The Arkansas high school baseball season kicks off on Mar. 2, opening day for regular season action under AAA regulations. Leading up to opening day, we’ll be publishing our team previews ahead of the 2026 spring season, touching on programs spanning all state classifications, counting down to the official Prep Baseball Arkansas Preseason Power 25 Rankings.

Perennially, we’ve submitted a preseason questionnaire to high school head coaches across the entire state. Their responses have been flooding in and we’re using the detailed insight they’ve provided in our team-by-team preseason analysis.

Our 2026 preseason coverage continues today.

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2026 SEASON OUTLOOK

No. of Returning Position Players: 7
No. of Returning Pitchers: 4

Top Returners:

• Angel Arman (2026) - IF
  • 3 year starter, 2025 5A All State Tournament Team. 
• Dylan Johnson (2026) - OF
  • 3 year starter
• Blake Green (2028) - C
  • 1 year starter
    

Top Newcomers:

• Tyson Lopez (2026) - IF
• Chance McCammon (2028) - OF

Key Players Lost:

• Jesse Sumpter
• Blake Parker - ASU Mountain Home
• Will Evans

Coach’s Insight: “Experience and depth is definitely a strength for us moving into this season. When you look at our roster, we currently have several positions, especially on the infield, where both the starter and whoever is considered the back up at that moment both lettered on varsity last season. It is also worth noting that half of our returning lettermen are not just juniors and seniors, but sophomores as well. Last season, during the last month, our starting lineup would be littered with 2 or 3 seniors, 2 or 3 juniors, and 3 or 4 freshman. It is going to be exciting to see what the lineup can be day in and day out this season given our options in depth. Our biggest question mark as of right now is coming from our pitching staff. Last season, we were very senior heavy with our pitching staff. While we have a couple of guys returning who were able to log some innings for us last year, there is not a lot of experience when it comes to big game, critical moments. That's not to say we aren't confident with our staff at this point, because we feel we can put several guys on the mound who will compete and give our team a good chance to compete. But we are more untested on the varsity level when it comes to our pitching staff. So it will be crucial to get these guys as many innings on the mound as possible in the first 2 weeks of the season before conference play begins” – Matt Davis, head coach

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Find more information on the 2026 Searcy program below:

+ Follow them on X: @BaseballSearcy
+ Visit Prep Baseball Arkansas’ 2026 AAA Team Previews page to learn more.

+ If you are a high school coach and didn’t receive our questionnaire, please click HERE to fill out the form

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