12/26/25 SEC / SouthEastern Conference 2026 Baseball Preview - unofficial

12/26/25 SEC / SouthEastern Conference 2026 Baseball Preview - unofficial - last update: 12/26/25

(next will be the Tri-County Conference - I probably won't go as deep since the SEC is my "local" league; 2025 results will depend on what I can find - many Michigan leagues do not have websites that I am aware of)

Below -

1- MHSAA 2026 Baseball Calendar & enrollment classifications

2 - 2025 SEC Standings / MPR rankings

3 - SEC Red

4 - SEC White

5 - 2025 MHSBCA awards

6 - websites of interest

7 - state champions & runner-up

8 - some of the SEC players rostered after high school (and some pros)

*MPR note: MPR is a ranking system that COULD be used for seeding playoff teams. The biggest issue I see is that not all results are reported to the MHSAA. Whether this is done thru lack of staff or to “stay under the radar” or just “why bother” I do not know. However, if coaches want seeding, then it is necessary to have accurate information. So coaches - you choose!

MPR (Baseball) - https://www.mhsaa.com/sports/baseball/mpr

2026 MHSAA Baseball Calendar -

Practice Begins - March 9

First Contest - March 18

(ACT Test date - April 11)

(SAT Test date - May 2)

(Memorial Day - May 25)

District Finals - May 29 or 30

Regionals - June 3, 6

Quarterfinals - June 6

(SAT Test date - June 6)

Semifinals - McLane Stadium, MSU, East Lansing - June 11-12

(ACT Test date - June 13)

Finals - McLane Stadium, MSU, East Lansing - June 13

Enrollment classifications -

Division 1 - 944 and above (153 schools)

Division 2 - between 437 - 943 (152 schools)

Division 3 - between 233 - 436 (156 schools)

Division 4 - 232 and below (151 schools)

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2025 SEC Standings (2026 Division alignment is different) -

*RED DIVISION - (2025 MHSAA MPR W-L / MPR)

*Ann Arbor Skyline 16-5 - SEC Red Champion (D1 20-13 / 0.558)

*Saline 16-5 - D1 District Champion (D1 24-11 / 0.570)

Dexter 16-5 (D1 24-7 / 0.620)

Bedford 11-9 (D1 19-15 / 0.516)

Ann Arbor Pioneer 10-11 (D1 16-20 / 0.514)

Lincoln 7-13 (D1 7-21 / 0.439)

Ann Arbor Huron 3-17 (D1 10-28 / 0.433)

*Monroe 3-17 - D1 District Champion (D1 10-23 / 0.434)

*WHITE DIVISION - (2025 MHSAA MPR W-L / MPR)

*Chelsea 13-2 - SEC White Champion; D2 Region & D2 District Champion (D2 9-9 / 0.499)

Pinckney 10-5 (D2 21-10 / 0.516)

*Adrian 9-6 - D2 District Champion (D2 19-9 / 0.534)

Tecumseh 7-6 (D2 16-12 / 0.542)

Jackson 3-11 (D1 5-12 / 0.387)

Ypsilanti 0-14 (D1 1-19 / 0.359)

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Red Division -

#Ann Arbor Huron (Division 1 / 1,940)

Baseball Head Coach: Eamon Horwedel (2nd year - Ann Arbor Skyline, Ohio U & U-Michigan)

Address: 2727 Fuller Rd; Ann Arbor; 48105 - Phone: (734) 994-2075

Field: River Rat Field (at school, off of Huron Parkway)

Pressbox - yes

Concessions - sometimes?

Rest Rooms - yes

Athletic website: https://huron.a2schools.org/athletics

#Ann Arbor Pioneer (Division 1 / 1,904)

Baseball Head Coach: Matt Peterson (2nd year)

Address: 601 W Stadium Blvd; Ann Arbor; 48103 - Phone: (734) 994-2151

Field: Mortenson Field (at school, southwest corner of school property)

Pressbox - yes

Concessions - no

Rest Rooms - port-a-johns

Athletic website: https://pioneerathletics.net/

#Ann Arbor Skyline (Division 1 / 1,476)

Baseball Head Coach: Kyle Cornell (3rd year)

Address: 2552 N Maple Rd; Ann Arbor; 48103 - Phone: (734) 994-7075

Field: at school (behind football stadium)

Pressbox - no (announcer table)

Concessions - no

Rest Rooms - yes (at football stadium)

Athletic website: https://skyline.a2schools.org/athletics

#Bedford (Division 1 / 1,372)

Baseball Head Coach: Craig Trychel (29th year - Bedford/76, Adrian College)

Address: 8285 Jackman Rd; Temperance; 48182 - Phone: (734) 850-6100

Field: at school (west side by football stadium)

Pressbox - yes

Concessions - yes!

Rest Rooms - yes

Athletic website: https://bedfordseniorhighschool.bigteams.com/

#Dexter (Division 1 / 1,075)

Baseball Head Coach: Hank Dreffs (2nd year - Dexter/12, Central Michigan)

Address: 2200 N Parker Rd; Dexter; 48130 - Phone: (734) 424-4170

Field: at school (southwest of school building)

Pressbox - no, announcer's table

Concessions - yes

Rest Rooms - yes

Athletic website: https://www.dexterschools.org/departments/athletics

#Monroe (Division 1 / 1,768)

Baseball Head Coach: David Forgach (2nd year - )

Address: 901 Herr Road; Monroe; 48161 - Phone: (734) 265-3444

Field: Red Davis Stadium (stadium seating) at school (past football stadium)

Pressbox - yes

Concessions - yes (by softball)

Rest Rooms - port-a-johns

Athletic website: https://schools.snap.app/monroetrojans

#Saline (Division 1 / 1,612)

Baseball Head Coach: Al Zeiher (8th year - Saline/10, Spring Arbor University)

Address: 1300 Campus Pkwy; Saline; 48176 - Phone: (734) 401-4213

Field: at school (southwest of football stadium)

Pressbox - yes

Concessions - no

Rest Rooms - port-a-johns

Athletic website: https://salinehighschool.bigteams.com/

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White Division -

#Adrian (Division 2 / 800)

Baseball Head Coach: Kyle Johnson (9th year - Adrian/10, Siena Heights University)

Address: 785 Riverside Ave; Adrian; 49221 - Phone: (517) 263-2181

Field - Nelson Field (stadium seating - at Springbrook School, 615 Springbrook Ave)

Pressbox - yes

Concessions - yes

Rest Rooms - yes

Athletic website: https://www.adrianmaples.com/

#Chelsea (Division 2 / 764)

Baseball Head Coach: Adam Taylor (16th year - Chelsea/91 , New Mexico, Eastern Michigan)

Address: 740 N. Freer Rd; Chelsea; 48118 - Phone: (734) 433-2201

Field - Wayne Welton Stadium (stadium seating - Chelsea Athletic Campus, west of Freer)

Pressbox - yes

Concessions - yes

Rest Rooms - yes

Athletic website: https://www.chelseabulldogs.net/

#Jackson (Division 1 / 997)

Baseball Head Coach: Shanear Trice (1st year - Jackson/15, Kellogg CC, Adrian College)

Address: 544 Wildwood; Jackson; 49201 - Phone: (517) 841-3710

Field: Louis Glick Community Baseball Field (behind school)

Pressbox - have not been there recently

Concessions - have not been there recently

Rest Rooms - have not been there recently

Athletic website: https://jacksonvikings.com/

#Lincoln (Division 1 / 1,052)

Baseball Head Coach: - not assigned (12/25/25 - Seth Tucker is coaching at Oakland U.)

Address: 7425 Willis Rd; Ypsilanti; 48197 - (734) 484-7013

Field: at school - west of fieldhouse

Pressbox - yes

Concessions - yes

Rest Rooms - yes

Athletic website: https://splitternation.com/

#Pinckney (Division 2 / 602)

Baseball Head Coach: Bill Cortez (8th year? - )

Address: 10255 Dexter-Pinckney Rd; Pinckney; 48169 - Phone: (810) 225-5525

Field: at school (behind to the east)

Pressbox - no

Concessions - no

Rest Rooms - port-a-johns

Athletic website: https://pinckneyathletics.bigteams.com/

#Tecumseh (Division 2 / 730)

Baseball Head Coach: Tom Bullinger (19 years - Jackson Lumen Christi/91, Michigan State, Spring Arbor)

Address: 760 Brown St; Tecumseh; 49286 - Phone: (517) 423-6008

Field: Stadium seating (at school next to football field)

Pressbox - yes

Concessions - ?

Rest Rooms - port-a-johns

Athletic website:

#Ypsilanti (Division 1 / 982)

Baseball Head Coach: Dillon Williams (?th year - Woodmore, OH/16, Eastern Michigan)

Address: 2095 Packard Rd; Ypsilanti; 48197 - Phone: (734) 221-1008

Field: Moffett Field - east of Shadford Field (football)

Pressbox - no

Concessions - no

Rest Rooms - port-a-johns

Athletic website: https://www.ypsigrizzlies.com/

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2025 MHSBCA Awards -

*MHSBCA Dream Team -

Cole Novara (Dexter/26)

Tyler Bruggeman (Adrian/25 - Longwood University (Big South))

*MHSBCA All-State Division 1 -

Chance Sobbry (Dexter/25 - Georgia Southern (Sun Belt))

Cole Novara (Dexter/26)

Ryder Concannon (Saline/27)

Brad Guenther (Hartland - Saline/09, Wayne State University)

*MHSBCA All-State Division 2 -

Tyler Bruggeman (Adrian/25 - Longwood University (Big South))

Evan McGlothin (Pinckney/25)

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Websites of interest -

SEC / SouhEastern Conference - https://www.secstandings.com/

NFHS / National Federation of State High School Associations - https://www.nfhs.org/

MHSAA / Michigan High School Athletic Association - https://www.mhsaa.com/

NFHS Baseball - https://www.nfhs.org/sports/baseball

NFHS 2026 Baseball Rule Changes - https://www.nfhs.org/sports/baseball/rules

MHSAA Baseball - https://www.mhsaa.com/sports/baseball

MHSAA Baseball MPR (not currently used for seeding) - https://www.mhsaa.com/sports/baseball/mpr

MHSBCA / Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association - Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association

Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association

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State Champions (1971-2025, Current SEC schools) -

Saline - D1, 2017

Ann Arbor Pioneer - D1, 2010

Ann Arbor Pioneer - D1, 2004

Chelsea - B, 1991

Ypsilanti - A, 1986

Runner-up (1971-2025, Current SEC schools) -

Saline - D1, 2016

Bedford - D1, 2011

Saline - D1, 2010

Saline - D1, 2009

Saline - D1, 2008

Ann Arbor Pioneer - D1, 2005

Saline - D1, 1998

Tecumseh - B, 1981

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Current rostered college players (some, not all - as of 12/25/25) -

just what I could find easily -

Ian Balint (Saline) - Albion College

Drew Basso (Dexter) - Trine University

Max Bledsoe (Tecumseh) - Siena Heights University

Devin Brossia (Monroe) - Owens CC

Tyler Bruggeman (Adrian) - Longwood University

Jake Burns (Tecumseh) - Adrian College (2025 roster)

Aidan Carlson (Saline) - Northwood University (2025 roster)

Lucas Dawson (Chelsea) - Spring Arbor University (Jackson College)

Nathan Deleruyelle (Dexter) - U-Michigan Dearborn (Mott CC)

Hunter Easton (Saline) - Hope College

Scoop Harden (Saline) - Adrian College (2025 roster)

Brendan Hammer (Bedford) - Northwood University (2025 roster)

Ethan Hochendoner (Dexter) - Lawrence Tech University

Landry Jobe (AA Skyline) - Lansing CC

Davis Jones (Lincoln) - Henry Ford College

Alex Karsch (AA Pioneer) - Frederick Gunn (CT)

Bryce Lechner (Monroe) - Owens CC

Matt Mareno (Saline) - Wayne State University

Will McCalla (Chelsea) - Alma College

Mason Meads (Chelsea) - Kellogg CC

Noah Miller (Monroe) - University of Michigan

Wyatt Novara (Dexter) - University of Michigan

Sean Parker (Adrian) - Adrian College (2025 roster)

Mil Ramsey (Lincoln) - Siena Heights University

Caleb Raymond (AA Skyline) - University of Michigan

Noah Reeves (Saline) - Hope College

TJ Rolline (Lincoln) - Henry Ford College

Jack Sayler - (Dexter) - Spring Arbor University

Larry Salisbury (Dexter) - Henry Ford College (Alma)

Chance Sobbry (Dexter) - Georgia Southern

Dayton Stamper (AA Skyline) - Siena Heights University

Kriss Sydlowski (Saline) - Eastern Michigan University (University of South Carolina Sumter)

Joey Tessmer (Dexter) - Spring Arbor University

Owen Tuccinardi (AA Skyline) - Wayne State University

Brendan Warwinsky (Saline) - Albion College

Jacob White (AA Huron) - Henry Ford College (Cleary University)

Ty Zapadka (Bedford) - Lourdes University (2025 roster)

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2025 Professional baseball - just what I came across easily

Sam Benschoter (Tecumseh) - Cincinnatti AA

Logan Evans (Saline) - Seattle MLB

Jordan Nwogu (Ann Arbor Pioneer) - Chicago Cubs AA

Joey Wiemer (Bedford) - San Franciso (2025 Miami MLB)

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