Micksburg over Manotick in game two - details

Report from Paully Griffith

On another nice night for ball on Wednesday the Micksburg Twins travelled to Manotick for game two of the Greater Ottawa Fastball League playoff best of three semi-finals vs the Brewers. In a re-match of game one, pitchers were Joran Graham vs Carley Shane. 

The Twins got on the board early as Andy McIntyre led off with an inside the park homerun to give the visitors a 1-0 lead.

Both pitchers settled in as the score remained 1-0 until the fifth.

In the bottom of the fourth, the Brewers got a single by Riley Dunbar who then advanced to second base but Graham was able to strike out the next two batters to keep it 1-0.

In the fifth inning the Twins added to their lead. With one out, Andy McIntyre hit a single followed by a Joran Graham walk. This brought up Jared Steege who hit a towering 3-run shot to right field to increase the Twins lead to 4-0. The next batter up Matt McIntyre then hit a solo home run to left to go back-to-back to give the Twins a 5-0 lead.

Graham settled back in by striking out the side in the fifth inning. Micksburg added a run in the sixth as Andy McIntyre singled, scoring Quinton Rook who reached on a single to make it 6-0.

The Twins added two more in the seventh as Steege led off with a triple and scored on a Matt McIntyre double, who then advanced to third on a Joe Mick single and scored on a Scott Conroy single.

Graham was able to strike out the side in the seventh finishing the game with 20k and allowing only one hit as Micksburg advances to the GOFL finals with an 8-0 win.  

Harbour ball semi-final results

In the Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League playoff semi-finals on Wednesday night, WC Rona U17 evened their best-of-three series at one game apiece against Hicks Customer Interiors with a 7-3 win. Colton Lecuyer and Finn Barton combined for the pitching win. The deciding game three is to be scheduled.

The late game saw the Grandor Farms Logsplitters come back from a 6-3 deficit after six innings to win 7-6, taking the series two straight to advance to the Harbour Ball Finals. Owen Brown and Gabe Brown combined for the pitching win while Mitch Taylor and Mark Wright threw for Bren. Sam Hopper had a homer for Grandor and Gabe Brown had a 3 RBI bases loaded double in the seventh.

Quyon gets by Orleans

The Quyon Flyers evened their best-of-three Greater Ottawa Fastball League semi-final series with a 2-1 victory over the Orleans Rebels on Wednesday night in Luskville.

Drew Hathway earned the pitching win, while Andy Barber took the loss.

Orleans scored when Kevin Shonfield was on third and scored on a fielder's choice by Barber.

Later, Dennis McCleary reached on an infield hit and scored on a two run homer by Hathway.

The deciding game three to determine which team faces Micksburg in the GOFL final is to be scheduled.

Micksburg advances to GOFL Final

The Micksburg Twins advanced to the Greater Ottawa Fastball League final series with a 8-0 win over the Manotick Brewers on Wednesday night in Manotick, taking the best-of-three semi-final series two games straight.

Joran Graham had the win for the Twins, allowing only one hit and striking out 20. Carley Shane took the loss for the Brewers.

Andy McIntyre, Matt McIntyre and Jared Steege all had home runs for Micksburg.

The Twins will await the winner of the Quyon - Orleans series for the best-of-three final.

Los Caballos win Blackburn playoff title - now with details

info from Elvin Gómez

Los Caballos won the Blackburn Men's Fastball League playoff double elimination playoff bracket, going undefeated by beating Goodfellows 5-1 on Tuesday night. This was the third straight year as champions for Los Caballos in the BMFL.

Will Lowe had the pitching win, throwing a four hitter. Shannon Borho took the loss.

Los Caballos got off to a 3-0 lead in the first. Luis Anguas lead off with a triple and Felipe Morales singled to score Anguas. Wilmer Lovera then doubled to score Morales, followed by an RBI single from Elvin Gómez.

There were no other runs scored until the sixth inning when the defending champs took a 5-0 lead. Fredyan Carpio tripled. A Gómez single scored Carpio, followed by an RBI double by Lowe.

In the seventh inning, Goodfellows scored the only run of the game on an RBI by Cam Martin.

Back: Pedro López, Fredyan Carpio, Will Lowe, Elvin Gómez, Yefry Castillo

Front: Misael Castro, Luis Anguas, Wilmer Lovera, Ray Fortun, Felipe Morales

Hicks takes lead in Harbour semi-final

Hicks Custom Interiors won the first game of their best of three semi-final series against WC Rona U17 on Tuesday night by a score of 3-1. Adam Rueckwald had the win on the slab. Colton Lecuyer and Finn Bryce pitched for the U17s.

Tonight (Wednesday September 18) will see Hicks play U17s at 7 p.m. and Grandor Farms Logsplitters play Bren Electric at 9 p.m.  Grandor won game one in that series on Monday.

Glen playoff results this week

On Monday night in the Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League playoffs, Upper Canada Elevators defeated the Sting 4-2 to even their best of three quarter-final series at one game apiece.

Micksburg defeated Stittsville 11-2 to win their series two games straight.

On Tuesday, Corfix defeated the Storm 14-3 to sweep their series. 

West End Landscapes got by West Carleton 4-3 to even their series.

The deciding game three match ups for the two remaining series will be played Monday.

Grandor wins game one

The Grandor Farms Logsplitters won game one of their Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League best of three semi-final series against Bren Electric 10-9 on Monday night.

Owen Brown and Gabe Brown pitched for Grandor while Mark Wright and Steve Cavanagh threw for the Electricians.

Hunter Beauregard had a home run for Bren.

Bren was up 6-0 and 8-2, but the Splitters clawed back to tie the game 9-9. The game winning run was a bases loaded walk in the bottom of the seventh to Owen Brown.

Hicks Custom Interiors face West Carleton Rona U17 in game one of the other semi-final tonight (Tuesday September 17) at 7 p.m.

Los Caballos to play Goodfellows in BMFL final

Goodfellows defeated the Blue Jays 16-5 on Sunday in the Blackburn Men's Fastball League semi-final playoff game to advance to the double knockout bracket final. Shannon Borho had the win on the slab. Derek Martin had a homer for Goodfellows.

Goodfellows will now play the undefeated Los Caballos tonight (Tuesday September 17) at 7 p.m. in the Final. Goodfellows needs to win twice to take the title.

Game two in each GOFL semi this Wednesday

Game two of the Greater Ottawa Fastball League best of three semi-final series between Micksburg Twins and Manotick Brewers has been set for Wednesday September 18 at 8:30 p.m in Manotick. The Twins won game one.

Game two of the Quyon Flyers vs Orleans Rebels series will be Wednesday September 18 at 8 p.m. in Luskville, QC.  The Rebels won the first game.

Fitzroy playoff semis coming up

The Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League playoff semi-final best-of-three series have been set and games are scheduled this coming week.

West Carleton U17 Rona (#1) vs Hicks Custom Interiors (#5)

1: Tuesday September 17 at 7 p.m.

2: Wednesday September 18 at 7 p.m.

3: if necessary, to be determined 

Grandor Farms Logsplitters (#2) vs Bren Electric (#3)

1: Monday September 16 at 8 p.m.

2: Wednesday September 18 at 9 p.m.

3: If necessary, to be determined 

Los Caballos advance to Blackburn final

From Nick Bowman 

And then there were three. The Blackburn Men's Fastball League playoffs are down to three teams.

Goodfellows eliminated the Bandits with an 8-2 win. Shannon Borho picked up the win. Phil Bédard hit a homerun for the Bandits. 

In the undefeated game, Los Caballos defeated the Blue Jays 1-0. Will Lowe picked up the shutout win and Andy Barber took the loss despite only allowing one hit.. Fredyan Carpio scored the lone run, an inside the park home run. 

Next up is Goodfellows against the Blue Jays on Sunday at 6 p.m. The winner will advance to the Final and will have to beat Los Caballos twice.

Gee-Gees University women's softball in Carp this weekend

 The University of Ottawa Gee-Gees women's softball team has games this weekend in Carp as follows:

Friday, September 13th 7pm and 9pm v. York Carp Fairgrounds Saturday, September 14th 2pm and 4pm v. Queen’s Carp Fairgrounds

Eganville Leader artice on the U20 Canadians in Carp

An article that appeared a couple of weeks ago in the Eganville Leader about West Carleton Electric at the U20 Men's Canadian Championship in Carp, courtesy of Terry Fleurie / Eganville Leader.

Micksburg - Manotick game one report

from Paul Griffith
On a nice night in Micksburg in front of a good crowd the Twins welcomed Manotick Brewers into town for game one of the Greater Ottawa Fastball League semi-finals. The twins started Joran Graham and Manotick countered with Carley Shane.

In the top half of the first, Joran sat down the side with 3 strikeouts, Micksburg got on the board early in the game in the bottom half of 1 when Graham drew a one out walk and then Jared Steege hit 2-run line shot over the right center fence to give the home team the 2-0 lead. In the top of second Manotick was able to get two base runners with two out as Trevor Beaulieu got hit by a pitch and then Becker drew a walk. Graham was able to strike out the next batter stranding the two runners.

In the bottom of the second the Twins added to their lead as John Enright lead the inning off with a homerun to centerfield to make it 3-0 Twins. Shane was then able to limit the damage with two strikeouts and left a runner on second. 

In the third inning Micksburg was able to give Graham some insurance runs as Steege led the inning off with a walk and Joe Mick hit a double down the right field line scoring Steege from first, the next batter Scott Conroy then singled to left field and Mick was able to score to make it 5-0 Twins. After a fielder's choice and a walk batter with one out Paul Griffith then singled to right scoring Quinton Rook from second to make it 6-0 after 3 innings. Graham continued his dominance on the mound striking out another 2 batters of his 13 k in the game to get through 3 innings. In the bottom of the  4thGraham led off with a walk and was replaced by a pinch runner, Steege then hit a single to put runners on the corners. Mick was able to hit a sac fly scoring 1 to make it 7-0 for the home team. Shane was able to pitch around a couple walks stranding the bases loaded. In the top of the fifth inning Graham was able to retire the first two hitters with strike outs and then a nice diving catch by left fielder Nolan Rook to end the game 7-0 and give the Micksburg Twins a 1-0 series lead.

 

Orleans wins in pitching duel

Info from Dan Dunbar

Orleans Rebels defeated Quyon Flyers 1-0 in nine innings in the first game of their best of three Greater Ottawa Fastball League semi-final series in Manotick on Wednesday night. 

Andy Barber pitched for Orleans, striking 19 batters and allowing two hits. Drew Hathway threw for Quyon, striking out 17 and allowing only one hit. Cade Kuehl and Shawn Laframboise had the hits for Quyon.

After seven scoreless innings, Quyon loaded the bases in the top of the eighth but Barber got out of the jam.

With the international rule runner on second base in the bottom of the ninth, Kevin Shonfield got the Rebels only hit of the game, a walk off single for the win.

Four teams remain in Blackburn playoffs

From Nick Bowman

The Blackburn Men's Fastball League playoffs are down to four teams. 

Goodfellows eliminated the Braves with an 8-0 win. Derek Martin hit a two-run home run and Tyler Alexander hit a grand slam for Goodfellows. Shannon Borho picked up the win, throwing a 3-hitter.

The Bandits eliminated the Rogues with a 12-8 barn burner. Seb Rodrigue picked up the win in relief and Miguel Brisson hit a home run for the Bandits.

Next games are set for Thursday. Los Caballos take on the Blue Jays in the undefeated game at 7:00 pm and Goodfellows face the Bandits in an elimination game at 9:00 pm.

Glen playoffs week two released

The schedule has been released for the second week of the Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League playoff best of three quarter-finals.

The top seeds in each series won the first game.

Monday September 16th :

630 : Sting (3) @ UCE (6)

830 : Micksburg (1) @ Stittsville (8)

Tuesday September 17th :
630 : Corfix (4) @ Storm (5)
830 : West Carleton (2) @ West End  (7)

Harbour Ball semis now set

The semi-finals of the Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League are now set after Grandor Farms Logsplitters defeated Clean Cut Construction 6-3 on Wednesday night to win the quarter-final series two games to one.

Owen Brown and Gabe Brown pitched for Grandor. Dave Bahm and Johnny Coe threw for CCC. Alex Strathern hit a two run homer for Grandor.

The best of three semi-finals will see Grandor face Bren Electric while WC Rona U17 will play Hicks Custom Interiors. The schedule will be released soon.

Micksburg wins game one of semis

The Micksburg Twins won game one of their best of three semi-final series against Manotick Brewers 7-0 on Wednesday night in Micksburg. 

Joran Graham got the win throwing no hit ball over five innings.  Carley Shane took the loss.  

Jared Steege and John Enright had home runs for the Twins. 

Game two is Wednesday September 18 in Manotick at 8:30 p.m.

Glen Cairn week one of playoffs

Results from week one (Monday and Tuesday) of the Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League playoffs, best of three quarter-final series. The top seeds all won game one.

Corfix 11 Storm 1

West Carleton 10 West End Landscapes 9 (8 innings)

Sting 4 Upper Canada Elevators 3

Micksburg 11 Stittsville 1

Next week's schedule to be posted soon.

Team Red wins in Carp

The Carp Men's Fastball League playoffs finished up on Tuesday night and Team Red were crowned champions, going undefeated in the playoffs.

The league had planned to wrap things up on Saturday, but the rainy weather pushed things to Tuesday.

Team Red won 8-0 over Team Blue on the early games Tuesday night and Team Black defeated Team Grey 7-2 to set up the final game between two teams with two wins in the playoffs. 

The Championship game late on Tuesday saw Team Red prevail 6-4 over Team Black.

The Carp league has four teams and plays Tuesday nights at the Fairgrounds diamonds.

Team Red - Champions

Back L to R: Chris Ewbank,Jason Kemp, Dave "Diesel " Sullivan , Bryan Armstrong, Ryan Foley, Alex Gupta, Steve Henderson,Ray Armstrong 

Front L to R: Bryce Clouthier, Tanner Clouthier, Jonny "Vegas" Daley , Mitch Fisher ,Cam McGarry

Missing Austin Murphy 

Scrappers win Shawville title

The Scrappers finished an undefeated playoff run in the Shawville Men's Fastpitch League with a 7-0 win over the Athletics to win the John Atkinson Memorial trophy on Tuesday night.

Pitcher Adam Rueckwald and his catcher Cade Kuehl combined for a no hitter, allowing only one walk and striking out nine over five innings.  Luke Young threw for the Athletics.

The Shawville League has four teams and plays on Monday nights during regular season.

Scrappers - Champions

Back: Julien Gagnon, Adam Brown, Zach Dubé, Adam Rueckwald, Pat Schryer, Ralph Horner

Front: Brodee Campbell, Tyson Corriveau, Ryker Long, Logan Long, Cade Kuehl

Athletics - Finalists 

Back: Greg Hayes, Todd Hearty, Tim Thompson, Luke Young, Pierce Rusenstrom, Tatum Thompson

Front: Chad Mosley, Gibson Lang, Todd Smart

Blackburn league playoff update

from Nick Bowman

Blackburn Men's Fastball League Playoff Update 1

Game 1 saw the Blue Jays defeat the Orioles 3-0. Andy Barber picked up the win. 

Game 2 saw the Bandits defeat the Braves 11-9. The Bandits rallied from a 7-2 deficit and eventually took the lead. The Braves scored in the bottom of the 7th to send the game to extras on Thursday night due to the light going out. Vincent Pellicano hit a two run homerun in the top of the 8th to give the Bandits the win. Matt Bowman and Max Lalonde also hit homeruns. 

Game 3 saw Goodfellows defeat the Rogues 12-2. Shannon Borho had the win and Scott Adams hit two homeruns. 

On Sunday, Los Caballos defeated the Bandots 14-9 in a high scoring affair. Will Lowe picked up the win and had a homerun Elvin Gomez also had a homerun for Los Caballos. Phil Bédard hit two homeruns for the Bandits.

The Blue Jays defeated Goodfellows 4-1. 

Rogues defeated the Orioles 7-0. 

Playoffs continue on Tuesday night with the Braves against Goodfellows at 7:00 pm and Rogues against the Bandits at 9:00 pm.

Playoff dates set for GOFL semis

Game one of the Greater Ottawa Fastball League best of three semi-final series between Micksburg Twins and Manotick Brewers has been set for Wednesday September 11 at 8 p.m. in Micksburg, and game two on Wednesday September 18 at 8:30 p.m in Manotick.

Game one of the Quyon Flyers vs Orleans Rebels series will be Wednesday September 11 at 7:30 p.m. in Manotick. 

Athletics to face Scrappers in Shawville final

The Athletics defeated the Brewers 19-8 in Shawville Men's Fastpitch League playoffs tonight.

The Athletics advance to the winner take all final tomorrow night against the Scrappers at 8 p.m.

Shawville playoffs to wrap up this week

The Shawville Men's Fastball League playoffs are scheduled to wrap up this week.

The semi-final game will see the Athletics play the Brewers on Monday September 9 at 8 p.m. to determine who advances to the final against the Scrappers.

The final game is scheduled for Tuesday September 10 at 8 p.m.

Ashton league finals set

The Ashton Men's Fastball League finals have been set.

As vs Brewers in the B final. Farmers vs Shockers in the A final. 

Action resumes with Game One in each series on Thursday September 12.

Harbour Ball playoffs resume on Wednesday [updated]

The Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League playoffs continue on Wednesday September 11.

One of the first round series is going to a game three, as Clean Cut Construction (#7) will face Grandor Farms (#2) at 7 p.m. on "A" Diamond to finish the series.

Once the winner of that series is determined, the best of three semi-finals will begin right after at 9 p.m. at a later date to be determined

If Clean Cut wins, they will face West Carleton U17 Rona (#1) on A diamond and Bren Electric (#3) will face Hicks Custom Interiors (#5) on B diamond.

If Grandor wins, they will face Bren Electric on A diamond, and WC U17 will face Hicks on B diamond.

First set of games completed in Blackburn league

The first round of playoff games in the Blackburn Men's Fastball League have been completed.

On Tuesday, the Blue Jays beat Orioles 3-0. Last night, the Bandits beat the Bytek Braves 11-9 and Goodfellows defeated the Rogues 12-2.

The seven-team league is using a double knockout tournament format over the month of September to determine their champion. Next up are three games at 4 p.m., 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Sunday September 8.

For the full bracket schedule, visit Blackburn Men's Fastball League (bmfl.ca).

Glen Cairn playoffs start Monday

The Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League has released the schedule for their best-of-three first round playoff series. All games are played at the A.Y. Jackson Secondary School diamond in Kanata.

Monday September 9th :

6:30 p.m. : Storm (5) @ Corfix (4)

8:30 p.m. : West End (7) @ West Carleton (2)

Tuesday September 10th :

6:30 p.m.: Upper Canada Elevators (6) @ Sting (3)

8:30 p.m. : Stittsville (8) @ Micksburg (1)

GOFL playoffs next round

The semi-final matchups are set for the next round of the Greater Ottawa Fastball League playoffs.

#1 Micksburg Twins will play #4 Manotick Brewers.

#2 Orleans Rebels will play #3 Quyon Flyers.

The series will be best-of-three, and the teams are working on the schedule.

Quyon gets by Kars

They Quyon Flyers came back to defeat the Kars Aces 3-2 in Greater Ottawa Fastball League playoffs on Thursday night in Shawville. 

Drew Hathway had the win in relief of Matt Greer. Brad Porter took the loss with relief from Cory Alkerton. 

Alkerton hit a two run homer in the fourth for Kars, while Shawn Laframboise hit a three run shot in the sixth for Quyon.

Quyon advances to the semi-finals against Orleans Rebels.

Manotick wins over West Carleton

Manotick Brewers won 7-4 over West Carleton Electric in Greater Ottawa Fastball League playoffs on Thursday night to advance to the semi-final round.

Carley Shane earned the win while Adam Rueckwald took the loss. Brothers Tyler Branchaud and Zach Branchaud hit homers for Manotick.

WC Electric got on the board in the top of the first. Conner Hopper singled and moved to second when Trevor Barton walked. Chris Costello's single scored Hopper.

Manotick evened the score in the bottom of the first. Zach Branchaud singled. An error allowed Riley Dunbar to get on base. Phil Corbett hit an RBI single to tie the game.

Two runs in the second put Manotick up 3-1. Ty Alexander singled, advanced to third on an error, and scored on Triston Brown's triple. A single by Tyler Branchaud plated Brown.

The visitors put up three in the top of the fourth to take the lead. Neil Murphy walked, and moved to second on a wild pitch. A double by Gabe Brown scored Murphy. After Hopper walked, Costello's single scored two. 

The Brewers responded in the bottom of the fourth to tie the game on a solo homer by Tyler Branchaud.

Manotick took the lead for good in the fifth. Curt Scurr doubled with one out, and subsequently scored on a double by Trevor Beaulieu.

The home team added two in the bottom of the sixth. Tyler Branchaud tripled with one out and scored on Zach Branchaud's homer.

Manotick

WP Carley Shane 7 IP 4R 4ER 9H 5BB 1HBP 9K

Tyler Branchaud 3-4, 2RBI, 3R, HR, 3B

Zach Branchaud 2-4, 2RBI, 2R, HR

Phil Corbett 1-4, RBI
Curtis Scurr 1-3, R

Ryan Clare 1-3
Trevor Beaulieu 1-3, 2B, RBI
Ty Alexander 1-3, R
Triston Brown 1-3, 2B, RBI

West Carleton

LP Adam Rueckwald 6IP 7R 6ER 11H 1BB 12K

Conner Hopper 1-1, 3BB, 2R
Trevor Barton 2-3, BB
Chris Costello 2-3, BB, 3RBI
Ben Broek 1-4
Neil Murphy 2-3, HBP, R
Gabe Brown 1-4, 2B, RBI, R

Harbour Ball playoff round up

The Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League playoffs continued on Wednesday night.

The Bren Electric (#3) vs. Baird Carpentry (#6) game one that was suspended due to the lights going out last week was resumed, and Bren won it 10-9 on a bases loaded walk in the bottom of the ninth. Subsequently game two of the series was played immediately after with Bren winning it 22-12 to advance to the semi-finals. Mark Wright and Steve Cavanagh threw for the Electricians while John Sullivan threw for Baird.

The other early game was a very well-played match, with Hicks Custom Interiors (#5) defeating Ottawa Valley Coffee (#4) 4-2 to take the series two straight. Adam Rueckwald threw for Hicks, while Sean Ryan and Cole Ross pitched for OVC.

The late games saw West Carleton U17 Rona (#1) defeat Campbell Fuels (#8) 7-1 to sweep their series and move to the semis.

The other late game had Clean Cut Construction (#7) stay alive in their series against Grandor Farms (#2) with a 12-8 win. Dave Bahm and Johnny Coe pitched for CCC while Gabe Brown and Owen Brown threw for Grandor.

The semi-final match ups depend on the results of the Clean Cut vs Grandor series.

If Clean Cut wins, they will face WC U17 Rona and Bren Electric will play Hicks in the other best-of-three semi-final.

If Grandor prevails, they will play Bren Electric and the U17s will face Hicks.

Plans as of now are for Game Three of the remaining quarter-final series to be played at 7 p.m. on Wednesday September 11 and the semi-finals to start immediately following at 9 p.m. that same night.

League officials are figuring out next week!

Maitland wins North Augusta tournament (updated with A Champs names)

info from Matt Alkerton and Jason Woodside

Maitland won the "A" Final of the eight-team North August Labour Day Old Timers Fastball Tournament this past weekend. They defeated Maynard 3-1 to take the title.

Kingston beat Roebuck in the "B" Final.

Chris Switzer from Kingston was named Top Pitcher. 

Zach Bright from Roebuck got the nod as Top Catcher.

Luke Meppelder from Maitland was named Most Valuable Player of the tournament.

This annual event is organized by Barry Fox and money raised goes to the North August Recreation Association.

Maitland Bandits - A Champs

Back row - Andrew Wiggins, Mark Blanchard, Barry Brown, Luke Meppelder, Tim Brown, Kevin Devaney, Jason Woodside Front row - Ian Marion, Jason Gaudin, Brooks Hoare, Brock Murphy

Missing: Benny Herne, Jason Covill

Kingston Cowboys - B Champs

Ashton league playoff news

The four-team Ashton Men's Fastball League playoffs have begun with their unique format.

The Shockers defeated the Farmers in the 1st vs 2nd game last week. This moved the Shockers directly to the best-of-three A Final.

The Brewers defeated the As in the 3rd vs 4th game, so the Brewers play the Farmers on Thursday September 5 at 8 p.m. at the Ashton diamond to determine who will advance to the A Final.  The loser of this game will play the As in the best-of-three B Final.

Carp playoffs underway

The playoffs are underway in the four-team Carp Men’s Fastball League. The round robin format began last night with two games.

Team Red beat Team Grey 21-3 and Team Black beat Team Blue 8-4 to start things off.

The action resumes Saturday September 7 at the Carp Fairgrounds at 8 a.m. with Red vs Black and Grey vs Blue, followed by Red vs Blue and Grey vs Black. The championship game between the two teams with the top records will follow.

Shawville playoff results

The four team Shawville Men's Fastpitch League had played two weeks of playoffs in their bracket.

The first set of games saw the Scrappers defeat the Brewers 8-1 and the Athletics beat the Royals 14-5.

Last night the Brewers eliminated the Royals in a wild eight inning game with many lead changes that ended 20-19. Hunter Beauregard was the winning pitcher and Darryl Crawford took the loss.

The Scrappers defeated the Athletics 7-2 to advance to the final. Adam Rueckwald earned the win while Todd Hearty and Luke Young pitched for the As.

The Athletics will play the Brewers on Monday September 9 at 8 p.m. to determine who advances to the final.

GOFL playoffs to get underway

The Greater Ottawa Fastball League final standings:

1. Micksburg Twins

2. Orleans Rebels

3. Quyon Flyers 

4. Manotick Brewers 

5. West Carleton Electric 

6. Kars Aces 

7. Osgoode Chiefs

Micksburg and Orleans receive byes to the next round. Osgoode is not participating in the playoffs.

First games are on Thursday.

Kars will play Quyon in Shawville at 8 p.m.

West Carleton will play the Brewers in Manotick at 8 p.m.

Blackburn playoffs start this week

From Nick Bowman

The 2024 Blaclburn Men's Fastball League playoffs get underway on Tuesday night.

Game 1 will feature the number 2 ranked Blue Jays against the 7th ranked Orioles at 7 pm. Blue Jays swept the season series and are led by Andy Barber on the mound and offensively. Steve Terris will toe the rubber for the Orioles and Felipe Ramon Jr. will look to score some runs via the long ball.

Game 2 will feature the 4 vs 5 matchup of the Braves vs the Bandits. Braves swept the regular season series at 9 pm. Nick Bowman and Will Mood will throw for the Braves and Max Lalonde will toe the rubber for the Bandits. Braves will look for offense throughout their lineup. Max Lalonde, Phil Schami and Phil Bédard led the Bandits in home runs this season.

Game 3 is scheduled for Thursday at 9 pm with the 3rd place Goodfellows against the 6th place Rogues. Rogues won the series two games to one. Shannon Borho will pitch for Goodfellows. The Goodfellows infield lead their team offensively. Derick Bulley and Matt Cox pitch for the Rogues and Bulley and Marcel Mondoux will look to continue their offensive prowess into the playoffs.

Los Cabellos finished first and advanced to the second round. Their game is scheduled for Thursday at 7 pm.

Galway wins Men's Canadians

The Galway Hitmen from Newfoundland and Labrador won the Softball Canada Men's Canadian Championship in Saskatoon, going undefeated and beating defending champions Toronto Batmen 9-8 in eight innings in the final.

The Cobourg Force, who recently won the ISC Legends tournament, won the Masters division. Former GOFL players Gregg Garrity and Dan Loney played for the Force and were named all stars.

GOFLers Tyler Branchaud (Kitchener) and Joran Graham (Bruno, SK) played in the tournament. 

Kingston wins Durk Sherman Classic

The Kingston Axemen won the ten team Durk Sherman Memorial Tournament in Elkland this weekend. The Axemen defeated the host Elkland Softball Association 7-6 in a well-played final on Sunday night. Jordan Macdonald and Kyle Ainsley pitched for the champions and Duane Weiler and Justin Zimmerman pitched for ESA. Nick Ellis and Dylan Toms of the GOFL's Kars Aces played for Kingston.

Both teams finished with a four win and one loss record.

Macdonald was named top pitcher and Mike Avery also of Kingston was most valuable player. 

West Carleton Electric finished third with three wins and two losses. Adam Rueckwald and Gavin Brooks pitched for WC.

Other eastern Ontario teams at the event were Westport Lumberjacks (1-2) from the North Leeds Men's Fastball League and the Tri-City Logsplitters (1-2) a 23 and under team composed primarily of players from the Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League.  The Caveman earned his first ever pitching victory in Elkland.

North Augusta wins North Leeds title (updated, with names)

The North Augusta Trappers won the North Leeds Men's Fastball League playoff title with a 13-2 victory over Lyn Lightning last night in Lyn. The Trappers won the best of three series two straight.

Luke Severson had the pitching win, striking out 12. Carley Shane took the loss and had relief from Jeff McNish. 

Kristian Knapp hit a homer on the first pitch of the night for NA. Jamie Finucan also had a homer for the Champs. Andrew Fortier's two run homer for Lyn scored their only runs.

Front row left to right-

Myself, bat boy Gavin Brown, Kristian and Kallan Knapp, Chris Finucan,

August Alkerton, Jason Poulin, Kurtis Summers, Archer Alkerton, Cory and River Alkerton, Luke Severson

Back- Shawn Forbes, Ricky Salmon, Jordan Shipclark, Hunter Shipclark, Dan Powers, Jamie Finucan, Jordie and Olivia Finucan, Mike Conlin, Darcy Alkerton

Orleans defeats Los Caballos

The Orleans Rebels wrapped up their Greater Ottawa Fastball League regular season with a 7-0 win over Los Caballos. Andy Barber had the win and Will Lowe took the loss.

Senior and Masters Men's Canadian Championships underway in Saskatoon

The Softball Canada Championship for Men and Masters Men are underway in Saskatoon. Info here: Men's and Master Men's (softball.ca).

There are a couple of local players involved. 

Tyler Branchaud of the Manotick Brewers of the Greater Ottawa Fastball League is playing for the ON2 Kitchener Hallman Cubs.  Joran Graham of the Micksburg Twins is an "import" for the SK1 Bruno Merchants. 

Harbour Ball playoffs get started

The Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League playoffs got started last night four Game 1 matches in quarter-final best of three series.

West Carleton Rona U17 (#1) beat Campbell Fuels (#8) 9-4, Grandor Farms (#2) came back to defeat Clean Cut Construction (#7) 12-9, and Hicks Custom Interiors (#5) won over Ottawa Valley Coffee (#4) 12-2.

In the other series, Bren Electric (#3) and Baird Carpentry (#6) were in the bottom of the ninth inning, with the game tied 9-9, when the lights went out. The game will be resumed next week.

North Leeds Final

The North Leeds Men's Fastball League final series game two is tonight (Thursday) at 8:15 p.m. in Lyn.

North Augusta won game one of the best of three series over Lyn on Tuesday by a score of 3-2 in 8 innings. Cory Alkerton got the win striking out 17. Andrew Fortier took the loss, striking out 11. Travis Wing had a homer for Lyn. Kurtis Summers hit the walk off single in the bottom of the eighth for North Augusta.

The NLMFL has seven teams. Westport was first in the regular season with a 9 win 3 loss record, but they lost in the semi-finals to Lyn. Other teams in the league are Spencerville, Maitland, Eastons Corners and Greenbush.

Orleans defeats Kars

In Greater Ottawa Fastball League play in Manotick on Wednesday night, the Orleans Rebels defeated the Kars Aces 7-0. Andy Barber had the win and hit a home run. Jefferson Roman also hit a homer. Cory Alkerton took the loss and had relief from Todd Templeton.

72nd Annual Durk Sherman Classic schedule announced

The schedule has been released for the 72nd Annual Durk Sherman Classic in Elkland, Pennsylvania. 

There are 10 teams participating, four from eastern Ontario: West Carleton Electric, Westport Lumberjacks, Kingston Axemen and the Tri-City Logsplitters, a 23U team from West Carleton captained by the Caveman and Fitzroy Junior.

Plattsville wins U20 Canadians

The Plattsville Lightning won the Softball Canada U20 Men's Canadian Championship in Carp with a 4-1 win over Rostock Braves in the final. Rostock had previously won both the Ontario Elimination tournament and the Provincials. 

Plattsville defeated Équipe Québec 8-7 in eight innings in the semi-final to advance. Québec had a 7-0 lead in the second inning. Hunter Beauregard and Cade Keuhl of the Quyon Flyers both won bronze as part of the Québec team.

Kudos to the organizing committee who did a tremendous job putting on this national level event in Carp.

Micksburg beats Kars

The Micksburg Twins defeated the Kars Aces 7-0 in a Greater Ottawa Fastball League game played the Saturday of the U20 Men's nationals in Carp.

Joran Graham earned the win while Cory Alkerton took the loss. Jared Steege hit two homers for Micksburg. 

Three teams left at U20s

After playoff Saturday at the Softball Canada U20 Men's Canadian Championship in Carp, three teams remain for Sunday.

Équipe Québec will play Plattsville (ON2) Lightning at noon. Loser will get bronze, winner moves on the gold medal game to follow versus Rostock (ON1) Braves.

Saturday saw West Carleton Electric get eliminated in a tight 7-6 loss to the Nova Scotia Selects. 

Québec had to win a play in game 3-0 versus Newfoundland & Labrador first thing in the morning to advance. Then they beat Napanee 7-3, followed by getting by Nova Soctia 7-1.

Rostock defeated Plattsville 3-2 in the first vs second place game to advance to the Final.

Playoffs to begin at U20 Canadians

The playoff matchups have been determined at the Softball Canada U20 Men's Canadian Championship tournament in Carp. There are nine teams and the standings after four days of pool play area as follows:

1. Plattsville ON2 Lightning 7-1

2. Rostock, ON1 Braves 7-1

3. Napanee, ON - Defending Champions 6-2

4. Nova Scotia Selects 5-3

5. West Carleton, ON Electric (Host) 4-4

T6. Equipe Quebec 3-5

T6. Newfoundland Selects 3-5

T8. Saskatoon, SK Selects 0-7

T8. Fisher River, MB Haws 0-7

The games on Saturday are as follows:

9 a.m. D2 - Saskatchewan vs. Manitoba - final pool play game

11 a.m. D2 - Quebec vs Newfoundland - tie breaker game

Noon D1 - Nova Scotia (#4) vs West Carleton (#5)

2:15 p.m. D1 - Napanee (#3) vs winner of tie-breaker

4:30 p.m. D1 - Rostock (#1) vs Plattsville (#2)

7 p.m. Winner of Noon vs Winner of 2:15 p.m.

WC 4-2 after Day 3, Rostock undefeated

West Carleton Electric finished a very long Day 3 at the Softball Canada U20 Men's Canadian Championship in Carp with a 4-2 win-loss record.

The first game of the day was a tough 7-6 loss against the defending champions from Napanee. Noah Fleurie took the loss after a walk off single by Matt Musclow in the bottom of the seventh. Ryland Hill had the start. Noah Fleurie, Dylan Rorwick and Finn Barton all had homers for WC.

The second game saw West Carleton get by Saskatoon Selects 6-1. Dakota McComb got the complete game win. Dylan Rorwick had a two RBI triple.

The final game of the day was a lengthy and wild one, with WC prevailing 7-6 over Newfoundland. At one point the Electric had a 7-2 lead. The NL team had a man on third with two out in the bottom of the seventh who tried to take home on a wild pitch but was tagged out to end the game. McComb again had the complete game win. Conner Hopper had a two run homer for WC.

Rostock Braves remain undefeated at the event at 6-0. They play WC on the final round robin day (Friday) at 8:15 p.m. The other remaining pool play game for WC is at 2 p.m. vs Plattsville Lightning who have a 4-1 record.

Day two (mostly) complete at U20 Canadians

Rain interfered with the schedule at the Softball Canada U20 Men's Canadian Championship in Carp, but five of the eight schedule games got played.

West Carleton Electric only got to play one of their two scheduled games, losing 6-3 to the Nova Scotia Selects. Dakota McComb took the loss and had relief from Noah Fleurie. The Electric got down 6-0 but scraped back with a sacrifice fly by Finn Barton and a two RBI double by Gabe Brown. However, they fell short and lost their first game of the event. Their 2-1 record puts them third in the nine-team event.

WC's second game on Wednesday was pushed to Thursday morning at 9 a.m. (on Diamond 2) vs the defending champions, Napanee Express.

Information on the event is posted here: U20 Men's (softball.ca)

Note that the schedule will be updated to reflect the following games originally scheduled for Wednesday having been re-scheduled as follows:

Thursday 9 a.m. - West Carleton Electric vs. Napanee Express (defending champions)
Friday 9 a.m. - Newfoundland vs Plattsville (ON) Lighting 
Saturday 9 a.m. - Saskatoon (SK) Selects vs Fisher River (MB) Hawks

Day one complete at U20s in Carp

The first day at the Softball Canada U20 Men's Canadian Championship in Carp was a successful day, as 8 games were completed and the opening ceremonies were held.

Host team West Carleton Electric sit atop the standings after defeating Équipe Québec 7-4 and Fisher River Hawks from Manitoba 16-1. 

Dakota McComb, added by WC for the event, had the pitching win versus Québec. Gabe Brown earned the win vs Manitoba; Dylan Rorwick hit a homer.

The Electric play at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday vs Nova Scotia Selects followed by 8:15 p.m. against the defending champions from Napanee.

Rostock Braves are the only other team at two wins and no losses. Québec, Napanee, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Plattsville (ON) all have won one and lost one. Manitoba and Saskatoon (SK) are winless.

U20 Canadians in Carp start on Tuesday

The Softball Canada U20 Men's Canadian Championship starts at 10 a.m. on Tuesday in Carp at the Fairgrounds. 

The event features nine teams from six provinces.

Saskatoon, SK Selects

Fisher River, MB Hawks

Rostock, ON1 Braves

Plattsville, ON2 Lightning 

Napanee, ON (defending champions) Express

Équipe Québec

Nova Scotia Selects 

Newfoundland 

Plus the host West Carleton Electric.

The host team has four Greater Ottawa Fastball League players on the roster: Gabe Brown, Conner Hopper and Dylan Rorwick from West Carleton Electric men's team and Noah Fleurie from the Micksburg Twins.

Each team plays two games a day from Tuesday to Friday, with the top six advancing to Saturday playoffs, and semi-final and final on Sunday. 

For full information, visit the website at https://softball.ca/u20mens.

Cobourg wins ISC Legends

The Cobourg Force won the International Softball Congress Legends (50+) division at the 12 team event held in Surrey, BC over the past week. The Force came from behind to defeat the All Seasons Patriots from Pennsylvania 6-5 in the final game.

Dan Loney from Cornwall, a former Greater Ottawa Fastball League player with I4C Victory and former New York Gremlins player, was recognized on the Legends All Tournament team for his performance with All Seasons.

Jeff Lane, who is from Florida but has played on many area tournament teams in the past including Broker for Tickets and Kanata Storm was also recognized. Laner played for Cobourg.

Only one active player from the GOFL participated in the ISC Legends this year, some blogger from West Carleton Electric who played for Waterdown Hammer.

Hill United Chiefs win ISC title

The Hill United Chiefs won the International Softball Congress title on Saturday in Surrey, BC, winning three games on the final day including the last match up 7-1 over the New York Gremlins.

Greater Ottawa Fastball League player Tyler Branchaud of the Manotick Brewers is a member of the Hill United team. Branchaud was the only GOFLer playing at the ISCs this year.

Harbour Ball regular season completed

2024 Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League Final Standings

1. Rona WC U17 8-3-1

2. Grandor Farms 7-5         

3. Bren Electric 6-5-1 

4. Ottawa Valley Coffee. 6-5-1      

5. Hicks Custom Interiors 6-5-1     

6. Baird Carpentry 6-6    

7. Clean Cut Construction 4-6-2   

8. Campbell Fuels 2-10       

Playoffs 

Round 1 - best of three

1. Rona U17 vs 8. Campbell Fuels

2. Grandor Farms vs 7. Clean Cut Construction

3. Bren Electric vs 6. Baird Carpentry

4. Ottawa Valley Coffee vs 5. Hicks Custom Interior

With many Harbour Ballers busy next week due to the U20 Men's Canadian Championship in Carp, the playoffs will not start until Wednesday August 28.

Micksburg wins, Graham perfect

The Micksburg Twins won 8-0 in Greater Ottawa Fastball League play in Fitzroy Harbour over West Carleton Electric on Thursday night.

Joran Graham earned the win, pitching a perfect game over five innings, striking out 13. Ben Broek took the loss and had relief from Gabe Brown.

Orleans, Kars win in Manotick

There were two games in the Greater Ottawa Fastball League in Manotick on Wednesday night.

The first game saw Orleans Rebels defeat the Manotick Brewers 7-4. Andy Barber was the winning pitcher and Carley Shane took the loss. Spencer Rodd hit a homer for the Rebels. 

The late game saw the Kars Aces edge the Rebels 8-7. Nick Ellis and Cory Alkerton pitched for Kars, while Barber threw for Orleans. Kristian Knapp hit a homer for Kars.

Lecuyer an All Star

Softball Canada names all stars for round robin play at Canadian Championships.

At the U17 Boys Canadian Championship last week in St Gervais, QC this past week, Fitzroy Harbour's Colton Lecuyer was named an all star infielder. Colton plays for the Napanee Express. In 9 games he batted .409, with 9 hits including two triples and a home run. He also batted in 15 runs and walked 7 times. He was perfect in the field with no errors.

Équipe Québec wins U17 Canadians

Équipe Québec won the Softball Canada U17 Boy's Canadian Championship in St-Gervais, QC today with an exciting 2-1 win over Napanee Express. A huge crowd was on hand for the final game. 

Prince Albert, SK won bronze after losing 7-0 to Napanee earlier in the day.

Shawville's Cade Kuehl is a member of Équipe Québec and scored the winning run in the gold medal game. He plays in the Greater Ottawa Fastball League with Quyon Flyers, the Shawville League and in Harbour Ball.

Bryce Rebertz, Colton Lecuyer and Finn Barton, who all play Harbour Ball with WC Rona U17 were silver medalists with Napanee.

The Amherstview Athletics, who have several players from the Stittsville team in the Glen Cairn league, finished fifth in the eight team event.

L to R: Bryce Rebertz, Cade Kuehl, Colton Lecuyer, Finn Barton

Rostock wins U20 Provincials

The Rostock Braves won the Ontario Amateur Softball Association U20 Men's Provincial A tournament in Cambridge on Sunday with an 11 inning 9-7 win over New Hamburg in the final.

The Braves, who had only 9 players for the weekend, will be favourites at the Softball Canada U20 Men's Canadian Championship in Carp later this month (August 20-25).

Plattsville Lighting, who will also be in Carp, won bronze.

Other teams in Carp are host team West Carleton Electric who finished fifth and defending champions Napanee Express who were sixth.

Final day at U17 Canadians

There are four teams remaining at the Softball Canada U17 Boy's Canadian Championship in St-Gervais, QC.

Prince Albert, SK plays Chatsworth, ON at 10:30 a.m. with the winner to play Napanee, ON at 12:30 p.m.

Équipe Québec awaits the winner of the semi in the Final at 3 p.m. after defeating Napanee in a wild 18-11 match-up in the first vs seconds game.

Info: https://softball.ca/u17boys

Four teams remain at U20 Provincials

The top four ranked teams are the ones remaining to play on Sunday at the Ontario Amateur Softball Association Men's U20 Provincial A tournament in Cambridge. 

#4 Chatsworth plays #2 Plattsville at 9 a.m., winner to play #1 Rostock at 11 a.m.

#3 New Hamburg waits in the final at 1 p.m.

West Carleton Electric lost their first game 14--7 to New Hamburg, then rebounded to beat Tavistock 8-1. They were eliminated by a very close 5-4 loss on Saturday afternoon to Chatsworth.

Kaladar and Tavistock went 0-2. Napanee lost to Chatsworth, beat Kaladar and lost to Plattsville. 

U20 Provincial A event

The two eastern Ontario teams both saw early leads disappear as they lost Friday night at the Ontario Amateur Softball Association U20 Men's Provincial A event in Cambridge. 

Kaladar Kings got out to a 3-1 lead early on top see Rostock Braves, but ended up losing 10-3.

Similarly, West Carleton Electric were up 7-1 at one point but ended up losing 14-7 to the New Hamburg Mustangs. 

In other games, Chatsworth beat Napanee 10-0 and Plattsville beat Tavistock 11-1. 

Play resumes tomorrow at 9 a.m.

Napanee and Québec undefeated at U17 Canadians

Both teams with local players - Napanee Express and Équipe Québec- are undefeated with 5-0 records at the Softball Canada U17 Boy's Canadian Championship in St. Gervais, QC.

With rain all day today, the schedule had to be modified as no games were played on Friday.

The two undefeated teams are scheduled to play on Saturday at 4 p.m.

More info here: https://softball.ca/u17boys

Flyers get by Brewers

The Quyon Flyers got by the Manotick Brewers 8-2 in Greater Ottawa Fastball League play in Shawville on Thursday night.

Drew Hathway took the win while Carley Shane was tagged with the loss.

Manotick was up 2-1 until Steve McCord two run pinch hit homer in the fifth for Quyon sparked a 6 run inning.

Micksburg wins both in DH

The Micksburg Twins won both games of a neutral site Greater Ottawa Fastball League doubleheader over the Orleans Rebels in Carp on Thursday night. 

Twins edged the Rebels 2-0 in game one. Joran Graham had the win, striking out 19. Andy Barber took the loss. Jared Steege hit a two run shot for the Twins.

The night cap was a 5-1 win for Micksburg. John Enright was the winning pitcher and Barber threw again for Orleans. Graham had a homer for the Twins.

Manotick wins on Wednesday (updated)

The Manotick Brewers won the Wednesday night Greater Ottawa Fastball League game in Manotick 9-8 over affiliate team Los Caballos.

Carley Shane had the win while Will Lowe took the loss in relief of Matt McKay.

Ryan Clare and Mark Corbett had homers for Manotick. Fredyan Carpio had two home runs for Los Caballos and Pedro Lopez also had a homer.

U17 Boys' Canadians in St Gervais get started today

The Softball Canada U17 Boys' Canadian Championship starts today in St. Gervais, QC. with eight teams participating: Quebec, Newfoundland, four from Ontario and two from Saskatchewan. 

The host Equipe Quebec will have Cade Keuhl from Shawville catching for them - he plays for Quyon Flyers in the Greater Ottawa Fastball League and also the Shawville league and Harbour Ball in Fitzroy.

Amherstview (ON4) includes several players from eastern Ontario, many of who are with the Stittsville team in the Glen Cairn Men's Fastball League, including Daniel Read who also plays for Kars Aces in the GOFL.

Napanee (ON1) fresh off their win at the Ontario Summer Games will be a favourite at this event. Bryce Rebertz, Colton Lecuyer and Finn Barton are with the Express and they play with WC Rona U17 in the Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League and have also played a bit in the GOFL.

Further information is available at U17 Boy's (softball.ca).

Napanee wins U17 gold

The Napanee Express went undefeated to win the Ontario Amateur Softball Association Provincial A tournament on the weekend, as part of the Ontario Summer Games in London.

The Express beat Chatsworth 10-0 in the title game. They outscored their opponents 67-9 over the five games played.

Three players on the Express are members of WC Rona U17 which plays in the Fitzroy Harbour Men's Fastball League: Bryce Rebertz, Finn Barton and Colton Lecuyer.

Newfoundland wins U23 title

The Murno Mariners from Newfoundland won the U23 Men's Canadian Championship gold medal on Sunday with a 6-3 win over Delisle Pride from Saskatchewan. Alex Baillargeon, an out of province pitcher from Quebec for NL.won top player of the Playoff Round and had the win in relief of Mitchell Whelan.

The Pride had defeated Nova Scotia Selects earlier that day, so NS got the bronze.

Wiarton Red Devils, which had two local players (Joe Mick and Ty Branchaud) finished fourth.

Depending champions Tavistock Merchants who had Jack Becker from the Manotick Brewers finished fifth in the seven team event.

The U23s Men's will be back in Kitchener for 2025, along with the Men's and Masters Men's Canadian Championship.