2022 Archived Articles
Subscribe to our Newsletter2022 ROYALS RECORD: 32-8 (9-3 Section 1B; 12-4 CCVL)
2022 Class B State Tournament Bracket
Royals honored at Twins game as
Class B State Champions
VIDEO: STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WINNER
Matt Meyer wins Fred Roufs MVP award and Mike Davidson Most Outstanding Pitcher award.
Drew Block, Bo McClintock, Tate Meiners, Matt Meyer, and Logan Milene named to Class B All-Tournament team.
Rochester Royals vs. Champlin Park LoGators (Class B State Championship Game in Dundas)
Royals vs. Miesville (State Tournament in Miesville)
ROYALS BEAT MIESVILLE 4-2, WILL PLAY FOR STATE TITLE SUNDAY EVENING IN DUNDAS
Drew Block 2-4, 2B, 3 RBI
Nick Pearson 1-3, RBI
Logan Milene 1-3, 2 R, BB
WP Matteo Finocchi CG, 5 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
Royals vs Champlin Park (State Tournament in Miesville)
Royals top Champlin 3-0 behind Meyer CG, SO
Mike Michalak 2-4, R, BB
Bo McClintock 1-3, solo HR, BB
Dan Lyons 1-3, R, BB
WP Matt Meyer CG, 6 H, 0 BB, 7 K
Royals vs. Coon Rapids (State Tournament in Miesville )
Royals beat Coon Rapids 6-2
Tate Meiners 2-4, 2 R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, BB
Drew Block 2-4, HR, 2 RBI
Logan Milene 2-5, R, 2B, RBI
WP Matt Meyer CG, 6 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 15 K
Royals vs. Hamel (State tournament in Miesville)
Royals shutout Hamel 4-0, advance to play Coon Rapids
Bo McClintock 3-4, 2 R, 2B, HR, 3 RBI
Tate Meiners 2-4, 2 R, BB
Nick Pearson 2-4, 2B
WP Matt Meyer CG, 5 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 9 K
Royals at Red Wing (State Tournament Tune-up Game)
Royals win 10-0 in Red Wing (8 innings)
Logan Milene 3-5, R, HR, 3B, 5 RBI
Tate Meiners 1-4, R, 2 RBI, BB
WP Alex Rudquist 5 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 4 K
Royals at Elko (Section playoff game 2)
Royals punch ticket to state with 7-0 win over Elko
Nick Pearson 4-4, R, 2B, RBI
Drew Block 2-3, R, 2B, RBI, BB
Logan Milene 2-5, R, 2B, RBI
WP Matteo Finocchi CG, H, 0 ER, BB, 10 K
Royals vs. Elko (Section playoff Game 1)
Royals take game 1 14-0 in 7 innings vs. Elko
Dan Lyons 2-2, 4 R, RBI, 2 BB
Tate Meiners 1-2, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2 BB
Logan Milene 2-5, R, 2B, 2 RBI
WP Matt Meyer 6 IP, 0 ER, H, BB, 9 K
Royals at Minnetonka
Royals lose regular season finale 8-4 in Minnetonka
Logan Milene 2-5, R, HR, RBI
Alex Holets 2-4, RBI
LP Palmer Mickelson
Royal vs Hampton (CCVL and Section 1B Game)
Royals beat Hampton 11-1 in 8 innings
Nick Pearson 2-5, R, 2 RBI
Tate Meiners 3-5, 3 R, 3 RBI
Joe Sperry 1-1 HR, BB
WP Matteo Finocchi
Royals vs. Miesville (CCVL and Section 1B game)
Royals and Mudhens combine for 30 hits, Miesville grabs 12-9 victory
Sam Warren 3-5, 3 R
Nick Pearson 3-3, R, RBI
Jake Halverson 2-3, R
LP Matt Meyer
Royals vs Champlin LoGators
Royals beat Champlin 12-6 behind 17 hits
Tate Meiners 4-5, 3 R, RBI
Logan Milene 3-5, 2 R, 3 RBI
Joe Sperry 2-5, 3 RBI
WP Drew Lingen 4 IP, ER, H, 3 BB, 4 K
Royals at New Market (Section 1B game)
Royals win 12-8 in New Market
Sam Warren 2-4, 3 R, 2 HR, 4 RBI
Drew Block 1-5, HR, 4 RBI, BB
Logan Milene 2-3, 3 R, 3 BB
WP Matt Meyer 6 IP 5 H, 2 ER, BB, 9 K
Royals vs Holmen
Royals fall to Holmen 8-7 in 13 innings
Tate Meiners 2-7, R, HR, 3 RBI
Mike Michalak 4-6, 2 R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, BB
Joe Sperry 5-7, R, 2 2B, RBI
LP Drew Lingen 4 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 4 BB, 8 K
Royal vs Elko (Section 1B game)
Michalak ends game early with 2-run HR in 8th
Royals 10 Elko 0
Tate Meiners 2-4, 2 R, HR, 3 RBI
Mike Michalak 2-4, 2 R, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, BB
Drew Block 3-4, 2 R, 2 RBI
WP Matteo Finocchi CG SO, 3 H, 0 BB, 5 K
Royals at Roadrunners
Royals shutout Roadrunners 13-0
Tate Meiners 3-5, 3 R, 2B
Bo McClintock 2-4, HR, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2 BB
Nolan Jurgenson 3-4, 2 R, BB
WP Joe Sperry 5 IP, H, 8 K
Royals at Austin Greyhounds (Marcusen Park)
Royals pound out 14 hits but lose 9-5 in Austin
Nick Pearson 3-5, 2 2B, R
Drew Block 2-4, 2 RBI, BB
Nolan Jurgenson 3-4
LP Palmer Mickelson 5 2/3 Inn, 7 ER, 3 BB, 3 K
Royals at Miesville (CCVL and Section 1B game)
Royals give up late runs, lose to Miesville 6-5
Mike Michalak 2-5, 2B, 2 RBI
Tate Meiners 2-4, HR, RBI, BB
Nolan Jurgenson 1-3, R, 2B, 2 RBI
LP Matt Meyer 7 IP, 9 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 12 K
Royals at Northfield (CCVL and Section 1B game)
Royals win 13-2 in 8 innings
Tate Meiners 2-5, 3 R
Logan Milene 2-3, 3 R, 2 BB
Matt Cano 1-4, 4 RBI
WP Matteo Finocchi CG, 10 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 11 K
Royals at Stewartville
Royals beat Sharks 7-4
Logan Milene 2-4, HR, 2 RBI, 3R
Tate Meiners 1-4, HR, RBI
Jake Halverson 2-5, 3 RBI
WP Joe Sperry
Royals vs New Market (Section 1B Game)
Royals shut out New Market 6-0
Logan Milene 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI
Nick Pearson 2-3, 2 R
WP Matt Meyer 6 IP, 3 H, BB, 12 K
Royals at Dundas (CCVL and Section 1B game)
Royals drop game in Dundas 10-5
Mike Michalak 2-4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R, BB
Nick Pearson 1-4, HR
Joe Sperry 1-4, HR
LP Brevin Goetz
Royals vs Northfield (CCVL and Section 1B game)
Royals beat Northfield 7-1
Tate Meiners 5-5, HR, 3R, 2RBI
Bo McClintock 2-4, 2 2B, R
WP Matt Meyer 6 IP, 3 H, R, 11 K
Royals at River Falls Fighting Fish
Royals travel to River Falls, beat Fighting Fish 8-2
Logan Milene 3-5, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R
Mike Michalak 2-4, 2 R
Sam Warren 2-4, RBI
WP Matteo Finocchi 7.1 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 8 K
Royals at Hampton (CCVL and Section 1B game)
Royals beat Hampton 6-4 behind CG by Meyer
Logan Milene 2-4, HR, 2B, 2 R
Tate Meiners 2-4, 2B, R
Sam Warren 2-4, RBI
WP Matt Meyer CG, 9H, 4ER, 3BB, 14K
Royals at Lake City (CCVL game)
Royals win 9-1 in Lake City
Tate Meiners 3-5 2 R, 2B, RBI
Nick Pearson 3-4, BB, 2B, 2 RBI
WP T Mickelson 6 IP, 5H, ER, BB, 4K
Royals vs Dundas (CCVL and Section 1B game)
Finocchi strong on the mound as Royals beat Dundas 2-1
Nick Pearson 2-3, RBI
Logan Milene 1-4, RBI
WP Matteo Finocchi 8 IP, 5 H, 1 R, BB, 4 K
Royals at Cannon Falls (CCVL game)
Goetz pitches Royals to 6-0 win in Cannon Falls
Logan Milene 2-5, 2 2B
Alex Holets 1-3, RBI
Bo McClintock 1-5, 2 RBI
WP Brevin Goetz 7 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 7 K
Royals vs La Crescent
Royals cruise to 9-2 victory over La Crescent
Mike Michalak 3-5, HR, 3 RBI
Alex Holets 2-4, 2 R, RBI
WP T. Mickelson 6 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 10 K
Royals at Hastings (CCVL game)
Royals pound out 22 hits, beat Hastings 20-5
Drew Block 5-5 4 RBI, 3 R, BB, 2B
Sam Warren 4-6 4 R
Hayden Brown 4-6 4 RBI, 2 R
WP Adam Marshall
Royals at Elko (Section 1B game)
Royals win in Elko 6-3
Mike Michalak 1-3, 2 RBI, R, BB
Sam Warren 1-5, 2 RBI, 2B
Drew Block 1-2, RBI, 3 BB
WP Matt Meyer 4 IP, 4 H, 0 ER
Royals vs Stewartville
Royals lose 14-13 vs Stewartville
Mike Michalak 2-3, 2 RBI, 3 R, 2 BB
Tate Meiners 2-5, 3 RBI, 2 R, BB
Bo McClintock 1-5, 4 RBI, 2B
LP Alex Rudquist
Royals vs Red Wing (CCVL game)
Royals walk-off Red Wing 3-2 in 10 innings
Drew Block 1-3 2 RBI, 2 BB
Sam Warren 1-3 RBI, BB
Alex Rudquist 5 IP 3H BB 6K
WP Hayden Brown
Royals vs Lake City (CCVL game)
Royals win 3-1 over Lake City
Sam Warren 2-4 HR, 2R
Alex Rudquist 2-4 RBI
Matteo Finocchi 7 IP, 6 H, BB, 5 K
WP Drew Lingen
Royals vs Austin Greyhounds
Royals beat Austin 8-3 in 7-inning weather-shortened game
Pearson 3-4, 3 RBI
Goetz W 3 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 6 K
Royals at Red Wing (CCVL game)
Royals score 5 in the 9th inning to beat Red Wing 10-7
Royals vs Minneapolis
Royals 8 Minneapolis Angels 1
Sam Warren 3-4 2B 2R 2 RBI
Nick Pearson 2-3 1R 1RBI
Adam Marshall 1-4 Grand Slam
WP Alex Rudquist
Rochester vs. Hastings (CCVL game)
Royals only needed 7 innings Sunday afternoon, beating Hasting 11-1
Matt Cano 3-4 3RBI
Adam Marshall 2-4 HR, 2R, RBI
Nick Pearson 2-4 HR, RBI
Alex Holets 2-4 3R
WP Matteo Finocchi
Royals vs. Cannon Falls (CCVL game)
Hayden Brown Homers to right center in the second inning Friday night at Mayo Field
Royals lose to Cannon Falls, 4-1
Hayden Brown 1-3 HR, RBI
Drew Block 1-3
LP Erik Thorvilson
Royals vs Roadrunners
Royals win 12-0 over the Roadrunners in 7 innings
Alex Holets 3-3 2RBI, 2R
Matt Meyer 3-4 2RBI, 2R
Jake Halverson 3-4 2R
WP Matteo Finocchi
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