MS HS Team Preview: Myrtle Hawks
February 14, 2024
The 2024 high school baseball season is quickly approaching and as usual, excitement abounds throughout the state. Players and coaches have been working in preparation for the upcoming season and, as is the case each year, there are some very talented players and teams across Mississippi.
Teams across the state have goals and aspirations to finish their seasons in Pearl, MS at Trustmark Park as they compete for a state championship, but there is plenty of work to be done before that becomes reality. We hope to familiarize our readers with many of the teams across the state as we preview individual teams across Mississippi. We will take you right up to first pitch this season with these team previews and by continuing other pieces of content covering the Magnolia State.
Please keep checking back throughout the season as we will be your one-stop shop for everything related to high school baseball across the state. Each week we will be releasing our players of the week, updating the Top 10 in each MHSAA classification as well as a Power 25.
*Please note the information has been gathered from head coaches across the state, based on their replies to the questionnaire we distributed over this offseason.
High School: Myrtle High School
Head Coach: Brandon Montgomery
Classification: MHSAA 1A
No. of Returning Positional Starters: 8
No. of Returning Pitchers: 5
Team Strengths: Scoring Runs.
TOP RETURNING PLAYERS
- INF/P Braiden Jones
- UTL Noah Ingle
- OF/P Ray Moody
- SS/P Kaleb Thomas
- C/P Eli Crumpton
- INF/P Wes Stanton
TOP UNDERCLASSMEN
- 1B/P Keaton Butler (2026)
- UTL Drew Stanton (2028)
TEAM OUTLOOK
Myrtle returns 8 positional starters and 5 pitchers from a roster that finished 4-15 in 2023 after missing the state playoffs. Head Coach Brandon Montgomery is counting on the Hawks ability to score runs as the biggest key to a successful 2024.
Top players for Myrtle include seniors Braiden Jordan (INF/P) and Noah Ingle (UT), junior Ray Moody (OF/P), sophomores Kaleb Thomas (SS/P) and Eli Crumpton (C/P), along with freshman Wes Stanton (INF/P).
Other Hawks looking to step up will be sophomore Keaton Butler (1B/P) and 8th grader Drew Stanton (UT - former Junior Future Gamer).
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