2025 AAA Team Preview: Horatio Lions
February 26, 2025
The Arkansas high school baseball season kicks off on Mar. 3, opening day for regular season action under AAA 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 Arkansas 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.
Head Coach: Stephen Sprick (5 years at Horatio, 9 years overall)
Classification: 2A
2025 SEASON OUTLOOK
No. of Returning Position Players: 4
No. of Returning Pitchers: 2
Top Returners:
- P/CF Trey Smith (2025; Arkansas-Rich Mountain) - 6’2, 160, L/L
- P/1B Cason Lyon (2025) - 6’3, 165, L/L
- C Eli Vann (2027) - 6’1, 185, R/R
- OF Leyton Ochoa (2025) - 5’11, 175, R/R
Top Newcomers:
- SS Graham Banhart (2028) - 5’8, 130, R/R
- 2B Maddix Edwards (2028) - 6’1, 140, R/R
- 3B Jake Smith (2028) - 5’10, 140, R/R
- P/OF Daniel Gideon (2028) - 6’4, 170, R/R
Key Players Lost:
- Braeson Scarborough
- Braedon Scarborough
Coach’s Insight: “We have two lefties that should have really good senior years in Smith and Lyon. Our pitching and defense should keep us in games. Having a brand new infield of sophomores and freshman [will be a weakness].” – Stephen Sprick, head coach
Find more information on the 2025 Horatio program below:
+ Visit Prep Baseball Arkansas’ 2025 AAA 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