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: 7
No. of Returning Pitchers: 2

Top Returners:

• C/3B/1B/P Walker Beets (2025) - 6'1, 200, R/R
• C/3B/P Dodge Browning (2027) - 5'9, 180, R/R

Top Newcomers:

• INF/P Chase Haefele (2028) - 5'11, 150, R/R
• OF/P Caden Peterson (2028) - 5'8, 140, R/R

Key Players Lost:

• Cooper Peterson (Fort Scott CC)
• Kenny Meyer

Coach’s Insight: “We have a very versatile group of ball players who have multiple years of varsity experience under them. We can plug and play a lot of guys in a lot of different spots and not drop off in the field. Pitching will be our biggest question mark coming into the season. We lost our top two arms to graduation last season. Cooper Peterson last year ate just under 50 innings with a 2.2 ERA and 78 strikeouts. That will be a lot to replace and we will have to find the right blend of arms to eat some innings and get some outs. ” – Drew Needham, head coach

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Find more information on the 2025 Osawatomie 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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