The Illinois high school baseball season kicked off on March 11, opening day for regular season action under IHSA regulations. Since then, we’ve published our team previews ahead of the 2024 spring season, touching on programs spanning all state classifications, counting down through the official Prep Baseball Illinois Preseason Power 25 Rankings.

Perennially, we’ve submitted a preseason questionnaire to high school head coaches across the entire state. Their responses have been flooding in and we’re using the detailed insight they’ve provided in our team-by-team preseason analysis.

Today, we’re taking a look at some of the Teams to Watch in 2024:

High School: Washington Panthers
Head Coach: Kyle Wisher
Classification: 3A
Conference: Mid-Illini
2023 Record (Finish): 23-13 (Lost in first game of Regionals)
Key Players Lost: None, young last season. 

 

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ROSTER PREVIEW

No. of Returning Positional Starters: Six
No. of Returning Pitchers: Five
Team Strengths: Hitting and starting pitching.

Name	Class	Pos	Commitment
Braden Vanderheydt	2024	OF/RHP	Maryville University of St. Louis
Garrett Cox	2024	RHP/3B	Parkland College
Cole Burton	2024	RHP	-
Kaden Griswold	2024	OF/1B	Sauk Valley CC
Tate Hall	2024	INF	Illinois Central College
Micah McCoy	2025	3B	-
Brady Johnson	2024	RHP	-
Zane Skulte	2025	RHP	-
Brody Hangartner	2025	RHP	-
Thomas Diederich	2025	RHP	-
Andrew Strickler	2025	RHP	-
Gavin Lawrence	2025	RHP/SS	-
Tyler Humphrey	2025	C	-
Carter Prina	2025	1B	-
Pierce Martin	2025	RHP/OF	-
Anson Zaiser	2026	C/RHP	-

Find more information on the 2024 Washington program below:

+ Follow them on X: @wacohibaseball
+ Visit the Prep Baseball Illinois Preseason Power 25 homepage

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