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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 12-5 after six innings but gave up nine runs in the top of the seventh,” said Coach Tom Coombe.

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 A high school team in the field. The remaining teams are Class AA or above,” he said.

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 the 6-1 loss. Andrew Zika pitched six innings and took the loss, giving up all six Cherry runs on se...