The Kansas high school baseball season kicked off on March 17th, opening day for regular season action under KSHSAA regulations. Leading up to opening day, we published our team previews ahead of and during the begging of the 2023 spring season, touching on programs spanning all state classifications, counting down through the official PBR Kansas Preseason Power 20 Rankings.

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• Olathe South remains No. 1 dispite dropping their first game to Olathe North who enters the top 10 for the first time this year. 
• Bishop Carroll makes a jump No. 2 Overall as they continue their winning ways with their only loss coming early in the year in extras to Maize
• Manhattan continues to rise though they have not played nearly the strength of schedule as others in the power 20, the continue to win their games in convincing fashion, posting a Run/Runs against 15/3.3.
• Desoto 6 game win streak 
• Clay Center moves up to 12 as the continue to completely dominate every fascist of the game and have yet to really be challenged, scoring 15 runs per game and allowing less than 2. 
• New to the list this week are Kapaun Mt. Carmel after taking two from a talented Wichita NW group. 
• St. George-Rock Creek enters the top 20 for the first time as they remain undefeated at 12-0.

 

Week 6

Rank	Team	Class	Record	Previous Rank
1	Olathe South	6A	12-1	1
2	Bishop Carroll	5A	11-1	7
3	Blue Valley West	6A	12-3	2
4	St. Thomas Aquinas	5A	13-2	3
5	Desoto	5A	14-1	14
6	Topeka Seaman	5A	11-2	4
7	Manhattan	6A	11-0	9
8	Life Prep Academy	IND	17-5	5
9	Free State	6A	11-3	8
10	Olathe North	6A	9-5	12
11	Blue Valley NW	6A	7-5	11
12	Blue Valley SW	5A	9-4	10
13	Clay Center	4A	16-0	15
14	Wichita -Kapaun Mt. Carmel	5A	10-2	Unranked
15	Olathe East	6A	9-6	13
16	Wichita Northwest	6A	9-4	6
17	Derby	6A	10-5	19
18	Goddard Eisenhower	5A	10-2	18
19	Blue Valley	6A	7-7	16
20	St. George-Rock Creek	4A	12-0	On Deck
	On Deck
	Team	Class	Record	Previous Rank
	Rose Hill	4A	11-3	On Deck
	Olathe West	6A	7-6	20
	Wichita Trinity Academy	3A	14-0	Unranked
	Topeka	6A	10-4	Unranked