Junior schedule in place

The formation of a brand-new baseball league for 14-and-under teams includes Ely's Junior team, which is set to open play June 9 with a home doubleheader.

Iron Range Baseball formed May 18 and includes 12 teams across the region, split into two divisions. Ely joins Eveleth-Gilbert, Mesabi East, International Falls and two Virginia teams in the IRB East Division, while IRB West includes two Grand Rapids teams, two in Hibbing and Greenway East (Pengilly) and Greenway West (Bovey).

The schedule includes 15 dates and an end-of-the-year tournament, slated for Aug. 1-3 at Hibbing.

Ely's schedule is listed below

2014 Ely Junior Baseball Schedule

Schedule as of 5/29/14 (subject to change)

* Monday/Wednesday games will either be one 7-inning

game, or a doubleheader with two 5-inning games, subject

to agreement of participating teams

Date Opponent                           Time

Monday June 9 Mesabi East (2)     6 p.m.

Wednesday June 11    vs. Eveleth-Gilbert (at Gilbert) 6 p.m.

Monday June 16          at Virginia I              6 p.m.

Wednesday June 18 Hibbing 6 p.m.

Thursday June 19 at Grand Marais (2, tentative)    4 p.m.

Monday June 23 Int. Falls (2/5s) 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday June 25    at Virginia II 6 p.m.

Monday June 30          at Greenway West (Bovey) 6 p.m.

Wednesday July 2 at Mesabi East         6 p.m.

Monday July 7 Eveleth-Gilbert 6 p.m.

Wednesday July 9 Grand Marais 3:30 p.m.

Wednesday July 9 Virginia 7:30 p.m.

Monday July 14 Greenway East (Pengily) 6 p.m.

Wednesday July 16     at Int. Falls (2) 5 p.m.

Monday July 21 Virginia II 6 p.m.

Wednesday July 23     at Grand Rapids Black TBA

Monday July 28     at Mesabi East          6 p.m..

Friday Aug. 1 League Tournament - Hibbing 

Saturday Aug. 2 League Tournament - Hibbing 

Sunday Aug. 3 League Tournament - Hibbing 

Ely VFW Schedule: Home tourney kicks off season

Ely's VFW baseball schedule is all but complete, with the annual Taste of Ely Classic marking the start of the summer season at Veterans Memorial Field.

Post 2717 will host five other teams - including 2013 state tournament entrant Perham - in a two-day event slated for June 7-8.

Ely will play four games over the weekend, and the tournament is one of the highlights of a docket that also includes a trip to the Grand Rapids tournament as well as the July 5-6 Ely Auto Services VFW Showcase.

As part of the Ely Baseball Days celebration, Post 2717 is tentatively slated to host Kenyon on Thursday July 10. Ely also has an automatic bid in the Eighth District Playoffs, which start July 26 in Ely.

The current schedule is below, and still subject to change.

2014 Ely VFW Baseball Schedule

as of May 18, 2014

Date          Opponent                  Time

Saturday June 7 Greenway                12 noon

Saturday June 7 Perham                          7:30 p.m.

Sunday June 8 Grand Rapids Orange         2:15 p.m.

Sunday June 8 Ordean                        4:30 p.m.

Tuesday June 10 Hibbing (2)                 2 p.m.

Saturday June 14 at Grand Rapids Tourney (2)

Sunday June 15 at Grand Rapids Tourney (2)

Tuesday June 17 Virginia (2)               5 p.m.

Wednesday June 18          at Greenway (2)                3 p.m.

Tuesday June 24 at Deer River                 3 p.m.

Tuesday July 1 Greenway (2)                  11 a.m.

Wednesday July 2          at Virginia (2)                  3 p.m.

Saturday July 5 Ely Auto Services Showcase           2:30 p.m.

Saturday July 5 Ely Auto Services Showcase           7:30 p.m.

Sunday July 6 Ely Auto Services Showcase            2:15 p.m.

Sunday July 6 Ely Auto Services Showcase          4:30 p.m.

Monday July 7 at Int. Falls (2)                            4 p.m.

Thursday July 10 Kenyon                            7 p.m.

Wednesday July 16 Deer River                    5 p.m.

Saturday July 19 Subdistrict Tournament - Hibbing

Sunday July 20 Subdistrict Tournament - Hibbing

Saturday July 26 District Tournament - Ely

Sunday July 27 District Tournament - Ely

Monday July 28 District Tournament - Ely

Tuesday July 29 District Tournament - Ely

Thursday Aug. 7 State Tournament - Brainerd

Friday Aug. 8 State Tournament - Brainerd

Saturday Aug. 9 State Tournament -  Brainerd

Sunday Aug. 10 State Tournament- Brainerd

2014 Schedule Released

Ely's 2014 American Legion baseball schedule is set, with the season-opener  tentatively slated for June 10, when Post 248 will take on Hibbing.

The contest at Veterans Memorial Field kicks off a 29-game regular season slate for Ely, including a whopping 18 home contests.

Included on the home docket are Post 248's two annual regular season tournaments - the 27th annual DQ Grill and Chill Classic (June 20-22) and the 13th annual Sir G's Midsummer Classic (July 11-13). Ely will also host the Eighth District Playoffs, which begin July 22 and culminate in the July 27 title game.

Ely's road action this year includes the annual trip south, with five games in a three-day span (June 26-28) at Bird Island, Jordan and Kenyon-Wanamingo.

Post 248 is gunning for its 12th state tournament berth in 17 years, but must replace five graduated seniors from a team that won 24 games last summer and finished as the Eighth District Division II runner-up.

2014 Ely American Legion Baseball Schedule

Date Opponent                Time

Tuesday June 10  Hibbing                  7 p.m.

Wednesday June 11                  at Two Harbors 6 p.m.

Monday June 16 at Esko                    6 p.m.

Wednesday June 18                   at Taconite 7 p.m.

Friday June 20 DQ Classic 8 p.m.

Saturday June 21 DQ Classic 1 p.m.

Saturday June 21 DQ Classic 7:45 p.m.

Sunday June 22 DQ Classic 5 p.m.

Tuesday June 24 at Deer River 6 p.m.

Thursday June 26                   at BOLD (at Bird Island) 6 p.m.

Thursday June 26                    vs. Sacred Heart (at Bird Island) 8 p.m.

Friday June 27                       at Jordan                       5 p.m.

Saturday June 28 at Kenyon (2)                10:30 a.m.

Monday June 30  Brookston 7 p.m.

Tuesday July 1 Moose Lake (2) 5 p.m.

Wednesday July 2                    at Virginia                     7 p.m.

Monday July 7 Cook County (2) 1 p.m.

Tuesday July 8 Taconite 7 p.m.

Friday July 11 Sir G's Classic 8 p.m.

Saturday July 12                  Sir G's Classic- 1 p.m.

Saturday July 12 Sir G's Classic- 7:45 p.m.

Sunday July 13 Sir G's Classic - 5 p.m.

Wednesday July 16 Deer River 7:30 p.m.

Thursday July 17 at Hibbing 7 p.m.

Friday July 18 Virginia                        5 p.m.

Friday July 18 Two Harbors 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday July 22                  District Tournament - Ely

Friday July 25 District Tournament - Ely

Saturday July 26                 District Tournament - Ely

Sunday July 27 District Tournament - Ely

Friday August 1 State Tournament - Luverne

Saturday August 2                 State Tournament - Luverne

Sunday August 3 State Tournament - Luverne