2025 Georgia Preview: Worth County Rams
December 30, 2024
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: Worth County Rams
Head Coach: Will Smith
Classification: GHSA Class 1A
Region: 1-1A Public
2024 Record (Finish): 24-10
No. of Returning Positional Starters: 6
Team Strengths: Team defense and pitching depth.
TOP RETURNING PLAYERS
- 2025 MIF Drake Jones
- 2025 RHP/1B Caden Emerson
- 2025 OF Logan Fox
- 2025 RHP Grant Juster
- 2026 RHP/OF Avery Kilcrease
- 2026 3B Luke Rogers
TOP UNDERCLASSMEN
- 2027 RHP Cully Hendley
- 2027 OF Hayden Short
TEAM OUTLOOK
Graduating six starters from a 24-win team is always going to be difficult, but Coach Will Smith and the Rams will be ready to make a run in a brutal 1-A region this spring. It starts with the pitching, and most importantly RHP Avery Kilcrease. The junior will be SP1 for Worth County this spring offering real pitchability with an advanced pitch mix and ability to generate soft contact. Senior RHP Caden Emerson will anchor the rotation with experience and durability at the 2 and look for sophomore RHP Cully Hendley to compete for that #3 role with plenty of projection remaining in the 6-foot-3 frame. Junior RHP Carson Cervantes looks to fill a “swiss-army knife” role for the Rams with potential in both the rotation and bullpen. 6-foot-5 senior RHP Grant Juster highlights the pen and is just beginning to tap into his potential and could be due for a big year after making some big strides this off-season. Offensively, the Rams are geared to a bat-to-ball approach with multiple high-OBP bats in the top half of the lineup. Senior Drake Jones leads the pack with a quality hit/power combo, and despite coming off labrum surgery, looks ready to be a massive contributor once again. As sophomores, Kilcrease and 3B/DH Luke Rogers respectively hit .320+ while showing excellent K-rates, and could end being the 1-2 in the order this spring with even more to tap into. One underclassman to watch for the Rams will be dual-sport sophomore OF Hayden Short, who will likely find a way into the starting outfield with above-average athleticism that plays up on both sides. Worth County knows how to win and will compete for the regio in 2025 with some excellent series on tap against Jeff Davis, Berrien, Thomasville and more.
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SHOWCASE | DATE | LOCATION |
South Georgia Preseason ID | 1/04 | Lowndes High School - Valdosta, Ga |
Augusta Preseason ID | 1/05 | Augusta Christian School - Augusta, Ga |
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1/11 | Infinite Vision Sports Academy - Flowery Branch, Ga |
LakePoint Preseason ID | 1/12 | LakePoint Sports Complex - Emerson, Ga |
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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 |