Coach: Nathan Cook
Years as head coach: 4th
Assistant coach: Jerry Albin
Last year’s record: 6-14 overall, 3-4 in Spring River Valley Conference play.
Notable accomplishments from last year: Won Sarcoxie Tournament, finished season with nine players and lost to district- champion Purdy in semifinals.
Returning Starters: 9, C.P. Bycroft, LF/RHP; Zach Alford, CF/RHP; Craig VanLue, C/OF; Keith Reiss, 1B/LHP; Chris Epperson, INF/RHP; Jake Henson, 3B; Dakota Prier, SS/RHP; Nathan Olson, OF; Sawyer Mitchell, OF.
Notables stats of the returning starters: C.P. Bycroft, .407 average, 7HR, 1st Team All-Conference, 1st team All-District and
1st team Neosho Daily News All-Area; Craig VanLue, 1st Team All-District.
Key new players to varsity this year: Sage Atkinson, RHP/INF; Josh Judd, RHR/INF; Cameron Skinner, RHP/INF; Justin Jinks, 1B/DH
Coaches Quote: “We want to be on the winning side of .500 this year...I would like to see everyone succeed on the field and in the classroom this year. We want to compete for both conference and district championships. Some challenges would be having 21 players out. It is probably the best problem a coach could ask for. We are going to have to be patient and see where all the pieces fall into the puzzle and be ready come district tournament time.”
