Dinos baseball headed north up the QE2 to take on the Edmonton Collegiate Hawks, in a two game double header on Sunday at Re/Max field as both teams closed out the 2026 CCBC regular season. Both the Dinos and Hawks had already secured their spot in the league championships, so the game results were not as important as the opportunity for Coach Williams to prepare his squad for the upcoming playoffs and for many of the Dinos senior graduating players to see the field for the last time in the regular season.

Game 1 Summary Dinos 1 vs Hawks 13 (seven innings)
With their second bus trip in two days, the Dinos bats struggle as the offense can only tally 8 hits. Fifth year senior Aiden Szautner tallies two hits in the game and knocks in the Dinos first run in the top of the fourth inning as the Dinos take the early lead. Starting pitcher Riley Burns pitches three solid scoreless innings as he give up 2 hits while striking out five Hawks. Burns leaves after three innings as the Dinos look to stretch out some relief pitchers. Reliever Mason Bristow takes over for Burns in the bottom of the fourth and quickly gets two outs, but he then gives up a triple and two straight singles and a stolen base and the Hawks have a 3 - 1 lead. An error in the Dinos outfield allows the inning to continue and Bristow is forced to leave and is unable to close the inning. Bristow leaves being charged with six runs (2 earned) on three hits. Evan Gorr comes in to get the last out of the inning, but he surrenders a one strike bases loaded home run to Caedyn Colford.  The Hawks turn a close game into a 7 - 1 lead and close out the game by scoring three more in the fifth and add three in the seventh to end the shortened game.
Bright spot for the Dinos as first year pitcher Lukas Weitman pitches a clean sixth inning giving up no hits and striking out one.

Game 2 Summary Dinos 5 vs Hawks 3
In their last regular season game of the 2026 season Coach Williams sends fifth year senior Colin Baxter to the mound. Baxter pitches three solid innings as he surrenders one run on three hits with four strikeouts as he leaves the game with a 1 - 1 tie.
Dinos first on the board in the top of the first inning as third year Mason Bristow hits a two out double to plate Evan Ducharme. 
Hawks answer back in the bottom of the first as Baxter surrenders a double and single to lead off the game, a sacrifice scores the Hawks first run, but Baxter settles down and ends the inning. Baxter retires the next six batters and leaves after three complete with a tie score.
Second year pitcher Jake Theal pitches the next two innings for the Dinos as he only gives up one hit while recording three strikeouts. Second year Davis Lee pitches a shutout sixth inning as he gives up one walk and records two strikeouts.
Dinos relievers continue to shine as second year Bill Hosegood pitches a no run seventh inning giving up only one hit in the inning and through seven complete we still have a 1 -1 tie game.
Dinos open the top of the eighth with Evan Ducharme reaching base on a leadoff walk. Two quick outs and Ducharme is still on first with fifth year catcher Jaydon Wielders at the plate. Wielders keeps the inning alive with a single. Two men on and firth year senior Ben Hul at the plate, an error by the Hawks catcher and Dinos have runners at second and third with two outs. Hul is walked to load the bases to bring up senior Aiden Szautner. With two strikes Szautner hits a double to clear the bases and the Dinos score three to go up by a score of 4 - 1.
Hosegood comes out to start the bottom of the eighth and promptly retires the first Hawks batter. A four pitch walk follows and another subsequent walk and the Hawks have two runners on and one out. Hosegood gets his second out of the inning. Hawks Kyo Sakaguchi fouls off four pitches before he singles to drive in one run, Hosegood is removed and third year Drew Schnell comes in to get the final out and close the inning. Schnell surrenders a single and the Hawks score their second run of the inning and now trail by only one. Hosegood is credited with two runs scored on one hit and two walks. Schnell promptly strikes out the next Hawks batter on three straight pitches and the Dinos go to the ninth with a one run lead.
Second year Tyler Armstrong leads off the top of the ninth with a single. Third year Evan Ducharme follows Armstrong to the plate. Armstrong promptly steals second and then third base. Ducharme is walked and the Dinos have two on with no outs. Fourth year Jacob Carlson doubles to plate Armstrong and increasing the Dinos lead to two. The RBI is the 32nd on the year for Carlson. Dinos two men on, no outs and the potential for a big offensive ninth inning. Unfortunately the Dinos are unable to bring across any more runs and we go to the bottom of the ninth with the Dinos leading by two runs.
Schnell comes back out to the mound and promptly gets the first Hawks hitter out on a 6-4 putout. Fly out to left field and the Hawks are now down to their last out. A single for the Hawks, but Schnell gets his third out (P3) and the Dinos are victors in their last 2026 CCBC regular season game.

Offensive hero Aiden Szautner with three RBI in the 8th inning and Drew Schnell pitches 1.1 innings shutout innings as he picks up his second win of the season on three hits and recording one strikeout.

Championship schedule to be released soon.
Go Dinos!