Richardson Pioneer Men’s Fastball League RESULTS:

Rosebud Royals def. Fishing Lake Cubs 8-5
Foam Lake Merchants def. Da Boyz (Gordon’s) 7-0 AND 15-5
Wynyard Blues def. Da Boyz (Gordon’s) 13-1 and 8-2

Fishing Lake Cubs @ Rosebud Royals on Thursday May 10th resulted in a 8-5 win for the hometown Royals in Wadena. The Royals jumped out to an early lead in the game and pitcher James Holowaty held on for the complete game win despite the Cubs rallying in the later innings.
WP: James Holowaty
(Barry Belanger batting, Carson Scheschuk catching, Garry Skjerven Umpire, Thursday in Wadena.)

Da Boyz @ Foam Lake Merchants double header in Foam Lake Friday, May 11th.
Game 1 saw the Merchants win 7-0 with James Anderson getting the win on the mound.
WP: James Anderson

In the second game Da Boyz got on the board with 5 runs but couldn’t keep the Merchants bats quite allowing 15. Merchants Brodie Lamb hit a homerun, Carter McLean had two triples, and Ryan Junop was the winning pitcher.
WP: Ryan Junop
HR: Brodie Lamb
(Brodie Lamb (Merchants) pictured batting against “Ozzy” (Da Boyz) Friday Night in Foam Lake.)

Da Boyz @ Wynyard Blues double header in Wynyard Saturday May 12th,
Submitted by Mike Jordan:
Game 1: The Blues jumped out to an early 7-0 lead in the first inning, in part by Mike Jordan’s 3 run home run. Josh Jordan got the start pitching and threw 4 innings. Mike Jordan threw the last inning for the Blues in the 13-1 game.
Winning pitched: Josh Jordan
HR: Mike Jordan

Game 2:
The Blues jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the top of 1. Da Boyz scored two in the bottom of 1 to tie things up. The Blues scored 6 in the top of 3 to make it 8-2. That’s how the game would end. Tayler Jordan pitched 4 innings and hit and Home Run for the Blues. Mike Jordan came on in relief to throw one inning.
Winning pitcher: Tayler Jordan
HR: Tayler Jordan

Upcoming Games:
Monday May 14th 7:00 PM:
Stoney Creek Braves @ Wadena Wildcats
Tuesday, May 15th, 2018
Foam Lake Merchants @ Fishing Lake Cubs
Wednesday, May 16th, 2018
Rosebud Royals @ Fishing Lake Cubs
Thursday, May 17th, 2018
Da Boyz @ Stoney Creek Braves

The Richardson Pioneer Men’s Fastball League kicked into high gear with two close games Tuesday Night. Da Boyz had a memorable first game in the league with two home-runs in the bottom of the 7th and final inning to defeat the Rosebud Royals 8-7. Francis Bird lead the final inning off with a solo home-run and Jamie Wolfe hit a 2 run walk off just two batters later. The Royals Brynn Achtymichuk went 3 for 3 on the night and also homered in the game.

Further north the Foam Lake Merchants fell to the Stoney Creek Braves 5-4. Stoney scored all their runs in the first inning and Foam lake battled back scoring 4 runs to make it close. The Braves, Dusty Keshane, had 12 strikeouts while James Anderson had 9.

Upcoming Games:
-May 10 Fishing Lake Cubs at Rosebud Royals
-May 11 Da Boyz at Foam Lake Merchants 6:30/8:00
-May 12 Da Boyz at Wynyard Blues 1:00/3:00

Foam Lake Merchants won the first of Richardson Pioneer Men’s Fastball League for 2018.

The Foam Lake Merchants won their home opener against the Wadena Wildcats by a score of 4-3. Logan Kristjanson led the Merchants offence going 2-2 with an RBI and Korby Koshman had a 2 run HR in the 6th inning which made the difference. James Anderson pitched seven strong innings to get the W on the mound. The Wildcats, made up of primarily Bantam aged players gave the Merchants a run for their money. Nathen Pomedli and Koby Faubert shared the pitching duties for the young squad and held the high octane Merchants to 4 runs.

The next action for the Richardson Pioneer Men’s Fastball League is May 8 with the Rosebud Royals at Da Boyz (Gordon’s) and the Foam Lake Merchants at Stoney Creek Braves

Richardson Pioneer Men’s Fastball League is set to start tonight in Foam Lake with Wadena Wildcats visiting the Merchants. The 7-inning game is set to start at 7:00. Upcoming Games include:

-May 4 Wildcats at Merchants
-May 8 Royals at Da Boyz
-May 8 Merchants at Braves
-May 10 Cubs at Royals
-May 11 Da Boyz at Foam Lake 6:30/8:00
-May 12 Da Boyz at Wynyard 1:00/3:00

The Richardson Pioneer Men’s Fastball League welcomed the Rhein Rockets, and Gordon’s to the league at their annual scheduling meeting Tuesday night. The two teams join the Wadena Bantam’s, Fishing Lake Cubs, Foam Lake Merchants, Wynyard Blues, Rosebud Royals, and last years Champions the Stoney Creek Braves. Carter Kolybaba, Richardson Pioneer Director of Operations, Wadena Business Unit, said "Richardson Pioneer is happy to be returning as the title sponsor in the Richardson Pioneer Men’s Fastball League. As the league has grown to eight teams, with the addition of the Rhein Rockets and Gordon’s First Nations, we are pleased by the impact the league has made in communities in East Central Saskatchewan by offering a competitive fastball league for rural community members.”

This will be the 3rd season for the league that prides itself on high participation. In an effort to encourage more players to join the league, the rules allows all players to bat every game (until playoffs), and rules are in place to avoid (non-weather) cancelations. Jason Bitternose of Gordon’s, said “We chose to join the league due to its reputation of no cancelations, close proximity, and ‘all-players bat’ rule which all offer our young players a chance to play and develop their skills". Darin Faubert, coach of the Wadena Bantam Boy’s team added "The Bantams play in the men’s league as it helps them better prepare for Canada-wide competition. The benefit of having more balls in play and more hits to the outfield is a huge benefit to our fielders. In addition to this, seeing faster pitching and more movement of pitches helps develop our hitting.”

The league schedule is being finalized with intentions to start the first week in May, and wrapping up with a 8-team double knockout tournament June 29th, and 30th in Foam Lake (Weather Permitting).