SOUDAN- The air carried a chill and the skies were mostly cloudy on Monday, but the North Woods Grizzlies heated up in the latter part of Monday’s game against Northeast Range to claim an 11-6 …
AURORA- With six starters gone from last year’s 7A Sectional tourney runner-up squad, the North Woods baseball team will be looking to plug a few holes this season as they round into form.That …
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
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.
Zach Cheney went 3-for-4 at the plate with a homer and four RBIs as nine Grizzlies batters hammered hits on the day.