The Greater Ottawa Fastball League is a competitive Intermediate-level men’s fastball league, located in eastern Ontario, formerly known as the Kemptville Area Men’s Fastball League.
Congratulations to Kanata Team Easton for winning their third consecutive League Playoff Championship.
Some
league history available here.
Playoffs 2005:
Series D – Regional Final – best of three series - UOVMFL Champion Micksburg Twins vs. GOFL Champion Kanata Team Easton
Micksburg wins 2-1
1. Tuesday October 4 8:00PM Micksburg 4 at
Team Easton 0 (in Stittsville)
2. Friday October 7 8:00PM Team
Easton 4 at Micksburg 0
3. “Mini-Game” Team Easton 0
at Micksburg 1 (8 innings)
Series C – GOFL Final – best of five series Stittsville vs. Kanata – (Kanata Team Easton wins 3-1)
Visit
Schedule
Page for in depth details and information
1. Wednesday September 7 9:00PM Kanata 6 at
Stittsville 4
2. Sunday September 11 7:30PM Stittsville 1 vs.
Kanata 0
3. Sunday September 18 7:30PM Kanata 5 at
Stittsville 1
4. Wednesday September 21 7:30PM Stittsville 1 at
Kanata 2
Series
A – 1st Manotick vs. 4th Kanata (Kanata wins 3-0)
1. Wednesday August 24 8:00PM Kanata 5 at Manotick 0
2. Thursday August 25 8:30PM Manotick 4 vs. Kanata 9
3. Wednesday August 31 8:00PM Kanata 6 at Manotick 0
Series
B – 2nd Fitzroy Harbour vs. 3rd Stittsville (Stittsville wins 3-0)
1. Tuesday August 23 8:30PM Stittsville 2 at Fitzroy
Harbour 1
2. Wednesday August 24 8:30PM Fitzroy Harbour 0 at
Stittsville 1
3. Wednesday August 31 8:30PM Stittsville 5 at
Fitzroy Harbour 0
Contact information for 2005
teams:
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Stittsville
56ers |
Sam
Oliver |
(613)
831-9546 |
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Manotick
Lomor Printers |
Tony
Riches |
(613)
286-5284 |
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Kanata
Team Easton |
Kevin
Chevrier |
(613)
880-3171 |
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Adam
Brown |
(613)
623-8867 |
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Affiliate
League |
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League
President |
Bob
Templeton |
(613)
258-5230 |
Final Standings for 2005 (scores
and details):
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GP |
W |
L |
T |
Pts |
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Manotick
Lomor Printers |
14 |
8 |
5 |
1 |
17 |
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Fitzroy
Harbour WC Electric |
14 |
7 |
5 |
2 |
16 |
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Stittsville
56ers |
13 |
6 |
7 |
0 |
12 |
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Kanata
Team Easton |
13 |
5 |
7 |
1 |
11 |
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Affiliates |
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UOVMFL
Teams |
14 |
7 |
5 |
2 |
16 |
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Blackburn
Bombers |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
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Ottawa
Valley Raiders |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Note: Stittsville and Kanata games vs. Beachburg not played.
League
Format:
Each
team will play 14 regular season games (updated July 30, 2005):
3
games against each GOFL team
1
game against each Upper Ottawa Valley Men’s Fastball League team
1
game versus the Blackburn Bombers or Ottawa Valley Raiders
Playoffs
will consist of:
Semi-finals
(1 vs. 4, 2 vs. 3) – best of 5 series
League
Finals – best of 5 series
Regional Championship – best of 3 series vs. Playoff Champion of the UOVMFL
NEWS
·
October 11,
2005: Team Easton (photo) represented the GOFL very well all year,
especially in the Regional Final.
Members of the GOFL champions for 2005 are: Kevin Chevrier (captain), John Peck,
Randy Peck, Dan Konkle, Todd Fraser,
Al Read, Darrell Warren, Dave Tubman, Cory Morrison, Kyle Olson, Adam Seabrook,
Bill Gerber and Scott Garrod.
·
October 8,
2005: Congratulations to the Micksburg Twins who won the Regional
Final play off series. Team Easton won
Game 2 on October 7 in Micksburg by a score of 4-0, setting up the Game 3
“mini-game” immediately following, which turned into an eight inning
battle. Corey Costello hit a solo
walk-off home run to win the final game by a score of 1-0. See the story
for the complete details.
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October 5, 2005: Micksburg won game one
of the Regional Finals by a score of 4-0 over Team Easton in Stittsville. The game was played under beautiful
conditions in front of a decent crowd, which included several members of the
Ottawa U GeeGees Women’s Fastball team.
Corey Costello was the winning pitcher throwing a no hitter, facing only
22 batters. The only Easton runner,
Kevin Chevrier, reached on an error in the fourth. Costello also drove in two runs, including a solo HR. Dan Konkle took the loss, but only allowed
five hits. Full details available here. Game two will be played Friday night October
7th at 8PM in Micksburg. If
the weather cooperates, a large crowd is expected on hand.
·
September 30,
2005: Games one and two of the regional finals are
set – Tuesday Oct 4 8PM in Stittsville and Friday Oct 7 8PM in Micksburg.
·
September 30,
2005: ISC II stats are now available for the ToC
in Wisconsin. Team
Easton stats. Notable
performances: Kevin “All World
Chevy” Chevrier led the team with a .611 batting average. Shawn Costello had a .412 batting average with
two homers, drew four walks and the top team slugging percentage of .765. Corey Costello led the team with seven RBI
with two homers and a .333 batting average.
Dave Tubman had two triples and four RBI. The team hit .332 and left 47 runners on base in seven
games. Corey Costello had a 0.62 ERA,
with 4-1 record and 47 strikeouts in 22.2 innings. Dan Bradley had a 1.35 ERA, a 1-0 record and had 23 strikeouts in
10.1 innings. Dan Konkle struck out 25
batters over 13 innings. As a team, the
fielding percentage was .982 with only three errors in seven games.
·
September 30, 2005:
The league playoff
report and the final
rankings for ISC II teams in Ontario are now available. Ottawa Team Easton was ranked fourth in the
province and Micksburg was given “honourable mention”.
· September
28, 2005: Micksburg
Twins wins the UOVMFL playoff series 4 games to 2 over the Campbell’s Bay
Royals, with a 5-2 victory in Bryson last night. Micksburg will now face Team Easton in a “regional final” – dates
to be announced.
· September
22, 2005: Team Easton won its third consecutive GOFL title on
the strength of a 3 hit complete game from hard throwing right hander Dan
Konkle in a 2-1 victory. Easton scored first as Dave Tubman
reached on error to lead off the third. Kevin Chevrier followed with a ground
ball to the Stittsville second baseman that was "Bill Bucknered"
allowing Tubman to advance to third and Chevrier to first. Tubman then scored
on Randy Peck's ground ball to first base. The second Easton run came in the fifth inning. With one
out, Tubman and Chevier hit back to back singles to ignite the offence. Easton
then caught the 56ers napping. With 3rd baseman Scott Parsons protecting
against the bunt, and SS Scott Herriot shading up the middle, Tubman was able
to swipe third uncontested in the front end of a double steal. Randy Peck was
then walked to load the bases, but brother John Peck lifted a fly ball to
center field to score Tubman from third. Dan Konkle grounded out to end the
inning. Despite
another solid pitching performance from 56er hurler Dan Bradley, the 56ers
offence again struggled to provide any run support. Not until the seventh
inning, with their backs against the wall, did Stittsville manage to push a run
across. Ryan Bond started the inning with a lead off walk, Followed by a Darren
Featherstone single. Scott Jessiman was called to sacrifice and laid down a
nice bunt that was fielded cleanly by Easton's John Peck. Peck decided to take
the lead runner, however his throw hit Bond as he was sliding into third. With
the bases juiced and no one out John Craig hit a ground ball to Easton SS Darrell
Warren, which scored Ladouceur (now running for the injured Bond) and advanced
Jessiman and Featherstone. That run was all Stittsville would get as Konkle was
able to bear down and strike out Scott Parsons for the key second out, and
induce a series ending ground ball from Scott Herriot. Kudos to both clubs for
an intense and closely played series, and congratulations to Team Easton on
winning their third consecutive title.
(Thanks to Sam Oliver for his game reports during the finals.)
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September 19, 2005: In Game 3 of the GOFL finals, Team Easton got
out of the gate quick and never looked back. Easton
catalyst Kevin Chevrier hit a one out single in the top of the first to get
things going. A Todd Fraser walk, a double by Randy Peck, a Dan Bradley
throwing error, and a Dan Konkle single combined to account for three Easton
runs. Although the 56ers threatened a number of times during the
game, a solo HR by third baseman Scott Parsons was the only run they managed to
push across. Todd Fraser also homered for Easton, who now lead the series 2 -
1.
Game four of the series will be played Wednesday night, a
7:30PM start time at the Alexander Grove Ball Diamond in Stittsville. (Game report
by Sam Oliver.)
· September
19, 2005: Corey
Costello is back pitching in top form for the Micksburg Twins as they took a
three games to two lead in the Upper Ottawa Valley
finals best of seven series. Costello
threw a one-hitter with fifteen strikeouts in a 3-0 defeat of the Campbell’s
Bay Royals on Sunday night in Micksburg. (Game 5 was originally scheduled for
Friday but was rained out.) The Royals
will host the Twins in game 6 on Thursday at 8:00PM in Bryson, QC.
· September
15, 2005: For
fastball reports on intermediate leagues, including the GOFL, visit http://www.fastpitchwest.com/thedeuce.
· September
14, 2005: With Corey
Costello out with a knee injury, Campbell’s Bay beat Micksburg 4-3 in Game 4 of
the Upper Ottawa Valley
finals to even the series at two games apiece.
Game 5 is Friday night in Micksburg at 8:30PM with Costello being a
tentative starter. Game 3 in the GOFL finals has been confirmed for tonight,
Weds Sept 14 at 9PM in Stittsville.
· September
13, 2005: Some great
photographs from the ISC II Tournament of Champions in Wisconsin are available
at www.botpix.com.
·
September 12, 2005: Stittsville
won Game 2 of
the league finals by a score of 1-0. Pitching
and defence were showcased in this entertaining and well-played ball game. Stittsville got out to an early
lead scoring one run in the first - a run that turned out to be the game
winner. 56ers SS,
Scott Herriot lead off the game with a single to left field and DP Greg
McMillan followed with a walk. Catcher, Sam Oliver, hit a sharp ground ball up
the middle that was fielded by Easton shortstop Darryl Warren. Unfortunately
for Easton, what appeared to be a sure double play ball turned into the only
run of the ball game. After collecting the force out at second, Warren's relay
to first was errant and found the dugout advancing Herriot to home and Oliver
to second. An
apparently ailing Dan Konkle escaped the first without further damage.
Stittsville threatened again in the second putting runners on first and second
with one out, but once again Konkle was able to shut the door. However, he
wasn't able to continue, and was relieved in the third inning by Bill Gerber
who was brilliant in relief, not allowing a run while only giving up two hits. For the 56ers, Dan Bradley pitched
an excellent ball game. He gave up only two hits and didn't allow a runner past
second base for the entire seven innings. Easton's biggest
threat came in the 3rd inning. Dan Konkle led off the inning with a double to
the left-centerfield gap. Al Read followed with a flare to right that looked
like it might find the grass, however, 56er RF Darren Ladouceur came up with
the running shoe string catch for the first out. Bradley then responded with a
key strike out of the dangerous hitting Easton CF Dave Tubman, and induced an
inning ending fly ball from the hot hitting Easton captain Kevin Chevrier. Game 3 of
the series has been tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, September 14, with a
9:00PM start. There is a possibility that the game could be moved to Thursday,
September 15, to facilitate an earlier (7:30PM) start time. All games for the
series will be played at the Alexander Grove ball diamond in Stittsville. (Thanks again to Sam Oliver for the game
report.)
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September 8, 2005: Kanata Team Easton won Game 1 of the
league finals by a score of 6-4 over the Stittsville 56ers. An intense ball game, ultimately
decided by the long ball. The 56ers
got off to a quick start, staking a 3 - 0 lead after two innings, highlighted
by a Greg McMillan 2 run HR. In the third, Dan Konkle seemed to settle in, and
the momentum shifted in Easton’s favor.
Easton scored two runs in each of the 4th, 5th and 6th
innings to take a 6 - 3 lead. HRs by John Peck and Dave Tubman along with a two
run double by Todd Fraser were the keys to the Easton attack. Stittsville mounted a charge in
the bottom of the seventh, but could only manage one run, leaving the tying
runs on second and third. Game two
of the series will be played Sunday night; a 7:30PM start time at the Alexander
Grove Ball Diamond in Stittsville.
(Thanks to Sam Oliver for the game report.)
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September 6, 2005: The GOFL finals will
start Wednesday September 7 in Stittsville at 9PM, as the 56ers face Kanata
Team Easton in the best of five final.
In the UOVMFL final, Micksburg currently leads Campbell’s Bay 2 games to
0 in the best of seven final.
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September 5, 2005: Fitzroy Harbour WC
Electric came up just short at the twelve-team OASA Men’s Intermediate C
Provincial tournament, returning from Bobcaygeon and Fenelon Falls with silver
medals. Fitzroy defeated Colborne
Merchants (7-3), Lake Simcoe Lightning (3-1) and Belmore Stingers (2-1) to go
undefeated into the final. Belmore came
back up through the loser’s side and faced Fitzroy Harbour in the final,
defeating the WC Electric in both games 7-1 and 4-1. Belmore pitcher Scott Smith was the MVP of the tournament. Smith was the most valuable
pitcher at the 2004 ISC II Tournament of Champions in North Dakota. Blackburn Bombers
finished fourth in the tournament, losing to the third place Lake Simcoe
Lightning.
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September 1, 2005: Finalists have been
determined for the GOFL best-of-five series.
Stittsville 56ers swept Fitzroy Harbour WC Electric 3 games to
none. Dan Bradley allowed just one run
in 21 innings of work and had all three wins.
Kanata Team Easton also swept Manotick Lomor Printers. Dan Konkle won two games, both by shutouts,
and allowed just one hit in 12 innings.
Bill Gerber had the other win for Kanata. Team Easton were the playoff champions in 2003 and 2004. The
schedule, once determined, will be posted on this page.
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September 1, 2005: In the RA League, the
Ottawa Valley Raiders repeated as league champions, defeating the Atlantic
Storm two games to one.
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August 31, 2005:
Some news from other eastern Ontario playoffs: North Leeds Men’s
Fastball League playoff championship has been won by Newboro Rideau
Insurance who defeated the Landsdown Longhorns 2-1-2 in a 6 point series. This was Newboro’s first title since
1999. In the Ottawa RA league,
the Ottawa Valley Raiders are facing the Ottawa Atlantic Storm in the finals
with the best of three tied at one game each.
The deciding game is scheduled to be played tonight, weather permitting. In the Upper Ottawa Valley
Men’s Fastball League, the best of seven finals have started, and
Micksburg won game one by a score of 8-0 over Campbell’s Bay. Corey Costello had 18 strikeouts and threw a
one-hitter in the victory. Game 2 will be played Friday night in Bryson, QC.
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August 26, 2005: Fitzroy Harbour WC
Electric will be participating in the Ontario Amateur Softball Association
(OASA) Men’s Intermediate “C” Provincial tournament over the Labour Day long
weekend, to be held in Bobcaygeon and Fenelon Falls. There are twelve participating teams: Fitzroy Harbour, Wyevale,
Ottawa Blitz, Belmore, Napanee, Blackburn, Colborne, Campbellford, Lake Simcoe,
Bobcaygeon, Lindsay and Fenelon Falls.
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August 26, 2005: Archived Internet
radio broadcasts of the ISC II Tournament of Champions games, including at
least four games featuring the Ottawa Team Easton Thunder, are now available at
www.ballparkradio.com. If you are interested in purchasing a CD
with these recordings, contact Jim Flanagan at jim@fastpitchwest.com for more
information.
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August 25, 2005: The three pitchers from the ISC II
#3 Ottawa Team Easton Thunder squad all excelled after their return from the
Tournament of Champions in Wisconsin.
At Stittsville: Dan Bradley, pitching for Stittsville 56ers,
threw a two hit complete game shutout over the Fitzroy Harbour WC Electric in a
1-0 victory. Bradley had seven strikeouts
in the victory. Fitzroy Harbour pitcher
Brad Porter, a pitcher on the 2004 roster for the Thunder, also threw a two
hitter - the only run was unearned. At
Manotick: Dan Konkle, pitching for Kanata Team Easton, threw a one hit
complete game shutout over the Manotick Lomor Printers in a 5-0 victory. Konkle had eighteen strikeouts in the
victory, and did not go to more than two balls on any batter. At Beachburg: Corey Costello,
pitching for the Micksburg Twins, threw a perfect game, his second of
the season, in a 7-0 victory over Beachburg NRTco. Costello had sixteen strikeouts in the win. Micksburg defeated Beachburg three games to
none and now move on the Upper Ottawa Valley Men's Fastball League final
against Campbell's Bay Royals. In one night
combined totals for Bradley, Konkle and Costello: 21 innings, 0 runs allowed, 3 hits, 3 walks, 41 strikeouts.
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August 25, 2005: Attention readers of
Al’s Fastball escribe site.
A message from Al Doran: eScribe is down and maybe out,
maybe for good. eScribe went down over a week ago,
just as the ISC's were getting underway. This is not the first time they have
crashed and been down for more than a few hours. In June 2004 they went down and
were down for weeks while the owner bought and set up all new servers. eScribe is privately owned, my company has
nothing to do with it. Al's Fastball is
just one of hundreds of list servers that make use of the services provided by
eScribe. This service has always been free.
Last year in June we learned that the owner, Scott Paterson, was working
with a couple of unpaid volunteers to keep eScribe going. He had to buy
expensive computer equipment to replace the servers that had worn out and
died. This week we learned that they
major technical problems and the prognosis is not good. See Scott's note to me
today: Al - Dead power supply and lack of financial support and non-paid
volunteers. Going to try to fix it myself as soon as I have time, but really,
with no end-user financial support, it's most likely done for. –Scott This does
not sound good. Thousands of fastball
fans miss their easy access to recent posts AND to a virtual gold mine of
history on the game, posts from the past several years. We are encouraging Scott to carry on, which
is not easy as he cannot receive email any longer @escribe.com, the system is
totally down. We do write the
occasional very short note to Scott at his work address but I cannot give this
out, his employer frowns upon getting private email at his work place. In the interim, we have been using Jim
Flanagan's TEMP site, as our only site for posting fastball news. That site is:
http://www.fastpitchwest.com/alsfastball.
For now we are not calling it the TEMP site, its our only site at the
moment. We are looking at other options
as the temp site does have some drawbacks, including the fact that the latest
postings are at the bottom of the page and not the top. As well, if someone
sends me a post and then changes their mind, its not that easy to remove the
post in error as eScribe was. Jim
Flanagan has very kindly provided this site and I would most appreciate if you
could tell your friends about it, many fans may not know about it. We have
almost 2,000 fans on our subscriber list but we estimate there are at least
that many who were looking daily at eScribe to get their fastball news. Thanks Al.
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August 24, 2005:
The Williamsburg tournament is looking for more teams to
round out their field of ten. There is
a three game guarantee, $325 entry fee.
Top prize is $1000, runner up gets $600. Last year donations were made to Ottawa Cancer Research Centre
and the Diabetes Association for $1600.
Contact Lyle at 535-1852 for more information.
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August 24, 2005: The site recently surpassed 10,000 hits – a pretty good total for
the two seasons in which it has been in existence.
·
August 24, 2005:
The Quyon Flyers were winners at the McNab tournament, defeating
the new Antrim Truck Stop team in the finals.
·
August 24, 2005: Al’s Fastball site at
Escribe is offline at this time, but there is a temporary site for fastball
fans at http://www.fastpitchwest.com/alsfastball. The playoff preview is posted there.
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August 21, 2005: Congratulations to two
members of Ottawa Team Easton Thunder who were named to the ISC II Tournament
of Champions All-World Team. Kevin
Chevrier was named an “All World Infielder” and Corey Costello was named “All
World Designated Hitter”.
·
August 19, 2005: #3 Ottawa Team Easton
Thunder were defeated in the semi-finals by #10 Port Elgin Blue Devils by a
score of 2-0. Team Easton finishes with
a record of 5-2, tied for third place in the 38-team tournament. Port Elgin will face #32 Elmira Cubs in the
finals, in a battle of Ontario teams.
Corey Costello took the loss, allowing one run on three hits, two walks
and ten strikeouts in four innings of work.
Dan Bradley pitched two innings in relief, allowing a run on a solo home
run. Port Elgin winner was Dan Martin,
a 19-year old lefty, with the save going to Rob Fawcett. For Team Easton, Dave Tubman, Corey
Costello, Shawn Costello, Kevin Chevrier, and Scott Herriott (Stittsville
56ers) had hits. The game had a
thrilling finish – down 2-0 in the seventh, with Herriott on second base, Todd
Fraser (Kanata Team Easton) came into pinch-hit. Fraser lifted a long fly ball deep to centre, but it was caught
by the centre fielder from Port Elgin who crashed into the fence and came up
with the ball for the win. UPDATE
August 24: Stats are now available for this game: http://www.iscfastpitch.com/webstartme/tours/2005world/isc2/101.htm.
·
August 19, 2005: #3 Ottawa Team Easton
Thunder (5-1) defeated #21 Hermann Black Gold by a score of 5-1. Team Easton will move on to a semi-final
versus #10 Port Elgin Blue Devils at approximately 12:30PM Eastern time this
afternoon (Aug 19). Check www.ballparkradio.com for the Internet
broadcast on “Channel 1”. All the
remaining semifinalists are from Ontario.
Dan Konkle started the game against Hermann and went four innings,
allowing one run on five hits, striking out nine and walking one. Corey Costello came on in the fifth inning
and got the pitching win (now 4-0), striking out six and walking one. Several Easton players contributed
offensively including: Dave Tubman with a triple, and RBI and scoring a run;
Kevin Chevrier with three hits and scoring an run; Corey Costello with three
hits and an RBI; Greg McMillan with and RBI single; Sam Oliver (Stittsville
56ers) with a hit, a walk and scoring two runs, Darrell Warren (Kanata Team
Easton) with two hits including a triple, two RBIs and scoring a run. UPDATE August 24: Stats are now
available for this game: http://www.iscfastpitch.com/webstartme/tours/2005world/isc2/97.htm.
·
August 18, 2005: Rain has suspended
play at the Tournament of Champions in Wisconsin. Ottawa Team Easton Thunder will face #21 Hermann, MO at around
9AM Eastern tomorrow, August 19. Visit www.ballparkradio.com for possible
Internet broadcasts.
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August 18, 2005: #3 Ottawa Team Easton
Thunder (4-1) defeated #24 Memphis, TN Posse (3-3) by a score of 4-2 and will
move on to the round of eight teams.
Next game is at 6PM Eastern vs. either #21 Hermann, Missouri or #18
Kenosha, Wisconsin. This game should also be broadcast on Ballpark radio, check
http://www.sportsjuice.com/providers2/index.php?tname=isc2. Lead off hitter Dave Tubman led Team Easton
with a triple, two RBIs and scoring a run.
Corey Costello and Dan Jessiman (Stittsville 56ers) had the other RBIs
for Team Easton. Corey Costello got the
pitching win, going six innings and striking out 11, walking one, giving up
only four hits and one run. Dan Bradley
came in for one inning of relief to close the game, striking out one and
allowing one run on one hit and one walk.
Corey Costello was clocked on the radar gun at this game, with his
fastest pitch reaching 76 miles per hour, the fastest recorded speed to date at
the ISC II Tournament of Champions in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. Details of the victory over Memphis to be
posted at http://www.iscfastpitch.com/webstartme/tours/2005world/isc2/89.htm.
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August 17, 2005: Despite finishing with
a 4-0 record, the Sioux Falls Sox withdrew from the Tournament of Champions,
apparently due to injuries. This means
that Ottawa Team Easton Thunder is now awarded first place in Pool C. Team Easton will play #24 Memphis Posse from
Tennessee at 10AM Eastern tomorrow (August 18). This game will be broadcast
live on Ballpark Radio.
Click on http://www.sportsjuice.com/providers2/index.php?tname=isc2.
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August 17, 2005:
#3 Ottawa Team Easton Thunder (3-1) defeated the
unranked Dubuque, IA Hammerheads (0-4) by a score of 10-1 at the Tournament of
Champions in Wisconsin, in a five inning mercy rule game. Details of the game: http://www.iscfastpitch.com/webstartme/tours/2005world/isc2/69.htm. Easton finished Pool C in second place, and
will play the third place team in Pool F at 10PM Eastern tonight (August 17),
which will be the #11 Ashland (Ohio) Merchants. UPDATE Aug 17: Dan Bradley had the complete game win for
Easton – of the 15 total outs in the game, he struck out 14 Dubuque
hitters. Dubuque had only three base
runners, with two hits and one man reaching on an error. Team Easton had 13
hits, with Scott Herriott (Stittsville 56ers) , Kevin Chevrier, Sam Oliver
(Stittsville 56ers), and Corey Morrison (Kanata Team Easton) all going two for
three. Corey Costello had a three run
homer, his second of the tourney.
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August 17, 2005:
#3 Ottawa Team Easton Thunder lost to #19 Sioux
Falls, SD Sox (4-0) by a score of 3-1 at the Tournament of Champions in
Wisconsin. Dan Konkle took the loss for
Team Easton. Winning pitcher was Shane
Bouman (brother of New Orleans Saints quarterback Todd Bouman). Details posted at http://www.iscfastpitch.com/webstartme/tours/2005world/isc2/65.htm. Team Easton (2-1) has one game
remaining, at 10AM on August 17 against unranked Dubuque, Iowa (0-3). UPDATE Aug 17: Sioux Falls pitcher
Shane Bouman had a complete game five-hitter.
Dan Konkle gave up three runs on five hits with eight strikeouts in 3.2
innings, leaving the game in the fourth with an apparent sore ankle. Dan Bradley finished the game, giving up
only one hit and striking out six in 2.1 innings of work. Greg McMillan had the lone RBI for Team
Easton.
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August 15, 2005: #3 Ottawa Team
Easton Thunder defeated #14 St-Paul, MN ABS-Villard 5-4 in eight innings to go
2-0 at the Tournament of Champions in Wisconsin. Details posted at http://www.iscfastpitch.com/webstartme/tours/2005world/isc2/31.htm. Corey Costello started the game pitching and
then was replaced by Dan Konkle (2 innings).
Corey Costello (6 innings total) re-entered the game in the seventh to
get the pitching victory. Next game
is August 16 at 8PM Eastern vs. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. This game will be on “Internet Radio” –
click http://www.ballparkradio.com/isc_II_toc.htm
for more information. UPDATE Aug 16:
In the game vs. St-Paul, both Corey Costello and Shawn Costello (second of the
tourney) hit back-to-back solo home runs in the sixth inning. Corey Costello also had the game-tying RBI
in the top of the seventh to send the game to extra innings. Kevin Chevrier (Kanata Team Easton) went
four for four with a run scored. Dave
Tubman (Kanata Team Easton) went two for four, including singling in the game
winning RBI in the top of the eighth inning.
·
August 14, 2005: Playoff match-ups are
set for the GOFL. Manotick will face
Kanata and Fitzroy Harbour will face Stittsville in first round best of five
series. See above for schedule.
·
August 14, 2005: Ottawa Team Easton has
won their first game 2-0 over #33 Rice Lake, WI Orangemen at the Tournament of
Champions in Wisconsin. Note that the
game on Tuesday at 8PM Eastern vs. #19 Sioux Falls, SD will be broadcast over
the Internet. Go to http://www.fastpitchwest.com/thedeuce
for more information. UPDATE Aug 15: Full details available from the ISC II page:
http://www.iscfastpitch.com/webstartme/tours/2005world/isc2/3.htm. Shawn Costello (Beachburg NRTco) hit a two
run homer. Corey Costello (Micksburg
Twins) pitched four innings of no-hit ball, getting the win while striking out
nine. Dan Konkle (Kanata Team Easton) pitched three innings in relief, allowing
three hits, striking out five.
·
August 14, 2005: For full details of
the Fitzroy Harbour tournament, click here.
·
August 7, 2005:
Fitzroy Harbour WC Electric win the Fitzroy Harbour
tournament, going undefeated at 4-0, defeating Stittsville 56ers in the final.
·
August 4, 2005: Fitzroy Harbour tournament preview is on
Al’s Fastball.
·
August 3, 2005: Team Photo
added for Lomor Printers.
·
August 3, 2005:
McNab “Open” Men’s Fastball tournament in support of McNab
Minor Softball is looking for teams for their event August 20-21, at the
diamonds in McNab/Braeside, just west of Arnprior. Contact Harold MacMillan 623-2739 for information.
·
July 31, 2005:
Manotick Lomor Printers finished fourth at the World Masters
Games in Edmonton, losing to the Stony Plain, Alberta team in the bronze medal
game.
·
July 30, 2005:
The Fitzroy Harbour tournament on Aug 5-7 will have eight
teams: Fitzroy Harbour WC Electric, Stittsville 56ers/Team Easton, Ottawa
Valley Raiders, Quyon Flyers, Micksburg Twins, Trent Hills Titans, Glen Cairn
All-Stars and the Fitzroy “Juniors”.
Tournament information is available at this link.
·
July 30, 2005:
Four area teams will be participating in the OASA Men’s Intermediate C
Provincials in Bobcaygeon on the Labour Day long weekend. Attending the 14-team tournament are Fitzroy
Harbour WC Electric, Ottawa Blitz, Blackburn Bombers and the Ottawa Valley
Raiders. Apparently this tournament
will use a “NAFA” style three game guarantee bracket.
·
July 30, 2005:
The Ottawa Valley Raiders finish the Ontario Intermediate
Eliminations in Kitchener at 0-2. They
lost their first game 3-2 to ISC II #5 Palermo Athletics. They were then eliminated with a 10-inning 10-9
loss to the Elliott Lake Peachy’s Selects.
Note: The Valley Raiders will not be completing their interlock schedule
with the GOFL, so the season is now 14 games for all teams.
·
July 30, 2005:
Manotick finished the round robin at 5-3 at the World Masters
in Edmonton. They won their first medal
round game over Camrose, Alberta, but lost their second game to the undefeated
Edmonton A’s. They will play in the
bronze medal game and can finish no worse than fourth in the thirteen-team
tournament.
·
July 28, 2005:
An update from the World
Masters in Edmonton: as of the end of play on Wednesday, Manotick has a 5-2
record and should make the “A Grade” round of playoffs. Manotick defeated
Bart’s of Victoria, British Columbia 8-3, defeated Hopper’s Crossing, Australia
9-8, lost to Smithson Drilling of Victoria, British Columbia 6-1 and defeated
Parkwood, Australia 11-1.
·
July 28, 2005:
Affiliated team, the Ottawa Valley Raiders, is participating
in the Ontario
Intermediate Eliminations tournament in Kitchener over the long
weekend. Their first opponent is the
Palermo Athletics.
·
July 27, 2005: Latest results from Edmonton: as of the end of
play on Monday, Manotick has a 2-1 record at the World Masters, losing 8-2 to
Camrose, Alberta, and beating Warner, Australia 2-1 and Geraldton, Australia
8-0.
·
July 26, 2005: Congratulations to George Finley, the umpire
scheduler for the GOFL, who has been selected to officiate at the Canadian Senior Men’s Nationals in St.
Thomas, ON from August 28th to September 4th.
·
July 25, 2005: The schedule has been announced for the ISC II Tournament of
Champions in Wisconsin. Ottawa
Team Easton Thunder are in Pool C and the schedule is as follows: Sunday Aug 14 at 12 pm vs #33 Rice Lake,
WI Orangemen; Monday Aug 15 at 2 pm vs #14 St. Paul, MN ABS-Villard; Tuesday
Aug 16 at 7 pm vs #19 Sioux Falls, SD Sox and Wednesday Aug 17 at 9 am vs
unranked Dubuque, IA Hammerheads.
·
July 25, 2005: Three interlock games were held at the Fitzroy
“Harbour Days” festival on Sunday. The
UOVMFL had the edge, winning two of the games.
Micksburg beat Fitzroy 6-4 and Campbell’s Bay edged Kanata 2-1. In the only GOFL win, Stittsville pounded
Shawville 14-1.
·
July 25, 2005: The Manotick Lomor Printers team is currently in
Edmonton, participating in the World
Masters tournament.
·
July 20, 2005: The Fitzroy Harbour tournament on August 5-7 has
two openings remaining. So far six
teams have indicated they will be attending: Fitzroy Harbour WC Electric,
Stittsville 56ers, Ottawa Valley Raiders, Quyon Flyers, Micksburg Twins and
Trent Hills Titans. A couple of other
teams are tentative at this time and have not yet confirmed. If any team is interested in this event,
contact Adam Brown at 613-623-8867 or fitzroyfastball@yahoo.ca.
·
July 19, 2005:
Final rankings have been released for the ISC II Tournament of
Champions in Wisconsin. Ottawa Team
Easton Thunder are ranked #3 in the continent, behind only Tavistock and
Harriston, last year’s finalists which are both also from Ontario. Cobourg Stingers, who finished third at the
Blackburn qualifier, are ranked #30.
Micksburg Twins were not ranked, since they declined the invitation to
Wisconsin and only attending teams are eligible.
·
July 18, 2005:
Shawville Hursty’s Athletics win the Shawville tournament,
defeating Stouffvile Mennos in a rain-shortened final.
·
July 14, 2005:
The Shawville tournament is this weekend, with six teams
attending: Shawville Hursty’s Athletics, Quyon Flyers, Ottawa Blitz,
Stittsville 56ers, St-Leonard Express, and Stouffville Mennos.
·
July 11, 2005:
Congratulations to umpire Dan Fisher, of Petawawa, who has been selected
to officiate at the ISC II Tournament of Champions in Wisconsin. Dan umpires
occasionally in the GOFL and can be seen at area tournaments.
·
July 10, 2005:
Micksburg Twins go undefeated and win the six-team “Bay Bash”
tournament, defeating Ottawa Team Easton Thunder in the final, 2-1. The Twins defeated Blackburn once and Ottawa
twice to win the title. The Thunder
defeated Shawville, lost to Micksburg, defeated Blackburn, then lost to
Micksburg again. Fitzroy Harbour WC
Electric finished with an 0-2 record, losing two one-run ball games to
Blackburn and Shawville.
·
July 6, 2005:
The line up for the six-team “Bay Bash” tournament has been
announced. This year’s event, the fifth annual, is in Mansfield, just north of
Fort Colounge. Participating teams in
the double-knockout are Micksburg, Team Easton, West Carleton Electric,
Blackburn, Shawville and a local Mansfield entry.
·
July 4, 2005:
June League report is now
available.
·
June 30, 2005:
Blair Setford has released the latest rankings for
Ontario Intermediate Fastball. Team
Easton Thunder are now ranked #3 in the province. Micksburg Twins are ranked #5.
Note: Micksburg will no longer
be eligible for the ISC II North American rankings when they are released in
July since they will not be attending the Tournament of Champions in Wisconsin.
·
June 27, 2005:
Team Easton has accepted the invitation to Chippewa Falls,
Wisconsin for the 2005 ISC II Tournament of Champions. The team will be known as “Ottawa Team
Easton Thunder” for the tournament that takes place August 14-19. Micksburg was also offered a berth at the
tournament but due to several injuries, they turned down the offer. As the third place team, Cobourg Stingers
were offered a berth to Wisconsin and have accepted.
· June 26,
2005: Kanata Team Easton
Thunder win the ten-team ISC II Qualifier in Blackburn, defeating the Micksburg
Twins twice on Sunday after losing to them in the Winner’s Bracket final in a
9-inning classic on Saturday night.
Check results at www.bmfl.ca/tournament. Fitzroy Harbour WC Electric and Manotick
finished tied for fifth with two wins and two losses. Affiliated teams Blackburn Bombers and Ottawa Valley Raiders
finished in third and tied for seventh respectively. With the victory, Team Easton secures a berth at the ISC II
Tournament of Champions in Wisconsin in August.
· June 22,
2005: Some links have
been corrected in the schedule page for the box scores that were not working.
· June 21,
2005: New rankings for
the ISC
II have been released. Kanata Team
Easton Thunder are now at #3 in the continent behind Tavistock and Harriston
from south-western Ontario. Micksburg
Twins show up at #11 (7th in Ontario) going into the qualifier this
weekend.
· June 14,
2005: New website for
the ISC II
Qualifier in Blackburn has been released.
· June 13,
2005: Kanata Team Easton
Thunder makes it two weekends in a row with a tournament victory at the Jim Bradford
Classic in Baltimore, ON. Team
Easton defeated the Toronto Champion Indians (winners at the 2004 Bay Bash) 6-0
in the final.
· June 10,
2005: The field is set
for the ISC II
Qualifier tournament in Blackburn on June 24-26. The following ten teams will be attending: Kanata Team Easton Thunder (GOFL), Fitzroy
Harbour WC Electric (GOFL), Manotick Lomor Printers (GOFL), Micksburg Twins
(UOVMFL), Blackburn Bombers (Blackburn Men’s Fastball League), Navan Rookies
(Blackburn Men’s Fastball League), Ottawa Valley Raiders (Ottawa RA League),
Quyon Flyers (Ottawa RA League), North Fred Kings (Loughborough Fastball
League) and the Cobourg Stingers.
Schedule is posted here.
· June 8,
2005: The line
up has been announced for the Baltimore, ON Jim Bradford
classic, in which Kanata Team Easton will be participating.
·
June 6, 2005:
Kanata Team Easton, led by pitcher and tourney MVP Dan
Konkle, won the Manotick
Dickinson Days tournament with a perfect 5-0 record. Team Easton defeated Stittsville 56ers (3-2)
in the finals. Manotick Lomor Printers
(2-2) lost in the semi-finals to Team Easton.
·
June 2, 2005: The June league report is up on Al’s Fastball.
·
June 2, 2005: Eight teams will be competing at
the Manotick “Dickinson Days” tournament this weekend. Participating are Blackburn Bombers, Ottawa
Valley Raiders, Ottawa Blitz, Quyon Flyers, Stittsville 56ers, Kanata Team
Easton, Manotick Lomor Printers and the Glen Cairn Men’s Fastball League
(GCMFL) Selects.
·
June 1, 2005:
The International Softball Congress has released the June ISC II rankings. Kanata Team Easton is now ranked #6 in the
continent, fourth among Ontario-based teams.
Micksburg Twins are ranked #16, seventh among Ontario-based teams.
· May 31,
2005: The latest Ontario
Intermediate Rankings
are out. Kanata Team Easton is now
ranked #8 in the province. Micksburg
Twins retain their #3 ranking in the province. Rankings are compiled by ISC II
Ontario Rep Blair Setford.
· May 26,
2005: Manotick travels
to Micksburg for an interleague game and face the UOVMFL top pitcher, Corey
Costello. Costello throws a perfect
game, including 18 strikeouts, in a 10-0 victory over Lomor Printers.
· May 24,
2005: West Carleton
Electric went 0-3 at the Kingston
Tournament. Affiliated teams
Blackburn Bombers (1-3) and Ottawa Valley Raiders (1-2-1) also
participated. Bracebridge Dura Pros
(with Mike Crawford and Wayne Wells pitching) were tourney champions over
Knoxville Ontario (with Kurt “Lefty” Clark, Jason Smith and Craig Hollingsworth
throwing).
· May 19,
2005: The Fitzroy
Harbour West Carleton Electric will be competing this weekend in the Kingston
Victoria Day tournament hosted by the Loughborough Fastball
League. The ten-team tournament, in
which the Kemptville Thunder were finalists last year, also features the
following teams for 2005: Ottawa Valley
Raiders, Darren Green Sandblasting (Selby, ON), Bracebridge Dura Pros,
Knoxville / Ontario (from Pennsylvania and Ontario), Blackburn Bombers,
Kingston Cowboys, Sydenham Amey’s Drilling, Cobourg Stingers, and Oshawa Double
B Juniors.
· May 19,
2005: The interlock
games versus the Ottawa Valley Raiders have been finalized. All games are at the RA Centre in Ottawa and
the results will count in the standings.
Check the schedule for details.
· May 10,
2005: The Manotick tournament,
held in conjunction with Dickinson Days is still looking for a few teams to
round out the field. Contact Tony
Riches at 286-5284 to enter your team.
· May 4,
2005: Be sure to check
out the new tournaments listed – including Fitzroy Harbour tournament on August
5-7.
· April 28,
2005: The league schedule is now posted
– game times to be finalized where noted.
· April 26,
2005: The interlock with
the Upper Ottawa Valley Men’s Fastball League has been finalized. Each GOFL team will play a game against each
of the four teams in the UOVMFL in addition to the games against GOFL
opponents. There will also be a series
between the two league playoff champions.
GOFL teams will also play games against the Blackburn Bombers and Ottawa
Valley Raiders that will count in the standings. See “League Format” above for
more information. Once finalized, the
schedule will be posted.
· April 25,
2005: The pre-season
North American rankings for ISC II fastball have been released.
Kanata Team Easton Thunder are
ranked at #5 in the continent (fourth amongst Ontario teams.) Micksburg Twins have been ranked #21 (ninth
amongst Ontario teams). These rankings
are compiled by twelve different individuals from across North America.
· April 22,
2005: The pre-season
rankings for ISC II fastball in Ontario have been released. Kanata Team Easton Thunder has been ranked
at #6 to start the season. Micksburg
Twins of the Upper
Ottawa Valley Fastball League has been ranked #3. These rankings are created by ISC II Ontario rep Blair Setford.
· March 15,
2005: The league meeting
was held March 14, with four teams returning: Fitzroy Harbour West Carleton
Electric, Stittsville 56ers, Kanata Team Easton and Manotick Lomor
Printers. The Kemptville Macton
Muckdogs have folded. The league is
open to other league entrants – contact Bob Templeton if interested. The league
is also pursuing interlock games with other area teams. With the changes in teams, the league has
also changed its name to the “Greater Ottawa Fastball League” – GOFL. (Thanks to Dave Tubman for his suggestion
for the new league name.)
· March 14,
2005: Total “hits” on the league website are now up to 4467, as
of today since inception.
· March 10,
2005: The KMFL has been
invited to join 2005 ISC II Home League program for intermediate leagues in
Ontario and Quebec. Each league in this
program will be able to name a representative to have a shot at qualifying for
the 2006 ISC II Tournament of Champions to be played in Kitchener. Each league will operate under its own
unique rules to name a representative for the ISC II Ontario Cup to be held
August 26-28, in Hillsburgh, Ontario.
· March 8,
2005: Interested in the
latest fastball rumours? Check out the
fastball forum at this location: www.ghfl.ca/forum. Discussion on the “ISC II Fastball” forum
has included some chatter about local players and teams and some interesting
rumours.
· February
28, 2005: “The Deuce” section on Fastpitch West which covers ISC II
fastball has posted an initial
ranking of Intermediate teams across the continent. Kanata Team Easton has come in at 20th
spot on the rankings, which is 7th in Ontario. Micksburg Twins have been slotted in the 7th
overall spot, which is 3rd in Ontario.
· February
28, 2005: The ISC II Qualifier for Blackburn has been announced on Al’s page.
· February
27, 2005: Local pitcher
Jason Smith has signed with ISC team “Happy Hollow Fastpitch”
from Chippewa Valley, Wisconsin. Smith
played last year with the Quaker Riversharks from Pennsylvannia. Smith also played with the Kemptville Macton
Muckdogs in the 2003 season, losing in the finals.
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