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The 2025 California 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 California.

Teams across the state have goals and aspirations to finish their seasons in their respective CIF Section Championship Game, 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 these individual programs across California. We will take you right up to first pitch this season with these team previews, eventually releasing our Preseason Power 25 rankings.

Please keep checking back throughout the season as we will be your one-stop shop for everything related to high school baseball across California. Each week we will be releasing our Power 25, Players of the Week, Diamond Notes, podcasts, and much more.

Our 2025 preseason coverage continues today with a preview of the Bishop O'Dowd Dragons.

2025 TEAM OUTLOOK

High School: Bishop O'Dowd Dragons
Head Coach: Brian Mouton
CIF Section: North Coast Section
Division: Division 3
2024 Record (Playoff Finish): 15- 11 -1 (Lost first round NCS was ranked number one seed)
Key Players Lost: Cole Jones, Nick Haas, Ben Stiles, Justin Iglesias

+ No. Returning Positional Starters: Rashad Hayes, Vander Cole, Demetri Williams
+ No. Returning Pitchers: Duncan Russell, Ryan Schuh, Benjamin Sherman
+ Team Strengths:  Experience a lot of tough losses. Hopefully we respond

ROSTER PREVIEW

+ Key Players:

Seniors:

+ '25 SS Rashad Hayes Stanford Commit

+ '25 RHP Duncan Russell Northwestern Commit

Juniors:

+ '26 OF/RHP Demetri Williams BYU Commit

+ Projected Starters: n/a at this time
+ Projected Relievers: n/a at this time

IMPACT UNDERCLASSMEN

We are Senior Junior heavy for the 2025 roster

BOTTOM LINE

We put together an up and down 2024 campaign that saw us earn the Number 1 overall seed in the North Coast Division 3 playoffs, but we were knocked out in the first round. Hopefully through the experience we gained from the tough losses in 2024 the returning players to the 2025 roster have grown and learned and are ready to take the next step and make a deep run in the playoffs. - Coach Mouton

PREP BASEBALL CA STAFF’S TAKE

Learn more about California’s 2025 spring season below:

+ Follow Bishop O'Dowd on X: @ODowdDragons
+ Find more team previews on the Prep Baseball California Power 25 homepage

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MORE 2025 TEAM PREVIEWS

Upcoming Events

Showcase	State	Date	Location
Orange County Preseason ID	CA	01/02/25	JSerra
San Diego Preseason All State (Invite Only)	CA	01/04/25	Maranatha Christian High School
Central California Preseason All State (Invite Only)	CA	01/05/25	Antelope Valley College
Central California Preseason ID	CA	01/12/25	Ventura College
North Bay Preseason ID	CA	01/25/25	Novato High School
Northern California Preseason All State (Invite Only)	CA	01/26/25	Ohlone College
East Bay Preseason ID	CA	02/01/25	Pittsburg High School

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