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: 4
No. of Returning Pitchers: 4

Top Returners:

• Kanin Brown (2026) - SS/P, R/R
  • Fort Scott CC signee 
  • Returning All-State player, 3 year starter, great hitter and defensive middle infielder.
• Dexter Williams (2026) - 1B/P, L/L
  • Returning starter at 1B and DH. Excellent defensive 1B and will get the chance to be one of our starting pitchers.
• Nathan Mintz (2026) - OF, R/R
  • Returning starter at DH. Outstanding pop and will have the opportunity to start for us in the OF this year.
• Kaden Cannon (2026) - INF/P, R/R
  • Returning starter at P and OF. One of our best arms last year and very versatile in the field.

Top Newcomers:

• Creed Clayton - OF/1B, L/L
  • Outstanding young player with exceptional leadership qualities.
• Creek Rogers - C/INF
  • Extremely toolsy young player who can play multiple positions
• Shai Kennedy - UTL/DH, R/R
  • Very good hitter. Barrels the baseball consistently and we will need him to be productive at the plate.
• Gavin Miles - INF, R/R
  • Very good infielder who has paid his dues and now will get the chance to be a varsity starter.
• Paxsten Leisure - INF, R/R
  • Talented young infielder. Smooth with an excellent glove and great potential as a hitter.
• Jake Findley - INF, R/R
  • Solid infielder and a smart ballplayer who will get the opportunity to play at the varsity level.
• Nathan DeLoera - RHP, R/R
  • Very good pitcher with natural run and effortless snap out of the hand.
• Cooper Cannon - C, R/R
  • Tough, hard-nosed ballplayer and a great teammate.

Key Players Lost:

• Dub Chipman - Fort Scott CC
• Lennox Vann - Kansas City Kansas CC
• Colton Rogers 
• Brady Messer
• Chayden Clayton
• Ty Marbury
• Brody Gomez

Coach’s Insight: “We will have 4 very good arms who are good enough to be dominant and at the very least give us an opportunity to win every game. Behind those arms we will play good defense and it will be hard to score runs on us. My only concern is depth. We have good young players who are untested, and we will need them to come into their own this year throughout the course of the season. Another question mark is offensive production. We will need to play team offensive baseball, get on base and move runners, and score runners with productive outs and clutch hits. The heart of our order will need to produce and we have to learn to be 9 tough outs all through our lineup.” – Josh Regan, head coach

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Find more information on the 2026 Fort Scott program below:

+ Follow them on X: @FSTigerBaseball
+ 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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