Karter Goskie
Contributing Writer
Varsity baseball will welcome new head coach Jacob Clark for the 2026 season. Clark is in his third year of teaching math at WGHS and was previously assistant coach for Varsity baseball.
Clark is also teaching the AMPED program, an algebra program for freshmen who want to learn math and entrepreneurship skills.
Before coaching and teaching at Webster, Clark was the coach for Staley High School in Kansas City’s freshman baseball program before he coached at Webster. He has also coached the Recruits baseball club for the past seven years, a youth baseball club based in Saint Louis, hosting children from ages eight to eighteen.
“I just hope our guys can continue to get better as the year goes on. We play an unbelievable schedule where we’re going to be challenged, you know, every time out, and it’s what can we do to be as good as we can be at the end of the year? So we’re ready for Districts,” Clark said.
At press time, Webster Groves is 6-13, coming off a 0-11 loss to 5-11 Northwest. It will face Jackson next on the 30th, at Legion Field, Jackson’s home field. Jackson will participate in the Semo Conference Tournament after facing Webster.
“I think team-wise, one of the challenges we face this season is coming together and bouncing off each other’s energy,” Freshman centerfielder Declan Hazelton said.
Webster’s biggest losses were against Lindbergh and SLUH. Both games resulted in 0-15 losses.
Last year, Webster was 10-26, losing to John Burroughs in the second round of districts. The year before that, Webster was 21-14, making it out of Districts, into sectionals, before losing to Willard.
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