Prep Baseball Report

2025 High School Previews: Pacifica Tritons


Steven Hardesty
Assistant Scouting Director

 

  

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The 2025 California high school baseball season is quickly approaching and, as usual, excitement is abound throughout the state. Players and coaches have been working in preparation for the upcoming season and, as is the case each year, there are some very talented players and teams across California.

Teams across the state have goals and aspirations to finish their seasons in their respective CIF Section Championship Game, but there is plenty of work to be done before that becomes reality. We hope to familiarize our readers with many of the teams across the state as we preview these individual programs across California. We will take you right up to first pitch this season with these team previews, eventually releasing our Preseason Power 25 rankings.

Please keep checking back throughout the season as we will be your one-stop shop for everything related to high school baseball across California. Each week we will be releasing our Power 25, Players of the Week, Diamond Notes, podcasts, and much more.

Our 2025 preseason coverage continues today with a preview of the Pacifica Tritons (Oxnard).


2025 TEAM OUTLOOK

High School: Pacifica Tritons (Oxnard)
Head Coach: Bryan Wilson
CIF Section: Southern Section
Division: 5 (2024)
2024 Record (Playoff Finish): 21-12-1 (CIF-SS D5 semifinals / CIF-Southern Regional D3 Champs)
Key Players Lost: None

+ No. Returning Positional Starters: 16
+ No. Returning Pitchers: 9
+ Team Strengths: Experience at the forefront with our entire starting lineup coming back that has plenty of depth from top to bottom, plus our top arms are all heavily experienced. We can play good defense, we throw strikes and our lineup can hit with some pop and ability to do all the little things.

ROSTER PREVIEW

+ Key Players:

Seniors:

+ '25 1B/LHP Devon Wilkes CSU-Bakersfield Commit

+ '25 RHP/OF Alex Villicana

+ '25 OF Mekaeo Lualemana

+ '25 C/INF Ryan Reyes

+ '25 INF Jordyn Gonzalez

Juniors:

+ '26 OF Riley Ortega

+ '26 C/3B/RHP JJ Carmona

+ '26 OF/INF Sal Lopez

+ Projected Starters: Still to be determined
+ Projected Relievers: Still to be determined

IMPACT UNDERCLASSMEN

+ '27 SS/3B Bobby Ramirez

+ '27 1B/OF/LHP Dario Navarro

+ '27 INF/RHP Byron Cibrian

BOTTOM LINE

We grew up a lot in 2024 with a younger roster that saw plenty of Fr. and Soph. players get significant playing time in key spots throughout the lineup and on the mound we continued to get better throughout the year and hit our stride in the playoffs to make a pair of deep runs and bring home a ring by winning the CIF-South Regional D3 title. 

PREP BASEBALL CA STAFF’S TAKE

Pacifica on paper last year looked like a team that was a year away from really reaching their potential with so many younger players getting significant playing time, but Coach Bryan Wilson did a fantastic job of preparing those players for their opportunities on varsity so they could perform immediately. When I got my first live look at them in March I came away very impressed, but then going back to see them later in Spring the growth into a D5 semifinal team and South Regional D3 championship team was apparent. Now with the likes of ace Alex Villicana, LHH power bat and LH starting pitcher Devon Wilkes, up the middle defenders with hit ability in Bobby Ramirez, Byron Cibrian and Riley Ortega and the continued improvement of players like Reyes, Carmona and Lualemana the Tritons won't sneak up on anybody in 2025, but are well positioned to make another strong run facing every teams best shot. - Steven Hardesty Assistant Scouting Director

Learn more about California’s 2025 spring season below:

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Upcoming Events

Showcase State Date Location
Orange County Preseason ID CA 01/02/25 JSerra
San Diego Preseason All State (Invite Only) CA 01/04/25 Maranatha Christian High School
Central California Preseason All State (Invite Only) CA 01/05/25 Antelope Valley College
Central California Preseason ID CA 01/12/25 Ventura College
North Bay Preseason ID CA 01/25/25 Novato High School
Northern California Preseason All State (Invite Only) CA 01/26/25 Ohlone College
East Bay Preseason ID CA 02/01/25 Pittsburg High School

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