Prep Baseball Report

2022 Team Preview: Smithson Valley Rangers


PBR Texas Staff

High School: Smithson Valley

Classification: UIL Class 6A (District 27)

Head Coach: Chad Koehl

Team Strengths: 
Offense- Return the top four in our line up

Team Weaknesses:
Outfield inexperience

Top Returning Players

2022 OF Kasen Wells (Texas A&M Signee)
2022 RHP/OF Tim Arguello (Wichita State Signee)
2023 SS David De Hoyos (Texas Tech Commit)
2023 C Ethan Gonzalez (Texas Tech Commit)

Names to Know (2022 Class)

2022 OF Kasen Wells (Texas A&M Signee)
2022 RHP/OF Tim Arguello (Wichita State Signee)
2022 RHP/OF Greyson Havens (McMurray Commit)

Names to Know (2023 Class)

2023 INF Cooper Burgess


Names to Know (2024 Class)
2024 RHP/1B MJ Espinosa 
2024 RHP/OF Zach Gingrich 

Team Summary
Coach Chad Koehl and his Smithson Valley Rangers look to build off of a 2021 campaign that landed them in the State Tournament. After an impressive display of pitching and defense during their playoff run, they were defeated in the State Semifinals by the  eventual champion Rockwall-Heath Hawks. Coach Koehl returns five starters overall, including the top four in his lineup, and the Rangers will look to replace three of the four outfielders from last year's team  Returning on the mound for Smithson Valley is 2022 RHP/OF Tim Arguello (Wichita State Signee) who was awarded All-State Honors is '21 after finishing with an 11-1 record. The Rangers also get back 2023 LHP Jackson Elizondo, who was a major part of the team's success on the mound in 2021. In the lineup, Coach Koehl returns four year starter and two time All-State Outfielder 2022 Kasen Wells (Texas A&M Signee), First team All-State SS 2023  David De Hoyos (Texas Tech Commit) and 2023 C Ethan Gonzalez (Texas Tech Commit). Also, look for 2023 INF Cooper Burgess, 2024 RHP/1B MJ Espinosa, and 2024 RHP/OF Zach Gingrich to be in the mix in 2022. The Rangers will rely on their returning offense and pitching staff to get them back in the playoffs for another push to the State Tournament.

UPCOMING EVENTS

SHOWCASE STATE DATE LOCATION
Austin Preseason ID TX 01/08 St. Edward's University - Lucien Hamilton Field
San Antonio Preseason ID TX 01/16 Cornerstone Christian - San Antonio
Fort Worth Preseason ID TX 01/17 Weatherford College - Weatherford
Houston Preseason ID TX 01/22 Houston Baptist University - Husky Field
Dallas Preseason ID TX 01/23 John Paul II - Plano


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