Third KC-area baseball team wins 2026 Missouri state title. Another could soon
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- Three metro-area high school baseball programs won their first state titles this week.
- Excelsior Springs beat Orchard Farm 2-0 with Landon Marcum allowing one hit.
- Northland Christian shut out St. Elizabeth 10-0 as Josh Wolf pitched a two-hit shutout.
Three Missouri high school baseball teams from the Kansas City area won the first state baseball championships in the history of their respective programs this week — and a fourth could soon join the elite club.
Excelsior Springs hung a 2-0 shutout on Orchard Farm on Wednesday afternoon in Ozark. It was a true pitchers’ duel, as the score suggests: The two teams combined for just three hits.
Landon Marcum got the win, striking out four and allowing just one hit with no walks. Ty Thorp was the losing pitcher for Orchard Farm, striking out six.
Excelsior Springs (29-7) had two hits — both in the opening inning — and made them count. Catcher Spence Gibbs led off the game with a single, second baseman Kaelan Bedford drew a walk and first baseman Brody Querry drove in both teammates with a base hit into centerfield.
Two metro-area teams claimed state titles Tuesday.
In the first finale involving a KC team, Faith Christian Academy edged Portageville 5-4 for the MSHSAA Class 2 title. Shortstop Chase Newton was 2 for 3 and pitcher Jett York got the win for Faith Christian (30-5), whose triumph avenged a loss in last year’s state final.
Northland Christian (32-8) shut out St. Elizabeth 10-0 for the Class 1 crown. Josh Wolf pitched a two-hit shutout, striking out six, and right fielder Harrison Dieker belted a first-inning grand slam. But the effort was well-rounded, as each of Northland’s Nos. 1-6 hitters contributed a hit.
The Class 3 state final, featuring Blair Oaks of Springfield taking on Duchesne, was still to come Thursday. The Class 5 and 6 seminals, too, with Class 5 Platte County playing Willard and Chaminade College Prep taking on St. Dominic, and Class 6 Blue Springs South playing Rockhurst while Vianney confronts Christian Brothers College.
The Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) tournaments, which are taking place at the Ozark Mountain Sports Complex, continue through Saturday.
The baseball tournaments and girls soccer tournaments are the final two MSHSAA-sanctioned events of the 2026 spring seasons for high school sports in the Show Me State.
This story was originally published June 4, 2026 at 3:42 PM.