Tuesday evening in front of a solid crowd, the Alvinston Indians travelled to Glencoe for game 2 of the semi-final series. With the Indians down 1-0 in the series, a win was of the essence to even the series. Backed by a 4 hitter and 5 strikeout performance by pitcher Doug Chalrton, the Indians did just that. Charlton shutout the Glencoe squad, and had great defence behind him as well, earning the 4-0 victory.
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Last evening, played in front of approximately 150-200 fans, on a beautiful evening for ball, the Glencoe Astros defeated the Alvinston Indians in a great fastball game for the fans, by the final score of 7-5 in 11 innings.
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Southwestern Ontario

Game Played on Sunday Sept 18/05 in Woodstock Game 3 in a best of Five”A” Series, with Kelseys leading 2 games to None

Final Score
Salford Storm 6,
Woodstock Kelseys 5 – 9 innings

Score tied 3-3 after seven innings

Salford scored 3 runs in the top of the 9th inning and then Kelseys rebounded with 2 runs in the bottom of the 9th and left the tying run at first base.

Winning Pitcher – Mark VanVliet
Losing Pitcher – Steve Running

Game 4 will be played Tuesday Sept 20/05 in Salford, Ontario with a starting time of 8:00 p.m

See Everybody there,

Joe Todd
ftode739@rogers.com

Mitchell, ON

Offense was not a problem for the Bridgeport Braves on playoff Sunday in the South Perth Men’s Fastball League playoff tournament in Mitchell, as they amassed 25 runs in two big victories over long-time nemesis’ Sebringville Sting and Tavistock Merchants to win their first-ever league championship.

The Braves whipped the defending champion Sting 10-4 Sunday, advancing directly to the final where they would have to beaten twice. Although Tavistock tried to do just that, and scored 10 runs themselves, were dumped 15-10 in a wild championship game.

Bridgeport used a power-laden lineup to capture their first league title, finally climbing to the top after three misses in the finals in their five years in the league.

Tournament MVP Jodie Schnarr led the attack from his customary lead-off spot in the batting order, going 10-for-20 during the tournament, while brothers Jim was the winning pitcher over both Sebringville and Tavistock, and Jay was a standout defensively and offensively from his shortstop position.

Steve Cook, for Tavistock, was judged the top pitcher, while Sebringville earned the President’s Award for winning the regular season crown.

Sunday’s results from the double-knockout tournament were as follows:

#25 – Tavistock 4, St. Marys 3
WP – Cook, Steve; LP – Brookshaw, Scott

#26 – Elmira Cubs 8, Moorefield 1
WP – Gillow, Bob; LP – Coverdale, Tim

#27 – Bridgeport 10, Sebringville 4
WP – Schnarr, Jim; LP – Scott, Don

#28 – Tavistock 5, Elmira Cubs 4
WP – Cook, Steve; LP – Halstead, Casey

#29 – Tavistock 8, Sebringville 2
WP – Pinder, Mike; LP – Scott, Don

#30 – Bridgeport 15, Tavistock 10
WP – Schnarr, Jim; LP – Pinder, Mike

Tournament MVP – Jodie Schnarr, Bridgeport
Top Pitcher – Steve Cook, Tavistock

Andy Bader
SPMFL Secretary/Statistician

From: “Andy Bader”

Mitchell, ON

Only six teams remain out of the 16-clubs which started the day at the South Perth Men’s Fastball League playoff tournament in Mitchell.

Out of the six, one team is a surprise – the 15th seeded Moorefield Dukes – who reeled off three straight wins after an opening narrow 3-2 defeat to the #2 seed St. Marys.

Top-seeded Sebringville Sting, the defending champion, showed no sign of relinquishing their title with three straight big wins – 9-2 over St. Pauls, 3-0 over Elora and 8-0 over Tavistock.

Sebringville will meet Bridgeport Proforma Braves in the undefeated game Sunday at 11 a.m., as Bridgeport is also a perfect 3-0 after a stellar day today – wins over Elmira Jrs 3-1, St. Marys 4-1 and Elmira Cubs 2-0.

Still alive, but with one loss can be eliminated at any time, will see St. Marys take on Tavistock at 9 a.m., with the upstart Dukes of Moorefield against Elmira Cubs, also at 9 a.m.
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Mitchell, ON

The 16-team playoff tournament for the South Perth Men’s Fastball League will be held this weekend, Sept. 16-18, in Mitchell’s Keterson Park – so eager, diehard faithful fastball fans can still have their fix of top-level quality fastball before the season ends!

The #1 seeded Sebringville Sting, with a 17-5 record during the regular year, will be looking to defend their league championship, but will be tested by a number of top-level teams eager to knock them off their perch.

A number of teams had impressive seasons, not only in South Perth play, but also in ISC II competition (Harriston, Elmira, Tavistock, and Bridgeport all played at this year’s ToC) and other major tournaments.

Any number of upsets could take place on the field during the double-knockout tournament – #11 seed Linwood has ace Jamie Simpson on their roster as one example. Top pitchers Don Scott (Sebringville), Todd Uhrig (Elora), Jeremy deBelleval (Hickson), Jim Schnarr (Bridgeport), Scott Smith (Harriston), Casey Halstead (Elmira Cubs) Rob Oliver & Steve Cook (Tavistock Smully’s Merchants), Fred Follings (Shakespeare Falcons) and Dan Martin (Elmira Jrs) are all slated to be in action for their respective teams, not to mention numbers of clutch hitters in this highly-competitive league.

The weather promises to be outstanding, and so does the competition.

First-round matchups are as follows:
Friday, Sept. 16 opening schedule

Sebringville (#1) vs. St. Pauls (#16), 7:00
Mitchell (#8) vs. Elora (#9), 7:00
Tavistock (#5) vs. Monkton (#12), 7:00
Harriston (#4) vs. Milverton (#13), 9:00
Elmira Cubs (#3) vs. Shakes. Falcons (#14), 9:00
Hickson (#6) vs. Linwood (#11), 9:00

Saturday, Sept. 17
Bridgeport (#7) vs. Elmira Jrs (#10), 10:00 am
St. Marys (#2) vs. Moorefield (#15), 10:00 am

Games continue all day Saturday and Sunday, with the championship set for 3 p.m. Sunday, followed by the ‘if necessary’ game thereafter.

Keterson Park in Mitchell is located on Wellington Street, four blocks south of the main street. Our 4-diamond complex has hosted the league tournament every year since the league changed from a series format to tournament. Mitchell is located 15-minutes west of Stratford on Highway 8, and 45-minutes north of London on Highway 23.

Andy Bader
South Perth Men’s Fastball League
Secretary/Statistician
519-348-8431 (work)
519-348-4606 (home)
apbader@ezlink.ca (home e-mail)

Ottawa, ON

The Upper Ottawa Valley Men’s Fastball League and the Greater Ottawa Fastball League final series are continuing, with both series currently tied.

In the UOVMFL, the defending champions Micksburg, ON Twins are tied with the Campbell’s Bay, QC Royals at two games apiece in the best of seven series. In the GOFL, the defending champions Kanata, ON Team Easton are tied with the Stittsville, ON 56ers one game each in the best of five finals. All games are being played in Stittsville.
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Chepstow, Ontario

The Owen Sound Scenic City Automotive Crunch won the 2005 Bluewater Fastball League championship tournament.

The Crunch went 3 & 0 at the tournament which was hosted by the Chepstow Aces.

After receiving an opening round bye, Scenic City Automotive downed the host Aces 8-2 in their first game.

In the ” undefeated ” game, the Crunch blanked the Howick Hitmen 8-0.

Howick rebounded from the defeat and worked their way back into the Championship Final.

However, the Crunch scored another shutout victory, this time 7-0, to take the 2005 championship.

Fred Wallace
Bayshore Broadcasting
Owen Sound

Golden Horseshoe Fastball League
Southern Ontario

Niagara Snappers won the Golden Horseshoe Fastball League playoff tournament Sunday evening, defeating the defending champion Hamilton Hawks 10-3, in a rematch of last year’s final.

Dan Duemo won his third game of the tournament to go along with one save as the Snappers went undefeated at 4-0 to win their first GHFL title. Duemo was named the 2005 GHFL Playoff MVP.

On Saturday, the GHFL named the 2005 Award winners:

2005 GHFL Top Pitcher
Dan Duemo, Niagara Snappers, 8-0, 54 IP, 76 Ks, 4 BBs, 1.76 ERA
Special note – In ISC, GHFL and tournament play, Dan Duemo pitched 226 innings this year and struck out his 300th batter of the season in the championship game, ending the year with 305 Ks and record of 33-7. Congratulations on a tremendous season, Dan!

2005 GHFL MVP
Tim Coe, Mississauga Arrows, .588, 6 HRs, 17 RBIs in 13 games played
Special note – Tim had a total of 22 HRs on the season, including four in the playoff tournament, combining power with spectacular defence game in and game out at shortstop.

2005 Al & Janet Greatrix Dedication Award
Inaugural Presentation made to Al & Janet Greatrix
Special note – Al & Janet have been active in minor softball in Niagara Falls for years and have been the guardians of the Niagara Falls Men’s Fastball League since the early 1990s. When health issues curtailed some of the time they could spend at the park this year, it took a lot of volunteers to do only some of the things that Al & Janet do. We’re glad to have them back at the park and in good health and look forward to many more years of fastball in Niagara Falls.
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Golden Horseshoe Fastball League
Southern Ontario

2005 Playoff Tournament at Ker Park in Niagara Falls
September 8-11

Game 1
Niagara Falls Cool Hand Luke’s 5
Niagara Falls Fury 4 – 8 innings

Game 2
St. Catharines Red Hot Chili Pepper 4
Smoke of Millgrove 3
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