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: Jacksboro Tigers
Head Coach: Blake Belcher
UIL Classification: UIL Class 3A (District 7)
Team Strengths: Experience
2023 Record (Playoff Finish): 23-8 (3A Area Finalists)
Key Players Lost: Baylor Laake P, Christian Wiggins 3B

 

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TOP RETURNING PLAYERS

+ OF Kaleem Howard (2024; Trinity Football) - District Defensive Most Valuable Player
+ INF Lando Belcher (2024; uncommitted) - Honorable Mention All-State, District Offensive Most Valuable Player
+ RHP/OF Jackson McComis (2024; uncommitted) - Third Team All-State
+ RHP/INF Kasey Swan (2024; uncommitted) - Second Team All-District
+ C Kyler Swan (2025; uncommitted) - First Team All-District
+ LHP/1B Cannon Valenzuela (2025; uncommitted) - Second Team All-District
+ RHP/CIF Wyatt Gavit (2026) - Second Team All-District

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TOP NEWCOMERS

+ OF Tyler Mitchell (2024; uncommitted)
+ INF Brayden Rockey (2026)

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FRESHMEN TO FOLLOW

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TEAM OUTLOOK

After finishing 2023 as 3A Area Finalists, the Jacksboro Tigers return an experienced group entering 2024. Led by Coach Blake Belcher, the Tigers bring back seven returners who earned All-District or All-State awards a season ago.

Headlining this year’s group will be both the reigning District Defensive Player of the Year in OF Kaleem Howard (2024; Trinity Football) and the reigning District Offensive Player of the Year, who was also Honorable Mention All-State in 2023 in INF Lando Belcher (2024; uncommitted). A pair of two-way players return from the Jacksboro senior class this spring in RHP/OF Jackson McComis (uncommitted) and RHP/INF Kasey Swan (uncommitted). McComis was Third Team All-State last year, with Swan earning Second Team All-District respectively. Joining the senior class in 2024 on varsity is expected to be OF Tyler Mitchell (uncommitted).

In the junior class, the Tigers will welcome back First Team All-District catcher from 2023 in Kyler Swan (uncommitted), as well as LHP/1B Cannon Valenzuela (uncommitted), who was Second Team All-District last year.

On the sophomore side, Jacksboro brings back RHP/CIF Wyatt Gavit, who earned Second Team All-District honors last spring after a stellar freshman season. Projected to join him in the sophomore class on varsity this year will be INF Brayden Rockey.

Although they did not make a deep run last season, with their returning talent and overall experience of the roster look for Jacksboro to make a deeper 3A postseason run in 2024.

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Find more information on the 2024 Jacksboro Tigers program below:

+ Follow Jacksboro on X: @JacksboroAthle1
+ Prep Baseball Texas, Power 30 Homepage

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