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Brad Miller turned in a solid performance, but Derek Wilson threw a gem. Wilson Struck out eight while while only allowing two hits to earn Championship MVP honors. Along the way, Wilson retired 12 batters in a row before walking Craig Cooper with two outs in the seventh. First baseman Matt Jenkins added the offensive punch with a single, double and a two-run homer while scoring the other two runs for the Alpines. Jenkins was named Player of the Game. Saint John opened the scoring in the second inning when JP Wood overthrew first base while trying to complete a double-play. Marc Michaud reached on the error-aided fielders choice. Dartmouth's best scoring opportunity came in the home half of the second when Dartmouth had runners at the corners with one out. Wilson struck out Wood and got Mark Weeks to fly out to left to end the threat. In the sixth, Jenkins led off with a double, moved to third on a wild pitch, and scored on a Marc Michaud sacrifice fly. With runners at first and second and only one out, Miller struck out Mike King on three pitches and induced a ground out to second by Brent MacLellan to stop the damage. In the top of the seventh, Jenkins made his night complete by hitting a two-run shot that also plated Colin Ring who had reached on an infield single, to give the Alpines a commanding 4-0 lead. After getting Dave MacMullin and Joel Irvine to ground-out to second, the Dry seemed to get a couple breaks when Wilson walked Cooper and hit Mark Weeks. That was as far as any late inning rally would go as Ryan Doucette popped out to short to end the game. Saint John, NB 010 001 2 - 4 9 1 Dartmouth, NS 000 000 0 - 0 2 1 Dereck Wilson (1-0) and Colin Ring; Brad Miller (0-2) and Mark Weeks. HR: Matt Jenkins (1)

Thanks to an eight-run sixth inning that led the Dry to 12-6 win over the Yarmouth Gateways, Dartmouth clinched the fourth and final playoff spot. Kentville's 19-1 thrashing of the Truro Maple Leaf Foods Inc. Bearcats gave the Wildcats a lock on first place and a chance for last year's finalists to meet up in the first round of the playoffs. Kentville took the season series 4-2. The other series will pit Halifax, who are in the playoffs for the first time since 1992, against Truro who were edged out by Dartmouth in the first round of last year's playoffs. Home field advantage is still up for grabs with Halifax having a one game lead on Truro with both teams having one game left to play.

Sheldon MacDonald picked up his tenth win of the season Saturday and Jason Adams added a homerun and two singles as Halifax clinched a playoff spot for the first time since 1992 with a 6-2 victory over the Yarmouth Gateways. Kentville also clinched on Saturday with their 19-9 win over Sydney coupled with Halifax's win over Yarmouth. Kevin Daurie spotted with a 9-2 lead after four innings, held on to earn his second win of the season and 51st of his carreer wihile Kevin Miller lead the 24 hit attack with four singles and four RBI. Truro became the third team this weekend to gain a playoff birth courtesy of Halifax defeating Yarmouth 10-3 on Sunday.

Craig Higgins of the Truro Bearcats kept Dartmouth hitters in check in what was the first no-hitter in the Senior League since May May 30th, 1992 when Duane Doucette of the Yarmouth Gateways beat the Northside Ramblers 19-1, as Truro beat Dartmouth 10-1. Jeol Irvine scored the lone Dartmouth run on a ground-out after being hit by a pitch, stealing second, and moving to third on a ground out. Craig Higgins' no-hitter is the sixth in the League. Bill Young in 1977, Hugh Fraser in 1979 and Dave Harris in 1983 had three of the previous no-hitters while pitching for the Kentville Wildcats. Rheal Cormier of the Moncton Mets threw a 13-3 no-no in what Jim Mosher believed to be a playoff game. Dave Harris retired the first 20 batters in order before hitting the 21 batter he faced with two out in the seventh to break up his bid for a perfect game. August 14, 1983 Yarmouth 000 000 0 - 0 0 1 Kentville 010 471 x - 13 18 0 Paul Jacquard (L), Ronnin White (5) George Purdy (5), and Carl Nickerson; Dave Harris (W) and Sandy Van Blarcom. The loss puts Dartmouth into a virtual tie with Sydney just two days before starting a three game set this weekend in Sydney. The win for Truro puts them in third, three games up on both Dartmouth and Sydney. Ironically, despite the no-hitter, Truro still remain the only team in the League not have shut-out an opponent this season. August 2, 2001 Truro 001 040 500 - 10 13 3 Dartmouth 100 000 000 - 1 0 1 Craig Higgins (W) and Jason Hoyt; Luis Roberts (L), Mike Alexander (5), Gus Prowse (8) and Mark Weeks. HRs: Tru: Craig Higgins, Jeff Chisholm.

Kevin Daurie picked up carreer win number 50 while Sackville gave the Wildcats 11 unearned runs as Kentville downed Sackville 17-14 in the highest scoring game in the league this season.