Ottawa, ON<\/p>\n
Both the Upper Ottawa Valley Men’s Fastball League and the Greater Ottawa
\nFastball league wrapped up their first three weeks of play this past
\nweekend, including one week of the first ever inter-lock between the two
\nEastern Ontario\/West Quebec intermediate loops.<\/p>\n
Standings after 3 weeks:<\/p>\n
Greater Ottawa GP W L T Pts<\/p>\n
Kanata Team Easton 4 2 1 1 5
\nManotick Lomor Printers 3 2 1 0 4
\nStittsville 56ers 4 2 2 0 4
\nFitzroy WC Electric 2 0 1 1 1<\/p>\n
Upper Ottawa Valley GP W L T Pts<\/p>\n
Campbell’s Bay Royals 3 2 1 0 4
\nMicksburg Twins 3 2 1 0 4
\nBeachburg NRTco 2 1 1 0 2
\nShawville Hursty’s Bar 3 1 2 0 2<\/p>\n
GOFL Defending Champions, Kanata Team Easton (ISC II #5) had two wins over
\nStittsville (5-1) and a victory in an interleague game over the Ottawa
\nValley Raiders (5-0). Kanata also played Fitzroy Harbour to a scoreless
\ndraw over seven innings, with Dan Konkle throwing a three hit shutout.
\nKonkle had both wins for Team Easton. Team Easton’s defeat was 3-1 at home
\nto Shawville in interlock play – Bill Gerber took the pitching loss. Team
\nEaston will be picking up some players from the 56ers for the ISC II
\nQualifier in Blackburn on June 24-26.<\/p>\n
UOVMFL Defending Champions, Micksburg Twins (ISC II #21) defeated Shawville
\n4-1 at home to start the season. Kevin Humphries had a homer for the Twins.
\nIn interlock play Corey Costello threw a perfect game, including 18
\nstrikeouts, in a 10-0 win at home against Manotick. Jamey Mick had a home
\nrun for Micksburg. Corey Costello suffered a rare regular season loss on May
\n16, as cousin Shawn Costello led Beachburg to a 2-0 victory. Micksburg will
\nalso be participating in the ISC II Qualifier in Blackburn, bolstered with
\nadditions from the Beachburg league team.<\/p>\n
Manotick won their first two games, with Trevor Lahey getting both decision.
\nLomor defeated Fitzroy Harbour at home in their first game with Don Cox and
\nBobby Jack Hart hitting home runs in a 6-4 victory. Manotick also defeated
\nStittsville 5-0 with Lahey throwing a no-hitter. Lindsay Medynski had a
\ngrand slam for Manotick and Tim Power had a solo shot. Manotick will be
\nparticipating in the ISC II Qualifier in Blackburn and the “masters” aged
\nplayers on the team will also be participating in the World Games in
\nEdmonton. Manotick will be hosting a tournament the weekend of June 3-5 to
\nhelp raise funds for this trip.<\/p>\n
Stittsville started slow with losses to Kanata and Manotick but rebounded
\nfor victories against Blackburn Bombers (8-0) in interleague play and
\nCampbell’s Bay (8-2) in interlock play. Dan Bradley had all the pitching
\ndecisions for the 56ers. Home run hitters for Stittsville were Scott
\nHerriott, Darren Featherstone, Greg McMillan, Ryan Bond, John Craig and Sam
\nOliver with two in the Campbell’s Bay match up.<\/p>\n
Fitzroy Harbour lost to Manotick in their first game, with Bud Hanlon taking
\nthe loss. Jason Armstrong and Shawn Rebertz hit homers in the 6-4 defeat.
\nThe next game saw the WC Electric tie Kanata and Dan Konkle 0-0. Three
\nElectric pitchers combined to limit Kanata to two hits. Fitzroy Harbour
\nalso participated in the Kingston tournament over the May long weekend,
\nfinishing with a disappointing 0-3 record. Fitzroy Harbour will be
\nparticipating in the ISC II Qualifier in Blackburn.<\/p>\n
Campbell’s Bay Royals started off strongly with convincing 10-1 and 9-1 road
\nwins over Beachburg and Shawville respectively. Veteran lefty Lenny Burger
\nhad both wins for the Royals. The home opener did not go as well as
\nexpected for the Royals as they lost 8-2 to Stittsville in interlock play.
\nMatt Greer had two homers during May for Campbell’s Bay.<\/p>\n
Beachburg started slow with a 10-1 loss at home to Campbell’s Bay, but then
\ndefeated defending champions Micksburg 2-0 at home. Shawn Costello had both
\npitching decisions for Beachburg. Beachburg was scheduled to play Fitzroy
\nHarbour in interlock play but the game was postponed and will be made up
\nlater in the season.<\/p>\n
Shawville began the season with two losses (4-1 to Micksburg and 9-1 to
\nCampbell’s Bay). However, the interlock game on the road with Kanata got
\nShawville in the win column with a 3-1 victory, with Mark Wright notching
\nthe pitching victory. Todd Fraser had a home run for Shawville.<\/p>\n
For more information, visit the league websites at:<\/p>\n
http:\/\/ca.geocities.com\/fitzroyfastball\/GOFL.htm<\/p>\n
http:\/\/ca.geocities.com\/fitzroyfastball\/UOVMFL.htm<\/p>\n
Adam Brown
\nFitzroy Harbour WC Electric
\nmailto:Adam.Brown@ottawa.ca<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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