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Keith Vandervort ELY – With a perfect 4-0 record, Roseau won the 20th annual American Legion Sir G’s Midsummer Classic baseball tournament here last weekend. They beat Virginia 3-2 for the title in Sunday’s championship game. Ely went 2-2 in the ten-team field that also included teams from Wadena, St. Paul Highland Park, Hermantown, Cloquet, Taconite, Proctor, and International Falls, In Ely’s opening game Friday night, St. Paul Highland Park gave the home team a 14-12 loss. “We led ...

Keith Vandervort ELY – The American Legion Sir G’s Midsummer Classic baseball tournament kicks off Friday at Veterans Memorial Field. This is the 20th year for one of the premier small-town baseball events in the state. Ten teams will compete over three days with games played all day here and at Soudan. The field is the third largest in the history of the tournament, according to Ely Head Coach Tom Coombe. The first Sir G’s Classic held in 2002 included six teams. “Ely is the only Class...

AURORA- When the North Woods baseball team took the field for a June 3 Section 7A tournament game against Carlton at Mesabi East, the Grizzlies knew that any loss from that point on would end their …

FIELD TWP- The North Woods baseball team picked up a home win against Carlton last Friday, just after a near upset of state-ranked South Ridge the day before was short-circuited by an unlikely …

David Colburn FIELD TWP- Double-headers were double-trouble for the North Woods baseball team this past week as the Grizzlies lost both games of a home match-up against Cherry and dropped two on the road at Pequot Lakes. The North Woods offense had a tough go of it in the opener against Cherry last Thursday, as Tigers pitcher Beau Barry mowed down 14 Grizzlies batters on strikeouts. Chris Chaulklin drove home Zach Cheney with a single in the bottom of the sixth for the Grizzlies’ only run in ...

David Colburn ELY- While the North Woods baseball team could claim to be the more experienced team going into Friday’s road game against Ely, it wasn’t by much. It was the Timberwolves’ first game of the season, and while the Grizzlies had a two-week head start on them, they only had one game to show for it, thanks to bad weather. But North Woods took command immediately with a four-run spree in the first inning and rode a devastating 10-run fourth-inning blitz to an easy 19-3 victory. Za...