Senior men’s baseball schedule released

Action in the Niagara District Baseball Association’s senior men’s division is scheduled to get underway on the second weekend in May. All eight teams return to the diamond on opening weekend, with three games taking place on Mother’s Day, Sunday May 14, St. Catharines Cobras at Niagara Falls Junior Falcons, Thorold Fantoms at Merritton Alliance, both at 1 p.m.; and Fort Erie Cannons at Rose City Thorns, in a 7 p.m. first pitch at Welland Stadium. Getting a jump on the field will be the Welland Chiefs and the Niagara Falls Expos. They open the season Friday, May 12, at Oakes Park in Niagara Falls, beginning at 7:30 p.m. The 24-game regular season is scheduled to wrap up Sunday, Aug. 13. Merritton and St. Catharines home games are at George Taylor Field, formerly Community Park. Both Niagara Falls teams play out of Oakes Park, with the Chiefs and Thorns are co-tenants at Welland Stadium. Home games for the Cannons and Fantoms are at Oakes Park in Fort Erie and McMillan Park in Thorold, respectively.