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2016 Team Preview: Fort Scott Tigers

January 8, 2016

Shon Plack
Kansas Scouting Director

As we prepare for the upcoming 2016 high school season, we will be taking a preseason glimpse at programs from around the state.

Team: Fort Scott
Nickname: Tigers
Class: 4A D1
Conference: SEK
Head Coach: Josh Regan
Years as head coach at school: 4
Twitter Handle:  @FSTigerBaseball
2015 Overall Record: 17-5
2015 Conference Record: 9-3 (1st Place)
2015 Post-Season Finish: Lost in first round of state tournament

Number of Returning Starters/Pitchers: 1
Number of Returning Starters/Position Players: 3

Returners with 2015 Post Season Honors
Kaleb De La Torre, SS, 2016, 1st Team All-SEK (Neosho County)
Carter Young, 1B, 2016, 1st Team All-SEK, 1st Team All-State

Players To Watch
Taylor Engstrom, OF, 2017
Grant Goldston, C/3B/RHP, 2017
Kieran Houlihan, C/IF/RHP, 2018
Jarrett Lyon, RHP/3B/OF, 2017
Jordan Phillps, P, 2016
Jeron Poyner, UTL, 2017
Ryan Thomas, P/1B, 2017

Season Outlook
The Tigers lost ten seniors from last year's league championship team that won 17 games.  There will competition for six of the nine starting spots, but Coach Regan is excited about the players he has working to earn those positions.  Junior OF Grant Goldston will emerge as an impact player and team leader after having a successful year last season.  Junior RHP Jarrett Lyon should move into the number two spot in the rotation.  He has a power arm and will also provide power in the line-up.  Seniors Kaleb De La Torre and Carter Young will provide experience and leadership from that previous two league championship seasons.  Young is a left-hand hitting utility player with some juice at the plate. De La Torre, a Neosho County commit, is a 6-foot-1 175-pound left-handed hitting shortstop.  Fort Scott will have leadership mixed with youth to continue its winning ways in 2016. 

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