2025 Georgia Preview: Long County Blue Tide
January 3, 2025
The 2025 high school baseball season is quickly approaching and as usual, excitement abounds 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 Georgia.
Teams across the state have goals and aspirations to finish their seasons in the GHSA or GIAA state playoffs, 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 individual teams across Georgia. We will take you right up to first pitch this season with these team previews and by continuing our scheduled podcasts and releasing our preseason top-10 rankings in each GHSA classification and Power 25.
Please keep checking back throughout the season as we will be your one-stop shop for everything related to high school baseball across the state.
Each week we will be releasing our Players of the Week, updating the top-10 ranks in each GHSA classification, as well updating our Power 25 overall rankings. One thing, especially, you don’t want to miss are our scheduled podcasts with guests from across the state, as well as the recaps and previews of the big games we’re covering.
*Please note the information has been gathered from head coaches across the state, based on their replies to the questionnaire we distributed over this offseason.
High School: Long County Blue Tide
Head Coach: James Hobbs
Classification: GHSA Class 3A
Region: 3-3A
2024 Record (Finish): 14-11, First Round
No. of Returning Positional Starters: 6
TOP RETURNING PLAYERS
- 2025 SS/RHP Nick Sizemore
- 2025 C/RHP Kenny Pickens
- 2025 OF/RHP Creighton Rogers
- 2026 RHP Peyton Batt
- 2026 RHP/MIF Dylan Lester
- 2026 INF Jehmiel Pettis
TOP UNDERCLASSMEN
- 2027 Isaiah Miller
- Braedon Chambless
- Dallen Strickland
TEAM OUTLOOK
We were able to get out to see the Blue Tide in the playoffs in 2024. They will return some key pieces from last season including, senior Nick Sizemore whose season got cut short due to tommy john last season. He will be their everyday short stop along with their top arm and hit in the heart of the line up. Following him will be catcher Kenny Pickens who we got a chance to see last preseason. Pickens is a gamer that will lead the team behind the plate and on the mound. Creighton Rogers will round out their senior group and patrol centerfield. Junior Dylan Lester will be a key contributor on the mound with Sizemore and Pickens. Fellow junior Peyton Batt should also see considerable time and will round out the core of their starting staff. They will need some underclassmen to step up and help the upperclassmen. Those players will include Isaiah Miller, Braedon Chambless and Dallen Strickland. Coach Hobbs should have some experienced players that will help get the underclassmen up to speed and help them get back to the state playoffs in 2025.
Find more information on the 2025 Long County program below:
+ Follow them on X: @LongBaseball1
+ Visit the Prep Baseball Georgia, 2025 HS Team Previews
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Upcoming Events
SHOWCASE | DATE | LOCATION |
South Georgia Preseason ID | 1/04 | Lowndes High School - Valdosta, Ga |
Augusta Preseason ID | 1/05 | Augusta Christian School - Augusta, Ga |
East Georgia Preseason ID |
1/11 | Infinite Vision Sports Academy - Flowery Branch, Ga |
LakePoint Preseason ID | 1/12 | LakePoint Sports Complex - Emerson, Ga |
Preseason All-State: Underclass | 1/18 | Infinite Vision Sports Academy - Flowery Branch, Ga |
Preseason All-State: Upperclass | 1/19 | Infinite Vision Sports Academy - Flowery Branch, Ga |
East Georgia Rising Stars ID (2029 and 2030 grads) | 2/1 | Infinite Vision Sports Academy - Flowery Branch, Ga |
LakePoint Rising Stars ID (2029 and 2020 grads) | 2/17 | LakePoint Sports |