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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.

Mike Lockhart hit a 2-run double in the top of the 17th inning to put Kentville ahead to stay in the longest Senior League game of the season. Matt Pearl, Luke Smith and Kevin Miller all chipped in with three singles and a double each for the Wildcats while the Gateways had a single, double and triple from Julian Dease and a single and double each from Curtis Falls and Andrew Williams. After blowing the save attempt, Curtis Falls, who came on to pitch in the eighth settled down to shutout Kentville until he gave way to Clyde Landry in the sixteenth. Kevin Daurie, Matt Pearl, and Alex Sabean combined to shutout Yarmouth from the seventh to the seventeenth with Sabean picking up the win. Kentville 010 030 011 000 000 03 - 9 23 1 Yarmouth 120 021 000 000 000 00 - 6 15 2 Joel Fuller, Kevin Daurie (7), Matt Pearl (9), Alex Sabean (W)(14) and Luke Smith; Jevon Titus, Curtis Falls (8), Clyde Landry (16) and Tim Clayton, Russ Grant (17). HR: Kent - Todd Benjamin