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.

 

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2025 SEASON OUTLOOK

No. of Returning Position Players: 9
No. of Returning Pitchers: 8

Top Returners:

• P/INF Braun Frye (2025) - 6'1", 180 lbs
  • Former 1st team all-league pitcher sophomore year
• OF/P Hayden Buttrey (2025) - 5'9", 160 lbs
  • All-league 1st team OF last season
• C/INF AJ Peterson (2025) - 5'9", 230 lbs
  • All-league honorable mention catcher last season
• P/INF Maxton Villalobos (2026) - 5'10", 170 lbs
  • All-league 2nd team infielder last season
    

Top Newcomers:

• P/C Reid Buttrey (2027) - 5'10", 175 lbs
  • Throws 80mph +

Key Players Lost:

• Chase Buchman

Coach’s Insight: “We have a lot of in-game experience with every varsity level kid playing summer ball as well as multiple school sports. We should arguably have the best pitching staff Council Grove has seen in years. The boys need to work on mental toughness if they want to see success in the post-season. Football season proved that they have turned a corner this school year. ” – Matt Wilkens, head coach

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Find more information on the 2025 Council Grove program below:

+ 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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