The 2024 Texas high school baseball season is quickly approaching and, as usual, excitement is abound 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 Texas.

Teams across the state have goals and aspirations to finish their seasons in Austin at the UIL State Tournament in June, 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 Texas. We will take you right up to first pitch this season with these team previews, eventually releasing our Preseason Power 30 rankings that’ll carry us into the opening week of action.

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 and updating the Power 30 rankings.

Our 2024 preseason coverage continues today.

High School: Cy-Fair Bobcats
Head Coach: Billy J. Hardin
UIL Classification: UIL Class 6A (District 17)
Team Strengths: Speed & Athleticism, Pitching Depth
2023 Record (Playoff Finish): 20-16; District Champions (6A Area Finalists)
Key Players Lost: Dylan Parton LHP, Brayden Vickery RHP, Kyle Chambers OF, Parker Lewis OF, Hector Rivera C, Jake Choate 2B

 

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TOP RETURNING PLAYERS

+ RHP/INF Austin Godwin (2024; uncommitted) - First Team All-District in 2023

*2024 Austin Godwin*

+ RHP/CIF Thomas Carroll (2024; uncommitted) - Honorable Mention All-District in 2023
+ INF Bo Caraway (2025; Baylor)
+ C Donovan Abel (2025; uncommitted) - Honorable Mention All-District in 2023
+ LHP/OF Dylan Rostron (2025; uncommitted)

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TOP NEWCOMERS

+ RHP/INF Isaac Robles (2026; Rice)
+ RHP/OF Jordan Schoenvogel (2026)
+ LHP/INF Wade Sebek (2026)
+ LHP/OF Clayton Crosby (2026)

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FRESHMEN TO FOLLOW

+ OF/RHP Finn Venker (2027)
+ OF/RHP Gage Booher (2027)

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TEAM OUTLOOK

The reigning District 17 Champion Cy-Fair Bobcats, bring back another exciting group in 2024 led by Coach Billy J. Hardin. The Bobcats roster looks for their team athleticism and pitching depth to carry them into the 6A postseason in 2024.

Leading things off for the Bobcats’ returning roster is a trio of All-District players from a year ago in senior RHP/INF Austin Godwin (uncommitted, 1st Team), senior RHP/CIF Thomas Carroll (uncommitted, Honorable Mention), and junior C Donovan Abel (uncommitted, Honorable Mention). Godwin is currently ranked No. 129 and remains one of the top uncommitted seniors left in the state. Additionally, Godwin is a two-time Texas State Games participant where most recently in September, he put up a max exit velocity of 99.9 mph with the bat. Another senior who should play a lot for the Bobcats this spring is INF Josh Kapp (2024; uncommitted).

To go with the aforementioned Abel, the Bobcats’ junior class returns some solid pieces as well. Baylor commit, INF Bo Caraway (2025), is projected to be the team’s opening day shortstop and is currently ranked No. 71 in the state for his class. Right behind Caraway in the rankings at No. 73 is LHP/OF Dylan Rostron (2025; uncommitted). Rostron was spotlighted in November by our staff as one of the top remaining uncommitted players in the state for the 2025 class after his State Games performance that saw him work his fastball up to 85 mph.

There is plenty of talent within the Bobcats’ underclassmen ranks too, that will be expected to contribute in 2024 and beyond. Most notable is sophomore Rice commit, RHP/INF Isaac Robles, and LHP/OF Clayton Crosby (2026). Robles is currently ranked within the top-100 for the Texas 2026 class at No. 80, with Crosby right in front of him at No. 79. This sophomore pair will aim to be building blocks for Coach Hardin’s program for the next three years. Another pair of sophomore two-ways that will be joining the fold in 2024 are RHP/OF Jordan Schoenvogel and LHP/INF Wade Sebek. A freshmen duo for the Bobcats worth monitoring in the future will be OF/RHP Finn Venker and OF/RHP Gage Booher.

Despite losing a lot of production off of a 2023 squad that finished as 6A Area Finalists, the Bobcats remain one of the team’s our staff will be monitoring throughout the spring. When you factor in the athleticism of the roster and the pieces they have on the mound, look for Cy-Fair to be a threat again come 6A playoff time.

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Find more information on the 2024 Cy-Fair Bobcats program below:

+ <<2024 Schedule>>
+ Follow Cy-Fair on X: @CyFairBaseball
+ Prep Baseball Texas, Power 30 Homepage

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