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: 5
No. of Returning Pitchers: 4

Top Returners:

• 2B Johnny Cano (2025)
  • 6', 175, R/R, BA .286, SB 14
• CF Ian McGuire (2025)
  • 5'9", 180, R/R, BA .273, OBP .478, SB 13
• P/3B Carter Graham (2025)
  • 5'10", 180, R/R, IP 34, ERA 1.73, 4-2
• SS/P Tiger Johnson (2025)
  • 6'1", 180, R/R, IP 29, ERA 2.625, 3-1

Key Players Lost:

• P Nolan Dreher (Fort Hays St.)
• 1B Lex Lummus (Dodge City CC)
• C Dylan Haselhorst
• 2B Jack Weimer
• SS Cooper Sanders

Coach’s Insight: “We bring back a solid and experienced defense with 4 pitchers that got Varsity innings last year. We return several baserunners that can steal bases. [We] lost multiple outfielders and our main catcher from last year. But have [been] replaced with players moving up from the JV. ” – Dustin Dreher, head coach

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Find more information on the 2025 Hays High School program below:

+ Follow them on X: @baseball_HaysHi
+ 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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