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2025 Spring Team Preview: Girard Indians

February 7, 2025
Dylan Hefflinger and PBR Ohio Staff
Prep Baseball Ohio Editor in Chief/Advanced Scout

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With 2024 now in the past, Prep Baseball Ohio is eagerly anticipating bringing the Buckeye state the best high school coverage that can be found anywhere in 2025. Starting in February, we began releasing team previews for squads across the state. Ahead, we will have Preseason All-State Teams as well as the Preseason State Rankings coming your way.

To view the full list of 2025 Team Previews that we have already completed, please click here.

If you are a coach and haven't filled out your 2025 Team Preview, click here.

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2025 Spring Team Preview: Girard Indians

Team Name: Girard Indians
Head Coach: Aaron Alejars
Division: IV
2024 Record: 12-13
2024 Tourney Finish: Sectional Semifinals loss to Streetsboro
Returning Starters/Pitchers: 8/5

Coach Outlook: "We return a lot of players with experience and expect to be very competitive in every game we play."

2025 Team Strengths:

  • Leadership
  • Experience
  • Pitching depth
  • Speed

Top Returning Players:

  • Will Hynes, CF, 2025, 5-11/ 180-pounds, R/R. 3-year starter, team captain. .410 AVG, 5 2B, 2 3B, 13 RBIs, 26 R, 17 SB. 1st team NE 8 conference
  • Joe Marsco, OF/2B, 2025, 5-8/ 160-pounds, R/R. 3-year starter, team captain. .404 AVG, 1 2B, 1 3B, 29 R, 23 SB.  1st team NE 8 conference
  • Ja'den Royal, C/P/SS/OF, 2026, 5-10/ 170-pounds, R/R. 2-year starter. .354 AVG 4 2B, 1 3B, 22 RBIs, 19 R, 13 SB.  2nd team NE 8 conference
  • Cam Herrick, P/3B, 2026, 5-11/ 190-pounds, R/R. 2-year starter.  4-1, 1 S, 1.70 ERA, 52 K, 10 BB.  2nd team NE 8 conference 

Class of 2025 Prospects To Keep Eye On:

  • Will Hynes
  • Joe Marsco
  • Dominic Phillips, SS, 6-1/ 170-pounds, R/R. 4-year starter, team captain. .270 AVG, 4 2B, 21 RBIs, 10 R.
  • Dominick Tolone, P/1B, 6-2/ 185-pounds, R/R. 4-year starter, team captain.
  • Zach Ward, C/1B/OF, 6-2/ 175-pounds, R/R. 3-year starter. .275 AVG, 2 2B, 13 RBIs, 19 R.

Class of 2026 Prospects To Keep Eye On:

  • Ja'den Royal
  • Cam Herrick
  • Kaiden Clare, IF/P,  6-1/ 200-pounds, R/R. 1-year starter. .409 AVG, 5 2B, 1 3B, 10 RBIs.
  • Tyler Wilson, P/OF, 6-2/190-pounds, R/R. 1-year starter. .375 AVG.  3-1, 3.36 ERA, 35 K, 20 BB

Class of 2027 Prospects To Keep Eye On:

  • Joey Alejars, OF, 5-10/ 165-pounds, R/R
  • Dylan Latell, 1B, 6-6/ 250-pounds, R/R

Class of 2028 Prospects To Keep Eye On:

  • Pierson Ginocchi, P/IF, 5-9/ 180-pounds, R/R

A Look Back At The 2024 Season:

To view the 2024 Team Previews, click here.

To view the 2024 Ohio Spring HS Report, click here.

To view the OHSAA Baseball Tournament Roundup, click below.

To View the 2024 PBR All-State Teams, click here.

    To view the 2024 Preseason All-State Teams, click here.

    To view the Weekly Team Rankings, click below:

      To view the 2024 Ohio Spring Scout Blog, click here.

      A Look Back At The 2023 Season:

      To view the 2023 Team Previews, click here.

      To view the 2023 Ohio Spring HS Report, click here.

      To view the OHSAA Baseball Tournament Roundup, click below.

      To View the 2023 PBR All-State Teams click below:

        To view the 2023 Preseason All-State Teams, click below:

        To view the Weekly Team Rankings, click below:

          To view the 2023 Ohio Spring Scout Blog, click here.

          A Look Back At The 2022 Season:

          To view the 2022 Team Previews, click here.

          To view the 2022 Ohio Spring HS Report, click here.

          To view the OHSAA Baseball Tournament Roundup, click below.

          To View the 2022 PBR All-State Teams click below:

            To view the 2022 Preseason All-State Teams, click below:

            To view the Weekly Team Rankings, click below:

              To view the 2022 Ohio Spring Scout Blog, click here.

              A Look Back At The 2021 Season:

              To view the 2021 Team Previews, click here.

              To view the 2021 Ohio Spring HS Report, click here.

              To view the OHSAA Baseball Tournament Roundup, click below.

              To View the 2021 PBR All-State Teams click below:

              To view the 2021 Preseason All-State Teams, click below:

              To view the Weekly Team Rankings, click below:

              To view the 2021 Ohio Spring Scout Blog, click below:

                        A Look Back At What Would've Been The 2020 Season:

                        To view each of the parts to the No 'Last Dance' Series, click below:

                        To view the 2020 Team Previews, click here.

                        To view the 2020 Preseason All-State Teams, click here.

                        To view the 2020 Virtual Ohio High School State Tournament/Preseason Team Rankings, click here.

                        A Look Back At The Last Decade:

                        To view the Ohio High School All-Decade Team 2010-2019, click here.

                        A Look Back At The 2019 Season:

                        To view the 2019 Team Previews, click here.

                        To view the OHSAA Baseball Tournament Roundup, click below.

                        To view the 2019 All-State Teams, click below.

                        To view the 2019 Preseason All-State Teams, click below.

                        A Look Back At The 2018 Season:

                        To view the 2018 Team Previews, click here.

                        To view the OHSAA Baseball Tournament Roundup, click below.

                        To view the 2018 All-State Teams, click below.

                        To view the 2018 Preseason All-State Teams, click below.

                        A Look Back At The 2017 Season:

                        To view the 2017 Team Previews, click here.

                        To view the OHSAA Baseball Tournament Roundup, click below.

                        To view the 2017 All-State Teams, click below.

                        To view the 2017 Preseason All-State Teams, click below.

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