Halifax Pelham Molson Canadians

The Nova Scotia Senior Baseball League has formed an all-star team that will attempt to defend the Canadian senior baseball championship Aug. 25-28 in Kamloops, B.C. The 2004 Canadian champion Dartmouth Moosehead Dry will place nine players on the roster. The Sydney Sooners and Halifax Pelham Canadians are supplying three players apiece. The Kentville Wildcats were able to supply two players, and the Truro Bearcats and Nova Scotia Canada Games team one apiece. The roster of players is as follows: From Dartmouth - 1B/DH Darren Doucette, INF Robert Gillis, INF Chris Goodie, P/OF Jason Bailey, P Trevor Zwaan, P/OF Darren Hiltz, P/INF/OF Jamie Vallis, OF Donald MacLean, C Chris Burns. From Halifax - INF Adam Lucas, INF/C Ryan Veinot, P Andrew MacIntosh. From Sydney - OF Geoff MacLellan, OF Richie Walcott, INF Bernie Seymour. From Kentville - INF Ian Lockhart, OF Mike Lockhart. From Truro - P/OF Jeff Chisholm. From N.S. Canada Games - P Mike Sponagle. Coaches - Darren Doucette, Bob Gillis. For more information, click on the "Senior Nationals" link on the left-hand side of the page.

The Dartmouth Moosehead Dry spotted host Halifax Pelham Canadians a three-run lead before winning going away tonight. At Mainland North Common Dartmouth 002 713 05x – 18 14 0 Halifax 300 000 00x – 3 9 1 Jason Bailey and Chris Burns; Rob Hansen (LP), Ryan Veinot (5) and Kevin Andrecyk. Dartmouth – Darren Doucette, double, grand-slam; Chris Goodie, two singles, double; Robert Gillis, two singles; Halifax – Adam Lucas, two singles, double; Jay Turple, two-run double.

Nova Scotia Senior Baseball League Standings: W L Pct GB Home Road Strk Last 5 ab-Dartmouth Moosehead Dry 18 5 .783 - 10-3 8-2 Won 4 4-1 a-Kentville Wildcats 13 10 .565 5 6-6 7-4 Won 2 4-1 a-Truro Bearcats 13 11 .542 5.5 8-5 5-6 Lost 3 1-4 x-N.S. Canada Games 5 5 .500 6.5 0-0 5-5 Won 1 3-2 a-Halifax Pelham Canadians 10 14 .417 8.5 6-7 4-7 Won 2 2-3 Sydney Sooners 6 20 .231 13.5 4-10 2-10 Lost 2 2-3 a - clinched playoff berth; b - clinched first place; x - ineligible for playoffs. This week’s schedule: Tuesday, Aug. 9 - Dartmouth at Halifax, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10 - Truro at Kentville, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 11 - Kentville at Dartmouth, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13 - Halifax at Truro, 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 14 - Dartmouth at Kentville, 7 p.m. *** END OF REGULAR SEASON *** League leaders as of Monday, Aug. 8: BATTING (minimum 74 plate appearances): AB R H RBI Avg. Darren Doucette, Dartmouth 90 24 42 38 .467 Craig Higgins, Truro 77 16 35 12 .455 Geoff MacLellan, Sydney 97 24 40 17 .412 Jeff Chisholm, Truro 99 26 40 32 .404 Mike Lockhart, Kentville 94 22 37 27 .394 Joel Irvine, Dartmouth 89 30 34 33 .382 Adam Lucas, Halifax 98 18 37 26 .378 Craig MacDonald, Halifax 91 26 33 10 .363 Jamie Vallis, Dartmouth 79 22 28 23 .354 Robert Gillis, Dartmouth 68 22 24 10 .353 Jason Davis, Truro 74 14 26 14 .351 J.P. Wood, Truro 94 20 33 19 .351 Ian Lockhart, Kentville 92 23 32 13 .348 Mike King, Kentville 84 17 29 12 .345 Geoff Dunsworth, Halifax 84 13 29 15 .345 Hits - Darren Doucette, Dartmouth, 42; Jeff Chisholm, Truro, 40; Geoff MacLellan, Sydney, 40; Adam Lucas, Halifax, 37; Mike Lockhart, Kentville, 37. Runs - Joel Irvine, Dartmouth, 30; Craig MacDonald, Halifax, 26; Jeff Chisholm, Truro, 26; Chris Goodie, Dartmouth, 25; Darren Doucette, Dartmouth, 24; Ryan Veinot, Halifax, 24; Geoff MacLellan, Sydney, 24. RBI - Darren Doucette, Dartmouth, 38; Joel Irvine, Dartmouth, 33; Jeff Chisholm, Truro, 32; Mike Lockhart, Kentville, 27; Adam Lucas, Halifax, 26. Doubles - Jeff Chisholm, Truro, 13; J.P. Wood, Truro, 9; Chris Goodie, Dartmouth, 9; Craig Higgins, Truro, 9; Luke Smith, Kentville, 8; Adam Lucas, Halifax, 8; Ian Lockhart, Kentville, 8. Triples - Mike Lockhart, Kentville, 2; Chris Head, N.S. Canada Games/Dartmouth, 2; Craig MacDonald, Halifax, 2; Adam Lucas, Halifax, 2; Joe MacPherson, Truro, 2. Home runs - Darren Doucette, Dartmouth, 12; Jeff Chisholm, Truro, 9; Jamie Vallis, Dartmouth, 8; Luke Smith, Kentville, 5; Joel Irvine, Dartmouth, 4; Craig Higgins, Truro, 4; Adam Lucas, Halifax, 4; Mike Lockhart, Kentville, 4; Joe MacPherson, Truro, 4. Stolen bases - Geoff MacLellan, Sydney, 21; Jeff Chisholm, Truro, 10; Chris Head, N.S. Canada Games/Dartmouth, 10; Ryan Veinot, Halifax, 8; Jason Bailey, Dartmouth, 7. PITCHING Winning percentage (minimum 4 decisions) - Jason Bailey, Dartmouth, 7-0, 1.000; Craig Higgins, Truro, 6-1, .857; Tim Clayton, Kentville, 3-1, .750; Vince Horsman, Dartmouth, 2-2, .500. Wins - Jason Bailey, Dartmouth, 7; Craig Higgins, Truro, 6; Tim Clayton, Kentville, 3; Kevin Nichols, Kentville, 3; Trevor Zwaan, Dartmouth, 3; Andrew MacIntosh, Halifax, 3. Earned-run average - Vince Horsman, Dartmouth, 1.61; Jason Bailey, Dartmouth, 1.64; Colin Jeffery, Truro, 2.37; Craig Higgins, Truro, 2.48; Jamie Vallis, Dartmouth, 2.48. Innings pitched - Andrew MacIntosh, Halifax, 59.2; Craig Higgins, Truro, 58; Kevin Nichols, Kentville, 58; Jason Bailey, Dartmouth, 55; Danny McKillop, Sydney, 52. Strikeouts - Craig Higgins, Truro, 71; Jason Bailey, Dartmouth, 59; Andrew MacIntosh, Halifax, 57; Kevin Nichols, Kentville, 45; Nial Hughes, Truro, 44. Saves - Matt Black, Truro, 3; Jamie Vallis, Dartmouth, 3; Chris Munroe, Halifax, 2; Chris Davidson, Kentville, 2. END -- Jody Jewers NSSBL director of public relations eteamz.active.com/nsseniorbaseballleague

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Travis MacQuarrie tossed a complete-game five-hitter for the Halifax Pelham Canadians in the finale of a three-game weekend series with host Sydney Sooners. At Susan McEachern memorial field Halifax 013 000 003 – 7 8 0 Sydney 000 100 000 – 1 5 1 Travis MacQuarrie (WP) and Kevin Andrecyk; Shawn Handrahan (LP), Darryl MacMullin (7) and Derick Aucoin. Halifax – Casey Higgins, home run, single; Kevin Andrecyk, home run; Sydney – Danny McKillop, double; Bernie Seymour, RBI-single.