Mississippi HS Team Preview: Northeast Jones Tigers
January 14, 2025
The 2025 Mississippi high school baseball season is quickly approaching and, as usual, excitement is abound throughout the state. Players and coaches have been working in preparation for the upcoming season and, as is the case each year, there are some very talented players and teams across Mississippi.
Teams across the state have goals and aspirations to finish their seasons at Pearl’s Trustmark Park, in the State Tournament finals at the end of May, but there is plenty of work to be done before that becomes reality. We hope to familiarize our readers with many of the teams across the state as we preview individual teams across Mississippi. We will take you right up to first pitch this season with these team previews, eventually releasing our Preseason Power 25 rankings that’ll carry us into the opening week of action.
Please keep checking back throughout the season as we will be your one-stop shop for everything related to high school baseball across the state. Each week we will be releasing our Players of the Week and updating the Power 25 rankings.
Our 2025 preseason coverage continues today.
High School: Northeast Jones High School
Head Coach: Hunter McKeivier
MHSAA Classification: MHSAA 4A
District Number: District 5
2024 Record (Playoff Finish): 21-6 (Eliminated First Round)
ROSTER PREVIEW
+ No. Returning Positional Starters: 7
+ No. Returning Pitchers: 5
+ Key Returners:
- Kaden Padgett (2025, East Central CC)
- Ryne Herrington (2025)
- Cruz Sullins (2025)
- Jax Sullins (2026)
- Asher McBride (2026)
- Carter Wiginton (2027)
TOP NEWCOMERS
+ Impact Underclassmen:
- Jasper Herrington (2027)
- Logen Aultman (2027)
- Cooper Cooley (2027)
- Devon Wilkins (2028)
- Bryson Dyess (2028)
- Maddox Russell (2028)
2025 OUTLOOK
+ Northeast Jones returns 7 positional starters and 5 pitchers from last year’s team that ended the season at 21-6 after a 1st round loss in the 4A state playoffs. Head Coach Hunter McKeivier is confident with the overall experience, along with the return of his top 4 hitters and top 2 go to arms, this spring could prove to be very exciting for his Tigers.
Top returners for Northeast Jones include seniors Kaden Padgett (INF, East Central CC signee), Ryne Herrington (2B), and Cruz Sullins (3B), juniors Jax Sullins (C) and Asher McBride (1B), along with sophomore Carter Wiginton (UT).
Padgett is back after a solid junior season that saw the East Central CC recruit lead the Tigers with a .488 average while driving in 41 runs and connecting on 14 doubles. He will get help in the meat of the lineup from Cruz Sullins (.296, 2 HR, 32 RBI) , Wiginton (.381, 25 RBI) and Jax Sullins (.346,16 RBI). Herrington (7-3, 2.30 ERA, 81 K’s) and McBride (7-1, 0.92 ERA, 36 K’s) will look to repeat very solid 2024 seasons on the mound.
Other Tigers looking to make their mark will be sophomores Jasper Herrington (UT), Logen Aultman and Cooper Cooley (C), along with freshmen Devon Wilkins, Bryson Dyess, and Maddox Russell.
Northeast Jones will begin regular season play on February 10th versus Seminary.
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