The Missouri high school baseball season kicks off on Mar. 19, opening day for regular season action under MSHSAA 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 Missouri 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: 7

Top Returners:

• Nolan Ash (2028) - SS/RHP, 6'2 175, R/R
  • All-Conference, All-District, 2nd Team Class 4 All-State in 2025.
• Jackson Woodward (2026) - C/RHP, 6'1 190, R/R
  • William Woods University commit
  • All-Conference, All-District.
• Brody Troth (2027) - 1B/C/RHP, R/R
  • All-Conference, All-District.
• Zach DeHaas (2027) - OF/RHP, 6'1 180, R/R
  • All-Conference. 6.2 60 runner.
• Zac Henson (2026) - OF/RHP, 6'1 165, R/R
• Kellen Schaller (2028) - 2B/RHP, 6'1 155, R/R
• Jayce Troth (2026) - OF, 5'10 175, R/R
• Ryder Salter (2027) - UTL, 5'7 150, R/R
• Owen Ditzfeld (2026) - 1B/RHP, 6'0 175, R/R
  
• Rowan Bonnot (2028) - RHP/INF, 6'2, 175, R/R

Top Newcomers:

• Maddox Kennedy (2029) - UTL, 5'9 165, R/R

Key Players Lost:

• Brayden Beckmann - State Fair CC
• Logan Easley - Moberly Area CC
• Parker Salter
• Jace Wren

Coach’s Insight: “We are younger group, but return quite a bit. This year we will be returning 43% of our pitching wins, nearly 100 innings pitched, 58% of our at-bats, 60% of our RBI and 72% of our runs. We'll need to replace some pitching, but feel like we have a great core of young guys to fill those spots we lost.” – Brian Ash, head coach

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Find more information on the 2026 Southern Boone program below:

+ Follow them on X: @sobocobaseball
+ Visit Prep Baseball Missouri’s 2026 MSHSAA 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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