Kentville Wildcats

The Halifax Pelham Canadians and Dartmouth Moosehead Dry were winners in afternoon action today. At Beazley Field Sydney 100 000 000 – 1 5 0 Dartmouth 221 000 01x – 6 12 0 Dave McCallum (LP) and Adam Shibinette, Derek Aucoin (7); Jason Bailey (WP), Mike Alexander (8) and Nick Best. Sydney – Richie Walcott, two singles; Dartmouth – Jamie Vallis, two home runs, single, three RBI; Nick Best, three singles; Chris Goodie, double, single; Chris Burns, double, single. At Mainland North Common N.S. Canada Games 100 000 000 – 1 5 2 Halifax 000 050 00x – 5 8 0 Mike Sponagle (LP) and Matt Denny; Mark Haverstock (WP), Chris Munroe (7) and Nick Crowther, Kevin Andrecyk (7). N.S. Canada Games – Brett O'Neill, double, single, RBI; Halifax – Casey Higgins, double, single, two RBI; Adam Lucas, two singles, RBI; Geoff Dunsworth, two singles, RBI.

The Halifax Pelham Canadians pounded out 18 hits en route to a victory over visiting Kentville Wildcats, and the expansion Sydney Sooners dealt defending Canadian senior champion Dartmouth Moosehead Dry its first loss of the season as part of a doubleheader to highlight play in the league today. At Mainland North Common Kentville 100 110 001 – 4 11 3 Halifax 002 311 23x – 12 18 1 Kevin Daurie (LP), Curtis Falls (5) and Ian Mosher; Andrew MacDonald (WP), Kris Dewolfe (8) and Kevin Andrecyk. Kentville – Ian Lockhart, double, two singles; Luke Smith, home run; Halifax – Craig MacDonald, four singles, two RBI; Adam Lucas, double, two singles, three RBI; Geoff Dunsworth, double, two singles, three RBI; Ryan Veinot, two singles, RBI; Kevin Andrecyk, two singles, RBI. At Beazley Field Game 1 Sydney 100 010 0xx – 2 4 0 Dartmouth 402 421 xxx – 13 15 0 Darryl McMullin (LP), Adam Shibinette (5) and Matt Denny; Jamie Vallis (WP), Pete Sonier (7) and Nick Best. Sydney – Richie Walcott and Cory Christie, home runs; Dartmouth – Joel Irvine, two singles, two RBI; Jamie Vallis, double, single, grand slam, five RBI; Darren Hiltz, two home runs, double, five RBI. Game 2 Sydney 100 011 020 03 – 8 13 1 Dartmouth 212 000 000 00 – 5 11 2 Darrell MacKillop, Paul Doucette (WP,8) and Matt Denny, Adam Shibinette (9); Trevor Zwaan, Larry Houde (LP,8), Pete Sonier (11) and Nick Best. Sydney – Geoff MacLellan, home run, single; Richie Walcott, double, single; Bernie Seymour, double, single, RBI; Dartmouth – Robert Gillis, double, single; Jamie Vallis, double, single, two RBI; Darren Hiltz, two singles.

Tonight's game between host Dartmouth Moosehead Dry and the Truro Bearcats has been postponed because of rain. It has been rescheduled to Friday, July 8 at 7:30 p.m. Changes have been made in the "Schedule" and "Calendar" links on the left-hand side of the page.

The Nova Scotia Canada Games team improved to 2-1 against the rest of the NSSBL with a victory against host Kentville Wildcats tonight. The Canada Games team is playing a 10-game schedule against the rest of the league this season, with results counting in the standings for the senior teams. At Memorial Park N.S. Canada Games 100 301 000 – 5 8 3 Kentville 000 010 000 – 1 5 5 Matt MacDonald (WP), Craig Field (6), Steve Ivey (8) and Mike Brown; John Rideout (LP), Chris Davidson (3), Jevon Titus (4), Tim Clayton (8) and Luke Smith. N.S. Canada Games – Chris Head, three singles, RBI; Dylan Hilton, double, single; Kentville – Mike Lockhart, two singles, RBI.

The first batch of weekly stats from league statistician Burton Russell have been compiled, and can be viewed by clicking on the "2005 Stats Updates" link on the left-hand side of the page.