2025 High School Previews: Red Bluff Spartans
January 7, 2025
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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 Red Bluff Spartans.
2025 TEAM OUTLOOK
High School: Red Bluff Spartans
Head Coach: Ryland Sanders
CIF Section: Northern Section
Division: 2 (Northern Section) 3 (State)
2024 Record (Playoff Finish): 22-11 CIF-NS D2 Championship Game
Key Players Lost: Carson Ledbetter and Manny Ruiz
+ No. Returning Positional Starters: 13
+ No. Returning Pitchers: 8
+ Team Strengths: Quality starting pitching (projected starters combined for a 16-4 record in 2024).
ROSTER PREVIEW
+ Key Players:
Seniors:
+ '25 1B Lucas Owens
+ '25 RHP Aaron Ovalle Garcia
Juniors:
+ '26 RHP/1B Cooper Sides LSU Commit
+ '26 C Oscar Torres
+ Projected Starters: Cooper Sides, Aaron Ovalle Garcia, Bryce Owens
+ Projected Relievers: Jace Ledbetter, Ryan Ross, Lucas Owens
IMPACT UNDERCLASSMEN
+ '27 Jaret Bridwell
BOTTOM LINE
Our pitching staff will undoubtedly be the strength of this years squad with Cooper Sides highlighting it, but we also bring back 16 of our 22 wins from 2024 and anticipate another big year from them. The fortunes of this years team will be determined more by what we do on the offensive side of the game and if we can swing the bats to our potential another late run in the Northern Section playoffs could be in the cards for us. - Coach Sanders
PREP BASEBALL CA STAFF’S TAKE
With the amount of talente returning to the Red Bluff roster that took them to a Runner Up finish in 2024 it's hard to not like them to not only win their league, but make another deep run in the playoffs. All conversations about Red Bluff start with LSU Commit '26 RHP/1B Cooper Sides who is amongst not only the best players in the state, but nationally for his class, but then add in Ovalle and Owens their staff is talented and they boast depth behind the trio of starters. The Spartans will be a fun team to follow throughout the 2025 campaign as they look to avenge their loss to Chico in the 2024 finals. - Hank LoForte NorCal Scouting Director
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Upcoming Events
Showcase | State | Date | Location |
Central California Preseason ID | CA | 01/12/25 | Ventura College |
North Bay Preseason ID | CA | 01/25/25 | Novato High School |
Inland Empire Preseason ID | CA | 01/26/25 | Ganesha High School |
East Bay Preseason ID | CA | 02/01/25 | Pittsburg High School |
Sacramento Preseason ID | CA | 02/09/25 | McBean Park |
Orange County Rising Stars ID | CA | 03/02/25 | Mater Dei High School |
Inland Empire Rising Stars ID | CA | 03/30/25 | Corona High School |
Los Angeles Rising Stars ID | CA | 04/27/25 | O'Malley Field |
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- CA Uncommitted Spotlight: '25 RHP Luke Kaiser 2/05/25
- CA Inland Empire Preseason ID: Positional Data Dive 2/05/25
- CA Inland Empire Preseason ID: Pitcher Data Dive 2/05/25
- CA Hardy's Hits: AC Select West 2025 2/04/25
- CA Uncommitted Spotlight: '26 3B/RHP Wyatt Mohler 2/04/25
- CA Inland Empire Preseason ID: Statistical Analysis 2/04/25
- CA 2025 High School Previews: Ayala Bulldogs 2/03/25
- CA Uncommitted Spotlight: '25 RHP Nicky Rodriguez 2/03/25
- CA 2025 High School Previews: Buena Bulldogs 2/03/25