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: 4

Top Returners:

• Brayden Fox (2026)
• Cody Jay (2026)
• Caden Unruh (2028)
  

Top Newcomers:

• Hollis Myers
• Murphy Myers
• Rhett Stucky

Key Players Lost:

• Cooper Perkins 
• Nate Barron 
• Oliver Smith 

Coach’s Insight: “Strengths include: Position depth. A lot of guys will be fighting for positions. Defensively we return a big portion of our starting infield from last year. We lost three seniors who ate a lot of quality innings on the mound. We will look to replace 73 innings from our graduated pitchers.” – Evan Gilbert, head coach

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Find more information on the 2026 Newton program below:

+ Follow them on X: @GoRailers
+ 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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