Prep Baseball Report

Become a Member

More +

Missouri High School Baseball Season Set To Kickoff

March 12, 2013

By Ethan Silverman
Missouri Scouting Director 

After a long nine month layoff, the Troy Tournament kicks off the 2013 high school baseball season, starting Friday at 4:00 at locations around St. Charles County. Highlighting the field for the tournament this year is Preseason No. 1 and defending tournament champions Francis Howell, the overall top seed. Howell is led by seniors RHP Calvin Munson, SS Zac Perkins, UTL Elijah Dilday and LHP Austin Southmayd, as well as junior C Nic Perkins. Preseason No. 2 CBC is the No. 2 seed in the tounament, and are led by seniors C Joe Schrimpf, MIF Mike Venturella and RHPs Dan Herrmann and Robert Plohr, junior 3B Jake Burger, as well as sophomore OF Matt Vierling

Other players to keep an eye on in this tournament include: 3B Steven Deckard and C/MIF Cole Donaldson from Francis Howell North, C Jeff Smugala and SS Drew Quinones from Ft. Zumwalt South, INF Ryan Bainbridge, MIF Ian Nelson, and MIF Storme Cooper from Timberland, OF Brandon Gutzler, RHP Brandon Miller, and LHP Mitchell Plassmeyer from DeSmet, OF Austin Verschoore and C/OF Colin Pecararo from Ft. Zumwalt West, OF Colin Edwards from Seckman, C Wyatt Fones, OF Josh Abegg, LHP/1B Austin Bennett, and LHP Stephen Clark from Wentzville Holt, RHP Justin Dirden from Ft. Zumwalt East, OF/LHP Kyle Anders and LHP/OF Brent Ricketts from St. Charles West

For a complete schedule of the Troy Tournament, click here. 

The seedings for the Troy Tournament are:
1. Francis Howell
2. CBC
3. Francis Howell North
4. Ft. Zumwalt South
5. Timberland
6. DeSmet
7. Ft. Zumwalt West
8. Seckman
9. Wentzville Holt
10. Ft. Zumwalt North
11. Ft. Zumwalt East
12. Hillsboro
13. Troy
14. St. Charles West
15. Duchesne
16. Windsor

Check back for more tournament schedules that begin next week.

in other missouri news