The Kansas high school baseball season kicks off on Mar. 19, opening day for regular season action under KSHSAA 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 Kansas 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: 5
No. of Returning Pitchers: 3

Top Returners:

• Dalton Caldwell (2026) - OF, 6'2, 170
  • Dalton is one of our more experienced kids coming back this year. He has a very athletic build that will be one of our main pitchers coming back.
• Kristian Sanchez (2026) - P/1B, 5'11, 205
  • Kristian is one of our top arms from last year coming back to have a great potential senior year. Last year he had 32 IP with 21K's.
• Case Campbell (2027) - C/3B, 6'0, 160
  • Case is a versatile fielder that can plug and play from behind the plate to in the field. Case comes back with 57 AB's from last year and a .280 average with 14RBI's
• Ben Beets (2027) - MIF/P, 6'0, 185
  • Ben is growing into his leadership role on the team. Playing behind an all state short stop limited his playing time in 2025, but is poised to be one of our top arms and bats in our lineup this year.

Key Players Lost:

• Eden Myers - Metropolitan CC
• Xavier Raygoza - Indian Hills CC

Coach’s Insight: “We are excited to bring back what being a Brave looks like. We are going to be a team that is going to get overlooked with potentially having a lot of younger guys on our roster. But we will play together and for one another to bring out the best in us. Looking forward to coming back to the Kansas side after my last stint at Platte County. Looking to add parts from Platte on why we were the 2025 Missouri State Champions and bring that mindset over here to Bonner Springs! We will be young and graduated a handful of leaders from the last years class. We will have a lot of new faces, some that haven't played baseball for a few years. We will have some bumps in the road, but overall ready to compete and get better everyday.” – Jesse Smallwood, head coach

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Find more information on the 2026 Bonner Springs program below:

+ Follow them on X: @BonnerBSBL
+ Visit Prep Baseball Kansas’ 2026 KSHSAA 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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