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Ely Echo staff report -

Three wins, including one in dramatic fashion, lifted the Vermilion Ironmen into second place in the Northern Division community college baseball standings.

Lukas Adelman's mammoth three-run homer in the bottom of the 12th gave Vermilion an 11-9 win over Hibbing Saturday afternoon at Veterans Memorial Field. The Ironmen lost the second game of Saturday's twinbill, but bounced back Sunday against the Cardinals and picked up 4-2 and 8-4 victories on the road.

The series win gives Vermilion a 4-2 record in division play, good for second place behind Rainy River (7-3). The two teams play a four-game set this weekend, with a May 5 doubleheader at International Falls and two more games the following day in Ely.

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OUT AT THE PLATE - Ely base runner Dylan Kienitz couldn’t get under a tag by the North Woods catcher as umpire DJ Janeksela called Kienitz out on Tuesday afternoon. Photo by Eric Sherman.

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VOLUNTEERING to help remove a foot or more of snow from Ely’s baseball field was Pete Swanson last week. Last Monday 8-12 inches fell in the area. Photo by Cam Weisert. by Tom Coombe -

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The Vermilion Ironmen’s record will show one victory Wednesday at Minnetonka, but all in all it can be argued the community college baseball team won twice that day.
Vermilion and Mesabi split a doubleheader on the artificial turf at Minnetonka’s Veterans Field,but the Ironmen may have picked up a victory just by getting out on to the field.
Vermilion dropped the opener 8-7 but bounced back and won the nightcap 8-3 behind the pitching of freshman Connor Knettel.
The contests were VCC’s first in a month and came after eight games were postponed in the previous two weeks.
Vermilion and Mesabi were set to open Northern Division play this weekend in Ely and Virginia, but the games were moved to Duluth and Superior, and later Iowa, and ultimately scrapped because of poor field conditions and anticipated wintry weather.

(EDITOR’S NOTE: this week the Echo previews Ely’s baseball and boys track teams. Golf, girls track and softball to be featured next week)

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