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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 Red Bluff Spartans.

2025 TEAM OUTLOOK

High School: Red Bluff Spartans
Head Coach: Ryland Sanders
CIF Section: Northern Section
Division: 2 (Northern Section) 3 (State)
2024 Record (Playoff Finish): 22-11 CIF-NS D2 Championship Game
Key Players Lost: Carson Ledbetter and Manny Ruiz

+ No. Returning Positional Starters: 13
+ No. Returning Pitchers: 8
+ Team Strengths: Quality starting pitching (projected starters combined for a 16-4 record in 2024). 

ROSTER PREVIEW

+ Key Players:

Seniors:

+ '25 1B Lucas Owens

+ '25 RHP Aaron Ovalle Garcia

Juniors:

+ '26 RHP/1B Cooper Sides LSU Commit

+ '26 C Oscar Torres

+ Projected Starters: Cooper Sides, Aaron Ovalle Garcia, Bryce Owens
+ Projected Relievers: Jace Ledbetter, Ryan Ross, Lucas Owens

IMPACT UNDERCLASSMEN

+ '27 Jaret Bridwell

BOTTOM LINE

Our pitching staff will undoubtedly be the strength of this years squad with Cooper Sides highlighting it, but we also bring back 16 of our 22 wins from 2024 and anticipate another big year from them. The fortunes of this years team will be determined more by what we do on the offensive side of the game and if we can swing the bats to our potential another late run in the Northern Section playoffs could be in the cards for us. - Coach Sanders

PREP BASEBALL CA STAFF’S TAKE

With the amount of talente returning to the Red Bluff roster that took them to a Runner Up finish in 2024 it's hard to not like them to not only win their league, but make another deep run in the playoffs. All conversations about Red Bluff start with LSU Commit '26 RHP/1B Cooper Sides who is amongst not only the best players in the state, but nationally for his class, but then add in Ovalle and Owens their staff is talented and they boast depth behind the trio of starters. The Spartans will be a fun team to follow throughout the 2025 campaign as they look to avenge their loss to Chico in the 2024 finals. - Hank LoForte NorCal Scouting Director

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Upcoming Events

Showcase	State	Date	Location
Central California Preseason ID	CA	01/12/25	Ventura College
North Bay Preseason ID	CA	01/25/25	Novato High School
Inland Empire Preseason ID	CA	01/26/25	Ganesha High School
East Bay Preseason ID	CA	02/01/25	Pittsburg High School
Sacramento Preseason ID	CA	02/09/25	McBean Park
Orange County Rising Stars ID	CA	03/02/25	Mater Dei High School
Inland Empire Rising Stars ID	CA	03/30/25	Corona High School
Los Angeles Rising Stars ID	CA	04/27/25	O'Malley Field

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