Playoff Picture Set in the NSSBL

The Nova Scotia Senior Baseball League released the schedule for the first round of the playoffs on Monday afternoon.

The Halifax Pelham Molson Canadians finished second in the regular season schedule and will face the Kentville Wildcats. The two will open the playoffs Wednesday night at 7:30 pm at the Halifax Mainland Common.

The Sydney Sooners, who squeaked into the playoffs with a weekend victory over the Truro Bearcats, are rewarded by facing the regular season champion Dartmouth Moosehead Dry. Their series will get underway Saturday afternoon at Beazley Field on Dartmouth.

Here is the full first round schedule:

SERIES A – DARTMOUTH MOOSEHEAD DRY vs. SYDNEY SOONERS

Game 1- Sat., Sept. 17, 3:00 pm
Sydney at Dartmouth, Beazley Field

Game 2- Sat., Sept. 17, 7:00 pm
Sydney at Dartmouth, Beazley Field

Game 3- Sat., Sept. 24, 3:00 pm
Dartmouth at Sydney, Susan McEachern Memorial Ball Park

Game 4 – Sat., Sept. 24, 7:00 pm
Dartmouth at Sydney, Susan McEachern Memorial Ball Park (if necessary)

Game 5 – Sun., Sept. 25, 1:00 pm
Dartmouth at Sydney, Susan McEcahern Memorial Ball Park (if necessary)

Series B – HALIFAX PELHAM MOLSON CANADIANS vs. KENTVILLE WILDCATS

Game 1 – Wed., Sept. 14, 7:30 pm
Kentville at Halifax, Mainland Common

Game 2 – Sat., Sept. 17, 7:00 pm
Halifax at Kentville, Memorial Park

Game 3- Mon., Sept. 19, 7:30 pm
Kentville at Halifax, Mainland Common

Game 4 – Wed., Sept. 21, 7:30pm
Halifax at Kentville, Memorial Park (if necessary)

Game 5 – TO BE DETERMINED (if necessary)

Mark Pelham Wins NSSBL Player of the Week

Mark Pelham of the Halifax Pelham Molson Canadians has been chosen this week’s Cleve’s Source for Sports Player of the Week in the Nova Scotia Senior Baseball League. One of the co-coaches of the Canadians, Pelham had an outstanding week in helping his team win games over the Truro Bearcats and their league leading rivals, the Dartmouth Moosehead Dry.

Pelham had seven hits in 11 at bats for an average of .636, including adding two more doubles to his league leading total. All that was enroute to three RBIs.

The Pelham Molson Canadians had been struggling a bit offensively of late. Both the team and Pelham seemed to benefit from a change in the lineup which saw Scott Willgress move out of the lead off spot in favour of Ryan Veinot, and Pelham move into the to hole.

Others considered for the award were Ryan Veinot of the Canadians, Guy Pellerine of Truro, Justin Brewer of the Sydney Sooners, Kevin Nichols of the Kentville Wildcats, and Chris Head of the Dry.

2011 NSSBL Preview

The Nova Scotia Senior Baseball League is set to kick off Friday night, as the Sydney Sooners travel to Truro to meet the Bearcats.

The 2011 season has the makings to be the most competitive in recent memory. The teams perennially at the top remain strong, but rest of the league has made some interesting moves that could tighten things up at the top of the standings.

Here’s a look at each of the clubs for this upcoming season, along with a few of the highlights from last year.

NSSBL Hands Out Hardware

Veteran Dartmouth Moosehead Dry third baseman, Joel Irvine, has been selected as the 2010 NSSBL Most Valuable Player for the fourth time. He led the league in hitting for the second time with a .393 average and topped the circuit with 44 hits. Irvine slugged 4 home runs and 10 doubles while collecting 29 RBIs, 31 runs scored and 11 stolen bases.

The Nova Scotia Senior Baseball League is also pleased to announce Guy Pellerine of the Truro Bearcats as the winner of the Gary MacDonald Memorial Golden Glove and Bat Award. Pellerine was selected by virtue of having collected the most player of the game awards given by the opposition throughout the regular season. Pellerine had an outstanding season finishing second in batting with a .383 average; third in hits with 41, including 7 home runs. A former star infielder with the Pictou County Albions, of the Nova Scotia Intermediate League, Pellerine has obviously made a successful leap to the NSSBL and received his first NSSBL all-star selection this year.

The league also announced those selected to the league All-Star team:

Cleve’s Source for Sports Player of the Week

Truro Bearcats shortstop, Guy Pellerine, is the recipient of the Cleve’s Source for Sports Player of the Week in the Nova Scotia Senior Baseball League for the week June 27-July 3. In the Bearcats’ two wins over Dartmouth and Kentville, Pellerine belted a homerun in each game, added a single, double, drove in five and scored four runs. Other outstanding players who received consideration were Sydney’s Tyler Anderson and Kentville veterans Kevin Nichols and Curtis Falls.