05/11/2026
Weekly recap: The Royals finished the week 1-3.
Monday vs Pierz: The Pioneers got two quick runs in the top of the 1st. The Royals answered with a run when Kirk Yourczek reached base and came around to score on an error. The Pierz bats caught fire, and the Royals eventually found themselves down 11-1 heading into the bottom of the 5th. The Royals answered with two runs on a Fielder's Choice off the bat of Ryan Swenson to score Jake Albright, and Reagan Elliott followed with a Sac Fly to score Gannon Petron. Pierz scored four runs in the 6th to make the final 15-3. Keaton Nelson, Gannon Petron and Matt Quinlan each had a hit for the Royals.
Tuesday vs Kimball: On senior day, the Royals edged the Cubs, 3-2.
After an inning and a half of scoreless baseball, the Royals got two in the 2nd. Jake Albright and Gannon Petron walked, Matt Quinlan layed down a sacrifice bunt to advance both runners. Ryan Swenson followed with a line drive single to right to score Albright. Reagan Elliott followed with a Sac Fly to left to score Petron and it was 2-0. The Royals tacked on a run in the 4th when Ryan Swenson hit a Sac Fly to right to score Jake Albright. Keaton Nelson held the Cubs scoreless until the top of the 6th, when they scored two runs on an error to cut it to 3-2. After a quiet bottom half, Keaton Nelson retired the Cubs in order with three straight ground balls to short. Nelson finished with the complete game victory, striking out 5 and walking none! Elliott, Nelson, Sean Schmidtbauer, Jake Albright and Swenson all had a hit for the Royals.
Thursday at the MAC vs BBE:
Game 1: With two outs in the top of the 1st, Keaton Nelson launched a Home Run over the right field wall with two outs to give the Royals a 1-0 lead. The Royals added a run in the 2nd, when Gannon Petron singled home Jaden Albright and it was 2-0. BBE got a run back in the 3rd, and the Royals answered with a run in the 4th on another Petron single to score Sean Schmidtbauer. The Royals took a 3-1 lead into the 7th. As luck would have it, the Jaguars scored three runs to walk-off the Royals, 4-3. Ryan Swenson went 6 innings for the no decision, scattering 7 hits and striking out 4. Gannon Petron paced the Royals at the plate with his two hits and 2RBI, Reagan Elliott, Kirk Yourczek, Sean Schmidtbauer, Keaton Nelson and Jaden Albright added one.
Game 2: The game remained scoreless until the top of the 3rd when the Jaguars scored 4. In the bottom half, the Royals got a run back on a Ryan Swenson single. In the bottom of the 5th, Reagan Elliott walked and Kirk Yourczek followed with a double. Keaton Nelson hit into a Fielder's Choice to score Elliott and Yourczek would later score on a passed ball to make it 4-3. The Jaguars got a run in the top of the 7th to take a 5-3 lead heading into the bottom half. The Royals got the tying run to the plate after Kirk Yourczek led off with a double, but could not generate anything, falling 5-3. Reagan Elliott and Kirk Yourczek each had two hits. Jake Albright, Gannon Petron, Matt Quinlan and Ryan Swenson each had one.
This coming week, we hit the road for visits to Maple Lake on Tuesday, Holdingford on Thursday and Upsala-Swanville on Friday.
Lastly, we want to wish a Happy Mother's Day to our moms! Hopefully your day as been amazing! Go Royals!
