Nova Scotia Senior Baseball League: Welcome
The Nova Scotia Senior Baseball League is the premier baseball league in Nova Scotia, and has been since its inception in 1977. The league is comprised of 5 teams - the Sydney Sooners, the Truro Bearcats, the Kentville Wildcats, the Halifax Pelham Molson Canadians, and the Dartmouth Moosehead Dry.
The league is home to four Canadian senior champions (1985 Kentville Wildcats, 1998 & 2004 Dartmouth Moosehead Dry, and the 2005 Nova Scotia senior all-stars).
As the 2011 league champion, the Halifax Pelham Molson Canadians will represent the league at the 2012 Canadian Senior Baseball Championship in Prince George, B.C. The tournament will be played Aug. 23-26, 2012, at Prince George Citizen Field and Rotary Field.
Thursday, June 13
With more rain in the forecast for tomorrow, the Halifax Pelham Canadians are going to move the series to start Saturday at 3pm followed by game 2 at 6:30pm. Game 3 of the series will be Sunday at 2pm.
Thursday, June 13
Tonight's game in Dartmouth vs the Wildcats has been postponed due to wet field conditions.
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The 1985 Kentville Wildcats baseball team that made an improbable comeback to win a national title will be inducted into the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame this fall. The Wildcats were trailing 6-0 in front of 4,500 fans in the bottom of the 8th. They took the lead in the 9th and then got out of a bases loaded jam in the bottom of the 9th versus the Ontario. The Wildcats were the first Nova Scotia team to win the Senior Championship.
Saturday, June 8
Due to Tropical storm Andrea, the series between Sydney and Truro has been postponed. Make up date to be announced.
Friday, June 7
HALIFAX 200 000 100 3 5 0
DRY 000 100 000 1 5 1
Brandon McKinnon(WP),Sonny Newman(7th)(SV)and Shawn Walsh;
Jason Bailey(LP),Justin Davies(7th),Craig Sinyerd(9th) and Justin Stephens;
HIGHLIGHTS--
Dry--Darren Doucette two singles;Greg West solo home run,RBI;Jeff Tousenard single;Jeff Reeves single;
HALIFAX--Scott Willgress two singles;Jake Pelham double,RBI;Shawn Peverill single,RBI
Thursday, June 6
Cam Marling pitched 7 strong innings to lead the Dry to a 8-2 victory in Kentville. The Dry are in action again tonight as they host the Halifax Pelham Canadians at Beazley Field in Dartmouth, game time 7:30.
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Dartmouth | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 1 |
| Kentville | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
Wednesday, June 5
Tuesday, June 4
Tonight's game between the Halifax Pelham Canadians and Dartmouth Moosehead Dry has been postponed due to wet field conditions.
Sunday, June 2
The Sydney Sooners pleased a large hometown crowd on Friday night with a 4-2 victory over the Halifax Pelham Canadians. The Friday night home opening game featured a complete game from Justin Brewer who only allowed four hits. The Sooners found their bats late in the eighth inning with three runs that proved to be too much for the Halifax squad.
On Saturday morning at the Susan Maceachern Ballpark in the first game of the double header between the Sooners and Canadians, the Sooners found their offense early in the first and never looked back as they pounded the Canadians 13-3 after seven innings of play.
The Sydney team couldn't pull off a series win in the third game on Saturday afternoon as the Halifax Pelham Canadians took a 2-1 victory with the winning run for the Canadians coming in the top of the ninth inning. The Halifax Pelham Canadians will return home to face the Dartmouth Moosehead Dry on Tuesday night. The Sydney Sooners take to the road to play the Truro Bearcats in a 3 game series that starts Friday Night.
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Game 1 Box Score -- Friday, May 31st, 2013, 7:00pm Susan Maceachern Ballpark
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||
| Canadians | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | NA | NA | |
| Sooners | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 4 | NA | NA |
Winning Pitcher: Justin Brewer, Complete Game 4 hitter.
Losing Pitcher: Craig Fields, Sonny Newman (8)
Four hits in the 8th scored 3 runs for Sydney.
Sydney Hitters: Jordon Shepherd, Double, single; Cory Christie: 2 singles; Chris Farrow, RBI Double.
Halifax Hitters: Stephen Murphy, double.
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Game 2 Box Score -- Saturday, June 1st, 2013, 12:00pm Susan Maceachern Ballpark
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||
| Canadians | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | X | 3 | NA | NA | |
| Sooners | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | X | X | X | 13 | NA | NA |
Winning Pitcher: Aaron Gouthro; Relief in 6th Jake MacDonald. Combined for 4 hitter.
Losing Pitcher: Brandon MacKinnon, Sonny Newman (1), Pat Gilbert (6), Lee Pelham (6)
Sydney Hitters: Jordon Shepherd: HR, Sean Ferguson: HR, Cory Christie: Double.
Halifax Hitters: 4 scattered singles.
------------Game 3 Box Score -- Saturday, June 1st, 2013, 3:00pm Susan Maceachern Ballpark
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||
| Canadians | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | NA | NA | |
| Sooners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | NA | NA |
Winning Pitcher; Mark Haverstock; Complete Game 5 Hitter
Losing Pitcher: Paul Doucette; 7 hitter.
Halifax Hitters: Jake Pelham, Brendan Devlin, Shawn Walsh: 2 singles apiece.
Sydney Hitters: Jordon Shepherd; Double and Single.
Paul Davies sacrifice fly in the top of the ninth scored Jake Pelham with the winning run.
Friday, May 31
WILDCATS 200 310 200 8 13 1
DRY 002 010 000 3 10 3
Kevin Nichols(WP),David MacIntyre(8th) and Josh Parker
Justin Davies(LP),Scott Lee(6th),Cam Marling(7th),Jeff Reeves(8th)and Justin Stephens;
HIGHLIGHTS
DRY--Darren Doucette two singles,2RBI;Chris Head two singles;Jason Bailey two singles;
Wildcats--Billy MacKenzie two run home run,solo home run,single,3RBI;Mike Lockhart solo home run,two singles,3RBI;Ian Lockhart two singles;David MacIntyre two singles,RBI;
Wednesday, May 29
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||
| Kentville | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 7 | 12 | 1 | |
| Halifax | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | X | 17 | 18 | 0 |
Kentville: Shayne Conrad (L), Kevin Daurie (2), Christian Vogler (4), Curtis Falls(5), John Chapman 8 and Josh Parker
Halifax: Mark Haverstock (W), Brandon MacKinnon(6), Sonny Newman (8) and Shawn Walsh, Tyler Fancy(6)
| Visiting Highlights |
| McIntyre, Solo homerun, double, single, 2 RBI |
| Ian Lockhart, three singles, 2 RBI |
| Codey Schrider, two singles |
| Rob Shepherd, two singles |
| Curtis Falls, single, RBI |
| Home Highlights |
| Shawn Peverill, double, two singles, 4 RBI |
| Shawn Walsh, single, double, 4 RBI |
| Ryan Veinot, double, two singles, 2 RBI |
| Paul Davie, single, 3 RBI |
| Jake Pelham, double, two singles, RBI |
| Josh Pelham, double, single, RBI |
Saturday, May 25
The series between Sydney and Truro has been moved to June 7 and 8th due to the rain.
Thursday, May 23
The game in Kentville between the Wildcats and the Dartmouth Moosehead Dry was postponed due to rain.
Wednesday, May 22
The Kentville Wildcats opened their NSSBL season on the road with a win against the Truro Bearcats. The Bearcats were up 4-3 until the top of the sixth when Kentville drove in two runs. The game was tight with Kentville only leading by one going into the ninth inning until their offence found their grove and drove in 6 runs at the top of the ninth. Truro unable to match the offence by the Wildcats, the end resulted in the Bearcats falling short 11-7. Kentvilles game on Wednesday with the Dartmouth Moosehead Dry was cancelled due to weather and has yet to be re-scheduled. The Bearcats are back to the diamond this weekend for a three game series with the road squad, the Sydney Sooners. Game 1 is scheduled for 8:00pm Friday night at TAAC Grounds.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||
| Kentville | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | NA | NA | |
| Truro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | NA | NA |
Sunday, May 19
The Dartmouth Moosehead Dry took two of three games in the first series of the 2013 Nova Scotia Senior Baseball League season. The Dry won the last game of the series 11-8 against the Sydney Sooners at Beazley Field. The Dartmouth Moosehead Dry will take on the Kentville Wildcats on the road this Wednesday then will return home on Thursday for a match up with Halifax Pelham Canadians. The Sydney Sooners will be on the road again this upcoming weekend to face off with the Truro Bearcats.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||
| Sooners | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 3 | |
| Moosehead Dry | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 11 | 11 | 3 |
Jason Bailey (WP), Anthony Ianetti (6th), Liam Logan (7th), Cam Marling (9th)(SV) and Justin Stephens;
Ken Long(LP), Aaron Gouthro (5th), Sean Ferguson and Johnny MacNeil (7th);
HIGHLIGHTS--
DRY -- Greg West solo home run, double, RBI; Darren Doucette solo home run , double, 2RBI; Dan Comeau single; Justin Stephens single; Chris Gallivan single; Matt Doudelet single; Gary Strowbridge single; Chris Head single; Matt Harding double, RBI;
Sydney -- Justin Brewer single, solo home run , 2RBI; Sean Ferguson two singles, 2RBI; Josh Forrest two run home run; Phil Brown single;
Sunday, May 19
The Sydney Sooners bounced back from a 7-2 loss to the Moosehead Dry earlier on Saturday and exploded offensively in the nineth inning to take a 11-10 win over the Dartmouth squad on Saturday night at Beazley Field.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||
| Sooners | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 1 | |
| Moosehead Dry | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 6 |
Nate Brewer, Jake MacDonald (3), Nick Shaw (8th)(WP) and Sean Ferguson;
Cam Marling, Scott Lee (5th)(LP), Liam Logan and Justin Stephens;
HIGHLIGHTS--
DRY--Greg West solo home run,double, 2RBI; Dan Comeau single, double, 2RBI; Chris Head double; Jason Bailey single; Matt Doudelet double; Matt Harding single;
SOONERS--Ken Long 5 singles, 2RBI; Cory Christie 2 single, 2 doubles,2 RBI; Sean Ferguson single, double; Duncan MacDougall 2 singles;
Sunday, May 19
The Dartmouth Moosehead Dry claimed victory in the opening game of the Nova Scotia Senior Baseball League 2013 season. The Dartmouth squad pulled off a 7-2 defeat over the Sydney Sooners at the Beazley Field on Friday
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||
| Sooners | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |
| Moosehead Dry | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 7 | 8 | 2 |
Justin Davies(WP) (10k's), Craig Sinyerd (6th)(SV) and Justin Davies
Justin Brewer(LP), Nate Brewer (7th) and Sean Ferguson
HIGHLIGHTS--
DRY -- Greg West three home runs, 4RBIs; Chris Head double, single; Darren Doucette single; Jason Bailey single; Chris Gallivan two run home run, 2RBI; Dan Comeau double;
SOONERS -- Johnny MacLean solo home run;
Thursday, May 16
Click the link above for the preview of the upcoming NSSBL season courtesy of the Chronicle Herald's Steve Bezanson .
Friday, May 3
The Nova Scotia Senior Baseball League is a couple weeks away from 36th season of play.
The 2013 season will return all five teams:
Dartmouth Moosehead Dry (2012 Champions)
Halifax Pelham Canadians
Kentville Wildcats
Truro Bearcats
Sydney Sooners
This season will have a 32 game schedule with teams playing each other 8 times. To see the schedule, click the calendar link in the site menu.
The season will start May 18 as the Defending Champion Dartmouth Moosehead Dry host the Sydney Sooners .
The Dry will be representing Nova Scotia at the Canadian Championship August 22-26th in Windsor, Ontario.
| Upcoming Games | |||
| Date | Event | Time | Location |
| Sun 6/16 |
Halifax Pelham Molson Canadians vs. Sydney Sooners
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2:00 PM | Mainland Common |
| Sun 6/16 |
Kentville Wildcats vs. Truro Bearcats
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7:30 PM | Memorial Park |
| Tue 6/18 |
Halifax Pelham Molson Canadians vs. Kentville Wildcats
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7:30 PM | Mainland Common |
| Tue 6/18 |
Truro Bearcats vs. Dartmouth Moosehead Dry
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7:30 PM | TAAC Grounds |
| Thu 6/20 |
Dartmouth Moosehead Dry vs. Truro Bearcats
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7:30 PM | Beazley Field |
| Sat 6/22 |
Sydney Sooners vs. Truro Bearcats
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2:00 PM | Susan MacEachern Memorial Ball Park |
| Sat 6/22 |
Sydney Sooners vs. Truro Bearcats
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5:00 PM | Susan MacEachern Memorial Ball Park |
| Recent Games | |||
| Date | Event | Time | Location |
| Sat 6/15 |
Halifax Pelham Molson Canadians vs. Sydney Sooners
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3:00 PM | Mainland Common |
| Sat 6/15 |
Halifax Pelham Molson Canadians vs. Sydney Sooners
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6:30 PM | Mainland Common |
