation won 8 to 3. The game was tied 3 to 3 going into the bottom of the 6th. The bottom of the lineup got the bases loaded and Elevation were able to plate 5 runs in that inning thanks to a walk, triple and a fielder’s choice. Will Lowe had the win and Matt Cox the loss with relief from Derick Bulley. Elevation move on to face #1 Goodfellows in the semi-finals. 

In game 1 of the 2nd vs 3rd series, the Blue Jays won 12-1. Andy Barber picked up the win and Jeff Barber had a homerun. Max Lalonde had the loss with relief from Seb Rodrigue.

Game 1 of the semi-finals between Goodfellows and Elevation is scheduled for Thursday at 7:00 p.m. Game 2 between the Bandits and Blue Jays goes at 9:00 p.m.

Los Caballos vs Pontiac Flyers goes to nine innings

Game one of the Greater Ottawa Fastball League semi-finals between Los Caballos and the Pontiac Flyers went to nine innings on Tuesday night in Shawville and ended somewhat controversially.

Drew Hathway threw for the Flyers - he had 19Ks, allowing only two hits and one walk. Dan Read pitched for Los Caballos allowing only five hits, striking out seven, and walking six.

The teams were scoreless after eight innings.

In the top of the ninth, a misplayed fly ball hit by Felipe Morales allowed the international tie-breaker runner on second to score. That was followed by a Fredyan Carpio RBI single that scored Morales to give the visitors a 2-0 lead.

In the bottom of the ninth, with two out, Dennis McCleary walked to put two men on. A single by Cade Kuehl scored Luke Young who was on base as per the tie-breaker rule. Todd Hearty then ground out to first base, which appeared to end the game with a 2-1 final. However, the Flyers appealed that the first baseman stepped on the orange bag instead of the white.  When the umpire agreed with the appeal and called Hearty safe - which would have scored the run to tie it - a spirited discussion ensued.

Game played halted at that time, and it will be up to the League and teams and umpires to determine what happens next.

Micksburg advances to semi-finals

The Micksburg Twins advanced to the Greater Ottawa Fastball League semi-finals with a 6-0 win on Tuesday night in Kars over the Manotick Brewers.

Joran Graham had the pitching win allowing four hits, one walk and one hit batter.

Luc D'Entremont took the loss, allowing four earned runs over five innings. Carter Marshall threw two innings of relief and allowed two unearned runs.

Graham and Dawson Pennock both had two run homers for the Twins.

Micksburg will advance to the best-of-three semi-finals against Vars Aces which start tomorrow (Wednesday September 16) at 8 p.m. in Manotick.

FHMFL semi-finals set - now with game times

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.

Ashton finals underway

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.

Playoffs resume on Thursday September 17.

GOFL playoff update - UPDATED

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.

Doug Allin named coach of MNT

Doug Allin has been named head coach of the Softball Canada Men's National Team. 

Info here.

Maitland wins game one in North Leeds final

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.

Ty McNish got the win on the slab for Maitland.

Game two is Tuesday September 15 in Lyn at 8 p.m.

Glen playoffs get underway - updated

The six-team Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League has started playoffs this week with best-of-three opening round playoffs series.

Regular Season final standings:

1. KMS Plumbing & Heating

2. Sting Electric

3. D. King Drywall Storm

4. Stittsville

5. Corfix

6. Upper Canada Elevators

KMS & Sting received first round byes.

Round 1 (best of 3) 

Stittsville leads Corfix 1-0

Storm leads UCE 1-0

Game two for both series are Monday at 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. at the Grove in Stittsville.

More information is available on the Glen's website.

Blackburn playoff update

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.

For more details, visit the website.

Royals win Shawville final

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 

Harbour Ball playoffs to resume

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.

Maitland vs Lyn in the North Leeds Final

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. 

Information is available online here.

Royals to face Athletics in Shawville final

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.

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 

Lyn advances to North Leeds final, awaits opponent

Lyn swept Spencerville two games straight to advance to the North Leeds Men's Fastball League final.

They await the winner of game three between North Augusta and Maitland to determine their opponent. That game is tonight at 8 p.m.

More info here: https://northleedsmensfastball.ca/playoffs

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.

2 million plus

 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.

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.

Twins tie series with Brewers

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 playoff update

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.

Shawville playoffs start

The Shawville Men's Fastpitch League playoffs started Monday night.

In the early game, the #1 Athletics defeated the #4 Royals 5-1. Matt Greer got the win and Adam Rueckwald took the loss. 

The late game saw the #2 Scrappers beat the #3 Flyers 7-6. Todd Hearty and Darrell Crawford threw for Scrappers and Luke Young for Flyers.

Athletics play Scrappers tonight at 7 p.m. with a trip to the Final on the line. Flyers face Royals at 8:30 p.m. with the winner eliminated.

Barn Cats win Carp League playoff tournament

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

Logsplitters advance to Harbour Ball semi-finals

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. 

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.

Harbour Ball playoff update

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. 

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. 

Games set for Twins - Brewers series

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.

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.

Los Caballos vs Electric on Wednesday

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.

Splitters even series

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.

Harbour Ball playoffs continue

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.

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.

North Leeds playoffs

The playoffs in the North Leeds Men's Fastball League continue with the semi-finals.

Tuesday August 25th

Lyn vs Spencerville in Spencerville at 8pm

Maitland vs North August in North Augusta at 8pm

Thursday August 27th
Spencerville vs Lyn in Lyn at 8pm
North Augusta vs Maitland in Maitland at 8pm

For more information, visit their NLMFL website. 

Harbour Ball playoffs begin

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.

Playoffs resume next week.

Brewers get by Twins 1-0

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 win game 1

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.

GOFL playoffs - updated

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.

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 

Osgoode Men's Fastball League playoff tournament

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

Hill United win ISC World Tournament

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.

North Leeds playoffs

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.

Spencerville has the bye to the semi-finals. 

ISC world tournament results

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.