2024 Spring Previews: Blue Springs baseball looks to atone for last year's near miss - The Examiner

2024 Spring Previews: Blue Springs baseball looks to atone for last year's near miss - The Examiner

By Bill Althausbill.althaus@examiner.net The Blue Springs High School baseball team came oh so close to reaching the Class 6 state final four last year but ultimately fell short of its goal. Coach Tim McElligott’s Wildcats upset heavily favored crosstown rival Blue Springs South – the No. 1 team in the state and top seed in the district tournament – 5-3 in the district final last year when Drew McConnell leaped “higher than I’d ever jumped in my…