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We're down to the final four in the quest for the Barry Taggart Memorial trophy as GCMFL champions.
#1 seed Laurysen Kitchens puts their 13-3 record on the line against #6 East Side Mario's in one semi-final. Laurysen won the season series 2-0 by scores of 6-0 and 4-3, but ESM has been in a groove since the start of August, winning 7 of their last 9 games.
In the other semi-final, #2 seed ASAP Print Management faces #5 seed Mattamy Homes. ASAP had the edge over Mattamy in the regular season, winning 9-1 and tieing 1-1, but the teams haven't played each-other since late June.
Both series kick off on Monday September 14th at the A.Y. Jackson diamond.
The regular season is over and the playoffs get underway on Tuesday August 25th.
There was a tie for 4th place in the final standings between Local Heroes and Mattamy Homes. The teams had idential 8-7-1 records, each won a game in the season series, and the head-to-head run differential was zero. As a result, 4th place was determined by a coin toss after Mattamy's game on August 24th. Local Heroes won the toss (Mattamy called tails and it came up heads), so Local Heroes gets 4th and Mattamy is 5th.
Below shows the 1st 2 games for each seed in the 1st round of playoffs, the game 3s if necessary will be determined later.
Tues. Aug. 25th
8th seed (Air1One) vs 9th seed (Cavanaugh) 6:30pm - Air1One wins and is the 8th seed.
4th seed (Locals) vs 5th seed (Mattamy) 8:30pm - Locals wins 9-6 (Leads series 1-0)
Wed Aug. 26th
3rd seed (Medaglia) vs 6th seed (ESM) 6:30pm - Medaglia wins 2-1 (Leads series 1-0)
Mon. Aug. 31st
1st seed (Laurysen) vs. 8th seed (Air1One) 6:30pm - Laurysen wins 3-2 (Leads series 1-0)
2nd seed (ASAP) vs. 7th seed (OHS) 8:30pm - ASAP wins 5-0 (Leads series 1-0)
Tues. Sept 1st
4th seed (Locals) @ 5th seed (Mattamy) 6:30pm - Mattamy wins 10-0 (Series tied 1-1)
3rd seed (Medaglia) @ 6th seed (ESM) 8:30pm - ESM wins 2-1 (Series tied 1-1)
Wed. Sept 2nd
2nd seed (ASAP) @ 7th seed (OHS) 6:30pm
Tues. Sept 8th
1st seed (Laurysen) @ 8th seed (Air1One) 6:30pm
For those looking to play some off-season fastball, there is a fall league getting going in Orleans and a winter indoor league trying to get going in Blackburn. Ivan Taylor is trying to put together a team from Glen Cairn for both leagues.
He has a Grand Caravan that could carry 6 guys and would like to carpool with some guys, splitting the cost of gas.
Interested parties should contact Ivan as soon as possible:
Ivan Taylor
823-3140
iwtaylor [at] rogers.com
The games scheduled for Tuesday August 4th have been cancelled due to rain and the severe thunderstorm warning from Environment Canada.
Tony will be in touch with the affected teams regarding make-up dates.
Fastball fans - vote for Elk Lake!
The little town of Elk Lake is in the TSN/Kraft showdown with the winner getting $25000 for community upgrades. Elk Lake wants to upgrade their softball diamond where they host fastpitch and slo-pitch tournaments - they'd like to fix it up and also install lights to allow for night games.
They're up against St. Mary's Ontario who want to install a sprinkler system to water the baseball diamonds in their immaculate baseball complex.
If you're a softball fan - please vote for Elk Lake (several times!) between noon Friday and noon Saturday.
