2025 KSHSAA Team Preview: Andover Central Jaguars
January 24, 2025
The Kansas high school baseball season kicks off on Mar. 20, opening day for regular season action under KSHSAA regulations. Leading up to opening day, we’ll be publishing our team previews ahead of the 2025 spring season, touching on programs spanning all state classifications, counting down to the official Prep Baseball Kansas Preseason Power 25 Rankings.
Perennially, we’ve submitted a preseason questionnaire to high school head coaches across the entire state. Their responses have been flooding in and we’re using the detailed insight they’ve provided in our team-by-team preseason analysis.
Our 2025 preseason coverage continues today.
Head Coach: Grant Bacon (22 years)
Classification: 5A
2024 Record (Finish): 20-6
2025 SEASON OUTLOOK
No. of Returning Position Players: 8
No. of Returning Pitchers: 10
Top Returners:
- SS/P Jace Jefferson (2025)
- OF/P Maddox Archibald (2025)
- 1st Team All League
- C Landon Preston (2025)
- 1st Team All League
- 2B Brody DeGarmo (2025)
- 2nd Team All League
- 3B Andrew Bolan (2025)
- 2nd Team All League
- OF/P Jace Adler (2025)
- OF/P Cale Frey (2025)
- P Carson Green (2025)
- 3B/C Jaden Guerrero (2025; Garden City CC)
- P Jackson Underwood (2025)
- P Colton Smith (2025)
- OF/P Jet Thompson (2026)
- 1B/P Jonny George (2026)
- P Jack Ralston (2026)
- P Eli Keiter (2026)
- P Killian Kelly (2026)
Key Players Lost:
- P Korbin Hedger
- OF Drew Wilborn
- 1B Cole Shellenberger
Coach’s Insight: “We have a large group of players who contributed to a 20 win 2024 season. This group is very focused on winning league and post season championships. We need to be more competitive 1-9 in our batting order, with quality AB's and a focus on putting pressure on other teams.” – Grant Bacon, head coach
Find more information on the 2025 Andover Central program below:
+ Follow them on X: @ACJagsBaseball
+ Visit Prep Baseball Kansas’ 2025 KSHSAA Team Previews page to learn more.
+ If you are a high school coach and didn’t receive our questionnaire, please click HERE to fill out the form
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