St. James Dental in the middle division and Meurer Farms in the lower division were the overall champions of the Rolla Men’s Softball League for the 2022 season after the season-ending tournament held Tuesday, July 12 at the Ber Juan Park Sportsplex.
In the middle division championship game St. James Dental got past Team Extreme 13-9. In the lower division championship game Meurer Farms clubbed runner-up Pruvit 19-2.
In the final men’s league standings:
Upper Division: Infuze 13-0, GOATS 5-9.
Middle Division: Matt Smith Real Estate 10-5, Spartans 9-7, St. James Dental 8-6, Team Extreme 8-7, Shambles Squad 4-10, All-Out Diesel 3-11.
Lower Division: Meurer Farms 9-0, Pruvit 11-3, Dairy Queen 9-6, Grellner 8-7, Legends Auto 5-9, TOG 5-10, Sloppy Seconds 3-11, Charlies Landscaping 3-11.
Tourney games from July 12:
Championship – St. James Dental 13, Team Extreme 9: Dakota Shockley belted a triple, three singles and scored three runs and David Croak had three hits and scored three runs as St. James Dental took the title game. Ryan Richtor had two homers and a single; Jordan Schafer had a homer, double and single, and Brandon Kelly homered for Team Extreme.
Shambles Squad 11, GOATS 10: Aaron Gideon scored the winning run in the top of the sixth inning as Shambles Squad won. Dalton Friend had a homer and two singles for the winners while Gideon had two doubles and a single and Trent Wise had a double, single and scored twice. Brian Beck had a double, single and scored twice; James Gapsch had two hits and scored twice, and Blake Elliot had a double and single for GOATS.
Team Extreme 18, Shambles Squad 7: Joey Schafer and Dustin Woody each had a homer, double, single and scored three runs; James Schafer had a homer and single, and Robby Mendenhall had a triple, double, two singles and scored four times as Team Extreme won. Dalton Friend had two hits and scored twice and Kody Neagles and Kevin Jones each had two hits and scored a run for Shambles Squad.
St. James Dental 20, Matt Smith Real Estate 16: Paul Blake had four hits and scored four times; Chris Perkins had five hits, and Croak had four hits as St. James Dental won. Dusten Reagan had two homers; Andrew Lott a homer, double and single, and Phillip Lott had three hits and scored three times for Matt Smith Real Estate.
St. James Dental 19, Spartans 18: Ashton Davis drove in Croak with the winning run in the bottom of the sixth inning to lift St. James Dental. Mitch Anthony, Davis and Croak each got four hits and Shockley had three doubles for the winners. Kaden Norris had two doubles, two singles and scored three runs; Ross Raulston had three hits and scored three runs, and Caleb Earney had two doubles for the Spartans.
Championship – Meurer Farms 19, Pruvit 2: Chuck Hitch had a triple, two singles and scored three runs; Trent Satterfield homered, tripled and scored three times, and J Meurer had three hits as Meurer won the title. Alex Wagner homered for Pruvit.
Pruvit 14, Legends Auto 10: Brendan Harris had a homer, double and single and Josh Rogers and Dakota Chapman each had a double, two singles and scored three times as Pruvit won. Aaron Cantrell had a triple, two singles and scored three runs and Tanner Curtis had a homer, single and scored twice for Legend’s Auto.
Legends Auto 14, Sloppy Seconds 9: Leonard Clift had a triple, double, single and scored twice and Austin Pitman and Tanner Curtis each had a double, two singles and scored twice as Legends won. Gus Gremp smacked two homers; Tanner Hance a homer, two doubles and scored twice, and Blake Payne homered and singled for Sloppy Seconds.
Pruvit 7, TOG 0: Forfeit.
Meurer Farms 11, Grellner 6: Josh McBride hit a triple, double, single and scored twice and Alex Evans and Gary Hitch each had three hits as Meurer Farms won. Michael Clardy had a triple and single and Loyde Braidlow a double and single for Grellner.
Dairy Queen 18, Charlies Landscaping 2: Trevor White ripped a triple and two doubles; Mike Chambers had a double, two singles and scored twice, and Mark Miller two doubles and a single as Dairy Queen won. Robert Hughes and Ian Olszewski each had two hits and scored a run for Charles Landscaping.
Meurer Farms 15, Dairy Queen 10: J Meurer had a homer, two singles and scored twice; Chuck Hitch had four hits and scored twice, and Jared McBride and Trent Satterfield each had three hits for Meurer Farms. Chris Cremer and White each had three hits and Clay Adams had two hits and scored twice for Dairy Queen.