The fans lose their minds in the bleachers as Legacy baseball wraps up their season with a win against Benbrook, finishing with a record of 23-8. The team will now head to the playoffs again and look to rewrite the narrative.
“We lost a couple games we should’ve won, but that doesn’t define us,” senior Carson Cox said. “We believe as a team that we can make a deep run this year and we’ll prove it soon.”
The first game of the playoffs will take place on April 29, 2026, facing off against Byron Nelson High School.. The team won the last two games against Benbrook before heading to the playoffs.
“We have all the pieces, we just need to put the puzzle together,” Cox said. “Our pitchers Jake [Jenkins], Corbin [McDaniel] and Cade [Connor] are amazing. They have the ability to steal games when our batting might be a little off.”
Last year, Legacy made a deep run in the playoffs, making it to the third round before falling to Prosper 2-1 in the series. Senior Landon Boyer looks to return this year and prove that it wasn’t a fluke.
“It means a lot more this year than ever before,” Boyer said. “Being a leader on this team is such a blessing. I have a bigger role and more important task than I did last year, and I’m very grateful for that.”
Head Baseball Coach Kyle Mickles believes this year’s team has much stronger bats than the team last year. Beyond that, he believes the compete within the players will be the deciding factor.
“All the guys really like each other and they love the game,” Coach Mickles said. “We have a senior class with very little ego which helps us out a bunch.”
This year the team plays more underclassmen than they have in the past. With sophomores Ethan Weaver and Cade Connor playing many games and helping the team win.
“That’s why we’re 22-8, because we don’t have just a couple seniors that we rely on,” Coach Mickles said. “Having the younger guys step up when we need them is what separates us from past Legacy teams and other teams around.”
Although this may be Cox’s last chance to win a high school state championship, he remains committed to Navarro College, a Junior College program, where he will continue his baseball career.
“These playoffs mean the world to me,” Cox said. “Winning it all this year would be the biggest blessing and I can’t wait to see it happen.”
