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: 4
No. of Returning Pitchers: 4

Top Returners:

• SS/RHP Rowan Foster (2026) - 6'1", 186, S/R
  • Leadoff with lots of speed
• RHP/3B Hudson Halstead (2026) - 6'2", 211, R/R
  • #1 pitcher last season
• 2B/3B Calvin Pryor (2025) - 5'10", 182, R/R
  • Came on late last season
• RHP/1B Jace Hambleton (2026) - 6'2", 177
  • Going to be counted on as RHP

Top Newcomers:

• UTL Talon Cunningham (2027) - 5'10", 169, R/R
• OF Cooper Williams (2026) - 5'10", 172, R/R
• RHP Bryson Maldonado (2026) - 6'1", 215, R/R
• OF Braesyn Williams (2027) - 6'2", 172, L/L

Key Players Lost:

• Ethan Crawford (Tabor)
• Caden Riojas

Coach’s Insight: “The strength of the 2025 team will be our pitching staff and team speed. We return 2 big arms that will anchor the rotation and give us a chance each time they take the mound. The returners are all 3 yr starters. We struggled offensively and in some pressure situations a year ago. To reach our goals, we will need execute offensively.” – Todd Olmstead, head coach

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Find more information on the 2025 Derby program below:

+ Follow them on X: @PanthersBasBall
+ 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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