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Michigan Diamond Notes: Early Season Roundup

New Boston Huron, Bay City Western and Spring Lake have all three gotten off to impressive starts to the 2026 high school baseball season in Michigan.

Phil Yancey picked up his 200th coaching win in a 4-0 New Boston Huron victory over Detroit Edison on Thursday. Cash Moczydlowsky fanned 10 and allowed just one walk in a one-hit performance for New Boston Huron, the sixth-ranked team in the preseason Prep Baseball Michigan Power 25. Through four games, all wins for the Chiefs, the left-handed hitting Toledo commit is batting .616 with eight hits in 13 official at-bats. Moczydlowsky is also 2-0 on the mound with 18 Ks while giving up only one hit.

Noah Banas is carrying a .455 average for New Boston Huron. Banas is a Saginaw Valley State recruit. 

As for Bay City Western, the seventh-ranked team in the Michigan Power 25 won a pair of six-inning games, 10-0 over Byron Center, the 18th-rated squad in the Power 25, and 11-0 over Brother Rice, the No. 1 team in the state in the preseason rankings.

Jaxon Jenkins went 5-7 with five RBIs and three runs scored across both games while also throwing four innings, striking out five and permitting just two hits in the win over Byron Center. The senior right-hander is a Mott CC commit.

Jimmey Sequin threw 5 scoreless innings in the win over Brother Rice. The third ranked sophomore in Michigan, Sequin stuck out 5 and allowed 2 hits needing just 59 pitches to complete 5 frames.

“We played about as well as possible the first two games, considering we had only two full practices outside the first three weeks,” noted Bay City Western head coach Tim McDonald.

Meanwhile, Spring Lake made fast work of Holland Christian in three five-inning wins, with victories coming 11-0, 10-0 and 19-3.

“We were 30-4 last year and have won 51 of our past 57 games,” pointed out Spring Lake head coach Bill Core, whose squad is the No. 12 team in Division 2 in the preseason Prep Baseball rankings. “We have 11 returning seniors and five committed college players.”

Maddux Kipling got Spring Lake off to a quick start throwing a two-hit shutout in the season opener. The Michigan State commit struck out 13.

But nobody was more impressive for Spring Lake than senior southpaw Oliver Smies, who tossed a five-inning no-hitter with eight strikeouts in one of the wins. A night later, the 41st-rated 2026 outfielder in Michigan, hit two home runs in the same inning, one a three-run bomb by the left-handed hitting senior. Smies is a Calvin University recruit.

TOUGH PITCHING

Quinn Geshel and Ian Hall all proved tough on the mound in knocking off state-ranked teams.

Geshel was the winning pitcher for Rockford during a split with ninth-ranked Division 1 Mattawan. In four innings, the College of Wooster commit fanned six and walked one while giving up one run.

Hall, also came up huge in Divine Child’s 5-1 victory over Notre Dame Prep, the 10th-rated team in the Preseason Power 25. The Ashland signee gave up four hits, one walk and one earned run in five innings with two strikeouts for the eighth-rated Division 2 team in Michigan, which is 3-0 with other wins coming against Linden, 12-2, and Lincoln, 5-1.

There were more standout pitching performances around the state ...

- Jack Manzella of Fraser struck out nine in three innings, allowing one hit and no earned runs against Lake Shore. The fourth-rated 2026 right-handed pitcher in Michigan is a Michigan State signee.

- Sophomore left-hander Tristan Spencer and junior right-hander Amauri Gutierrez combined to throw a 5 inning perfect game for Woodhaven. Spencer, the 4th ranked 2028 in Michigan, struck out 9 of the 12 batters he faced while Gutierrez worked a 1-2-3 5th with a strikeout.

- Josiah Cuellar picked up the win in each of West Ottawa's first 2 games of the spring. The junior right-hander sturck out 15 in 7.2 scoreless innings, allowing one hit.

- Jaylen Johnson threw a 5 inning no-hitter in his first spring start for Churchill. The junior right-hander struck out 11 in the win over Dearborn.

HOT STICKS

Hudson Brzustewicz came out swinging to start the season finishing a triple short of the cycle in the season opener. The Notre Dame recruit hit a 2-out double and scored the game tying run in the bottom of the 7th and added a walk-off home run in the 9th as the Orchard Lake St. Mary's picked up a 2-1 win over Detroit Catholic Central. Brzustewicz went 7-13 at the plate with 3 multiple hit games in a pair of matchups with Brother Rice and CC.

There were many others that came up big with the bat worth mentioning to open the 2026 campaign…

- It was some kind of doubleheader for Brighton senior Ben Holster, who went 6-6 with a grand slam against Canton. Holster is now 7-11 on the season at the plate while driving in nine runs to open the season, scoring seven times with a double, a walk and two stolen bases in addition to the home run.

- Cashton Sedlar also kicked off his spring with a big doubleheader performance as Bedford picked up 2 wins over Jackson. The junior outfielder went 4-5 at the plate, scored 6 runs and finished a triple short of the cycle in game two of the DH.

- Broder Katke, the top junior catcher in the country, went 6-13 across four games to open the spring. The Vanderbilt recruit added a pair of doubles and drove in four as Brother Rice went 3-1 on the week.

- Finn Stubin showed he can do it from both sides of the plate in the opener for Plymouth. The senior outfielder pounded out two doubles, one batting right handed and one from the left side in a 2-0 win over Salem. Stubin ended 2-3 with a walk and RBI.

- Logan Slimko went 3-7 with four RBIs and three runs scored for North Muskegon. The senior right fielder had a double while also stealing a base. The eighth-ranked senior right-handed pitcher in Michigan is a Dartmouth recruit.

- Aaron Vanderwest had four hits and four RBIs while stealing three bases for Kent City. The senior first baseman finished 4-8 in nine plate appearances with a double, two runs and a free pass.

- Paulino Perez drove in five runs and reached base six times in 11 plate appearances for Bay City Central. The junior catcher was 3-8 with a single, double, triple, two walks and a HBP.

- Ryder Richard came up big for Brandywine going 7-8 with a pair of doubles, two runs scored and three RBIs in a 12-2 win over D-4 seventh-ranked Decatur and a 5-2 triumph over D-3 Constantine.

- Zach Graber put up some nice numbers in eight plate appearances for Schoolcraft. The junior outfielder went 4-6 with a triple, walk, HBP and four RBIs, while also producing three runs and three stolen bases.

- Senior left fielder Chase Newcomb was a perfect 4-4 at the dish to start the season for Flint Powers Catholic with a run and RBI in a 10-7 victory over Lake Fenton.

- Fisher Mirkle stole three bases in a 4-6 performance for the week for Holton, scoring twice while hitting a double and driving in a run.

- Kohlton Tyrrell was 3-4 with an RBI for Mason in a 7-5 loss to Division 1 seventh-ranked Saline.

- Parma Western junior Luke Herrington was 3-4 with a double in the season opener, scoring three runs and driving in a pair while also stealing one base.

- Senior shortstop Ryan Holmes was 4-7 for Paw Paw, scoring four times while recording an RBI, walk and stolen base. Holmes is a Glenn Oaks CC commit.

TWO-WAY STANDOUTS

Mason Esterline got off to a strong start to his sophomore season for Farwell. The left-hander struck out 13 and did not permit a hit, walk or earned run in six innings. Estlerine also reached base on five walks and scored six runs, going 2-6 with an RBI on the week.

There were a few others that got the job done on the mound and at the plate…

- Lucas Sinkler was a perfect 7-7 with 10 RBIs and six stolen bases for Lawrence on the week. The junior hit three doubles, scored four runs and reached on a walk. In addition, Sinkler was the winning pitcher in game one against Benton Harbor.

- Reed Binney was 3-3 with a pair of doubles and four RBIs for Rockford. The Calvin recruit also pitched four shutout innings with three Ks in a no-decision against Mattawan.

- Parma Western right-hander Brody Parrott fanned six in three two-hit shutout innings in a win over Napoleon. The junior was also 2-4 with a double and four RBIs.

- Luke Redd scored four runs and pounded out three doubles in going 8-10 at the plate for Holt. The senior also tossed three innings with four strikeouts while giving up no earned runs.

- Nick Kaminski had a pair of hits and 3 RBIs in both games for Romeo this spring highlighted by a 3-run go ahead HR in the 6th in a win over Richmond. The Lansing CC recruit also struck out 11 and allowed a lone hit working 5 innings in a win over Wyandotte Roosevelt.

- Gage Henriksen of Livonia Stevenson went 9-17 at the plate during the first week of the spring. The junior two-way scored 5 runs and stole 9 bases while also picking up a win on the mound with 2.2 scoreless innings against Belleville.

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