The Marysburg Royals ran the table this past weekend and captured the 2026 Saskatchewan Men's Provincial Championship which was presented by Paladin Canada. The Royals, members of the Saskatoon Sr Baseball League,  capped off a perfect weekend as they defeated the Regina Dodgers of the Prairie Men's Baseball League by a score of 7 - 6 in the final game at Optimist Park in Regina. 

In round robin play, the Royals opened up against the Unity Cardinals narrowing defeating them by a score of 10 - 9. Offensively for the Marysburg club, they were led by Tom Hooker, Logan Hofmann, Nick Anderson, Curtis Strueby and Cole Bauml who all had two hits a piece in the game. For Unity, they were led by Mason Anderson who had two hits including a home run and Braden Polreis who also had a pair of knocks in this one. Nick Anderson picked up the win on the mound for the Royals while southpaw Rhett Feser took the loss for Unity. 

In their second round robin game, Marysburg picked up a win in another tight one as they defeated the Regina Rockies of the Prairie Men's Baseball League by a score of 4 - 3. It was Cole Bauml who played hero in this one for the Royals as he had a walk off single for the win in the 7th inning. Griffin Keller had a pair of hits in this one as well as Brody Frerichs who collected an RBI with his two hits. For the Rockies, they were led by Josh Clegget who had a pair of hits and collected three RBIs in the loss. Brody Frerichs took the win on the mound while Talon Lazruk took the tough loss. 

Based on their 2 - 0 record, Marysburg took top spot in Pool A and had a date with the defending provincial champions the Carlyle Cardinals in the semi-finals. The Royals didn't leave a doubt in this one as they defeated the Cards by a score of 6 - 0. Cole Bauml and Tom Hooker paced the Marysburg offense each with a pair of hits. For the Cardinals, they were led by Cade Bentson who had two hits in the game. Royals fireballer Logan Hofmann got the win on the mound as he ramps up for his trip to the Canadian in a couople of weeks. Callum Hollinger took the loss for Carlyle.

This set up the championship game between Marysburg and the Regina Dodgers of the Prairie Men's Baseball League. In a very entertaining game, it was the Royals winning this game 7 - 6 take down the championship. Cam Marshak and Logan Hofmann led the offense as they each colelcted three hits on the game. Tom Hooker and Cole Bauml each had a pair of hits with Bauml driving in the game winning run in the bottom of the 5th inning. Tristan Eberle and Jackson Martin each had a pair of hits to pace the Dodgers offense in this game. Nick Anderson picked up his second win of the wekend on the mound with Thomas Lessmeister grabbing the save. Cole Paquin took the loss for Regina who ends their provincial tournament with a 3 - 1 overall. 

Big congratulations to Curtis Strueby and the whole Marysburg Royals organization on their provincial title this season. With the win, they will now attend the 2027 Western Canadian Baseball Championships in Manitoba next season.