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‘A real coming together': Re/Max Field and Riverhawks host 3rd annual School Spirit Day
Students hold a sign that reads "Let's go Riverhawks" at the third annual School Spirit Day at Edmonton's Re/Max Field on June 4, 2025. (Galen McDougall / CTV News Edmonton)
Most of Re/Max Field was filled by students for the Edmonton Riverhawks' second game of the season Wednesday morning.
The second match of the Riverhawks' three-game set against the Victoria HarbourCats was the third annual School Spirit Day.
Some 7,000 students and 2,000 regular spectators attended.
'We wanted the kids to have an opportunity to see the game, to cheer on the Riverhawks, and to just really have an authentically Edmonton moment nearing the end of the school year to celebrate all of their hard work,' said St. Bernadette Catholic Elementary School principal Lauren Hawes.
'They're so excited. They have been cheering, they've been loving the mascots.'
Re/Max Field Riverhawks School Spirit Day 2025
Students flock to meet the Edmonton Riverhawks' mascot River at the third annual School Spirit Day at Re/Max Field on June 4, 2025. (Galen McDougall / CTV News Edmonton)
The school brought more than 300 students between Kindergarten and Grade 6, plus 70 adults.
Most of the students had never been to Re/Max Field or a baseball game, which is one of the reasons the club hosts School Spirit Day, according to its fun director, Steve Hogle.
'They get to see what a gorgeous setting it is, how much fun these games are, and they learn in the process. We put on a science show, they learn about dogs through this dog agility show … the mascots are all sorts of fun. So it's a real coming together with the community,' he told CTV News Edmonton.
In their first game, the Riverhawks beat the HarbourCats 13-3.
'We played last night. We played this morning. It's a really tight turnaround, but everybody's going on the energy that these kids bring to the stadium. It's electric and we love it,' Hogle said.
The two teams will play again on Thursday at 7:05 p.m.
With files from CTV News Edmonton's Miriam Valdes-Carletti
