Softball

Barb Sayeau

Inducted into the Brockville and Area Sports Hall of Fame: June 13th, 2024

Barb Sayeau began playing ladies’ softball in Cardinal in 1970 and continued with a number of teams until the early 1990’s. Barb coached minor softball in Johnstown for a number of years.

Along with softball, Barb was heavily involved in women’s hockey. First playing on a women’s team at the age of 14. She played in the Brockville Little Angels for 22 years. For many years, she played broomball, hockey and coached women’s hockey at the same time. She was a volunteer at the first-ever women’s world hockey tournament in Canada in 1990.

Barb devoted her lifetime to amateur sport in the area through participating, coaching and volunteering. Always helping others and always with a laugh.

Her number 2 has been retired by the Brockville Angels and hangs in the Memorial Centre. Barb Sayeau passed away in 2011.

Ed St. Louis

Inducted into the Brockville and Area Sports Hall of Fame: June 13th, 2003

Ed St. Louis. While never quite making it to the Professional Leagues. He was, nevertheless, a top amateur athlete. Ed excelled in three sports – baseball, softball and hockey. Ed was a catcher in the Cardinal Minor Baseball Association. The highlight of his playing days was in 1954 when he signed with the Boston Red Sox for a tryout with their farm team. Ed played for the Cardinal Pats Softball Team for over 25 years as the battery mate for Hall of Famer Ted Hoy.

He excelled at Hockey as a Defenceman. The Boston Bruins had Ed’s name on their negotiation list, which led to tryouts with the Junior “A” Oshawa Generals. He played two years with the Baltimore Clippers in the Eastern League. As a senior hockey player, Ed played into his 60’s.

Gerald Shorty Wormington

Inducted into the Brockville and Area Sports Hall of Fame June 15th, 2012.

Gerald “Shorty” Wormington was a gifted athlete in many sports.

He was Prescott’s ace pitcher in Junior and Senior Baseball and their best hitter when he switched to softball. He played shortstop and continued his hitting prowess.

In hockey he was a smooth playmaking centre described by Sly Apps of the Toronto Maple Leafs as having big league material.

In 1944-45 he had 75 points in 19 games to lead Prescott Juniors to win The St. Lawrence Junior “B” League Championships and the Gill Cup and the Ottawa District Junior “B” tile and the Citizenship Shield.

Joe Doyle

Inducted into the Brockville and Area Sports Hall of Fame: June 11th, 2004

Joe Doyle was an athlete and a manager. He played defence for the Cardinal Redbirds in the early 40’s and helped them win the Eastern Ontario Championship and the Citizen Shield as a manager of the Prescott Jr. “B” Saints in the 50’s. He would win another Citizen Shield.

Joe also managed a travelling softball team named Doyle’s Dearies in the 50’s. For 50 years, his main love has & been curling. He has been a member of the Prescott Curling Club for over 50 years. In 2000, he received a lifetime curling membership from the club. In 1985, he won the Legion District Curling Championship, curling with Tracey Delaney, Frank Jenkinson and Bob Burford. He would then compete in the Provincial Curling Championship in Guelph, compiling a 4-5 record. A modest man, Joe doesn’t think he did anything except “keep things together,” but that’s what makes a great manager and this is Joe Doyle.

Lawrence Fox

Inducted into the Brockville and Area Sports Hall of Fame June 9th, 2017

Lawrence Fox has always been heavily involved in sports in Brockville. Starting at an early age in the 50’s, he started off playing Minor Baseball, but earned a reputation of in Softball with the Brockville Diggers as a good hitter and an outstanding third baseman, earning the Nickname “Scoop” from his teammates. He earned all-star recognition with the Diggers for five years in the Kingston League. He was a talented player in minor and junior hockey until breaking a leg in hockey playoffs in the Spring of 1961. After that, he turned to coaching in minor hockey and minor baseball, winning a number of championships. Lawrence was also a longtime baseball and fastball umpire in Brockville and the area for youth and adult leagues.

Wayne McManus

Inducted into the Brockville and Area Sports Hall of Fame: June 9, 1994

Wayne George Elson McManus has devoted all of his life to sports in the Athens Area. He played, coached, umpired and helped to organize the Intertownship Softball League from 1959 to 1970. He was a member of the fundraising committee for Centre 76, coached the Athens Senior Girls Softball Team in 1982, and umpired various leagues until 1985. On the Athens Athletic Assoc. 1968 to 1970, Asst. Manager of Athens Junior “C” Hockey from 1966 to 1968 and on the executive in 1968-69. He has been the manager of the Athens Aeros Junior “B” Team since 1969. He was honoured as Athens Citizen of the Year in 1993.