Mississippi HS Team Preview: Pass Christian Pirates
January 10, 2025
The 2025 Mississippi 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 Mississippi.
Teams across the state have goals and aspirations to finish their seasons at Pearl’s Trustmark Park, in the State Tournament finals at the end of May, 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, eventually releasing our Preseason Power 25 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 25 rankings.
Our 2025 preseason coverage continues today.
High School: Pass Christian
Head Coach: Ricky Smith
MHSAA Classification: MHSAA 4A
District Number: District 8
2024 Record (Playoff Finish): 8-18 (Eliminated Second Round)
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ROSTER PREVIEW
+ No. Returning Positional Starters: 7
+ No. Returning Pitchers: 4
+ Key Returners:
- RHP/INF Brendan Necaise (2025, Pearl River CC)
- OF Skylar Summerville (2025)
- SS/RHP Kayleb Munsch (2026)
- UTL Aiden Mitchell (2025)
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2025s:
- RHP Zachary Henderson (2025)
2026s:
- OF Stephen Tinsley (2026)
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+ Impact Underclassmen:
- INF/RHP Cooper Lyrock (2027)
2025 OUTLOOK
+ Pass Christian returns 7 positional starters and 4 pitchers from a roster that ended 2024 at 8-18 after a 2nd round loss in the 4A state playoffs. Head Coach Ricky Smith will look to overall pitching and defense as key components to a competitive 2025 spring for his Pirates.
Top returners for Pass Christian include seniors Brendan Necaise (RHP/INF, Pearl River CC recruit), Skylar Summerville (OF), and Aiden Mitchell (UT), along with junior Kayleb Munsch (SS/RHP).
Munsch led the offensive attack for the Pirates last season, hitting .345 with 14 runs batted in. Summerville added 14 more RBI’s while hitting at a .323 clip. Necaise will help at the plate as well though he was very valuable on the mound in 2024 going 3-2 with a 2.84 ERA including 76 strikeouts in just 44 innings pitched.
Coach Smith will also look for production out of senior Zachary Henderson (RHP), junior Stephen Tinsley (OF), and sophomore Cooper Lyrock (INF/RHP).
Pass Christian will begin regular season play on February 11th versus Hancock.
Find more information on Pass Christian’s 2025 season below:
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+ Find more 2025 team previews on our MHSAA Season Preview page
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