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Top-10 Stories of 2025: No. 6 West Coast Super Soph Games

December 24, 2025
Les Lukach
State Scouting Director

   

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LOS ANGELES, CALIF. - Twenty Twenty-Five saw the western states of the Prep Baseball family run the inaugural West Coast Super Sophomore Games. While the event is a wild success for Prep Baseball states in other regions of the country, the western states did what they do diving head first into putting on a memorable event for the close to 200 players in attendance.  

PK PARK MORNING OF DAY 1

Players from California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, and a few from Canada descended on PK Park, home of the Oregon Ducks baseball program, for a workout day followed by three games over the course of the weekend.

Players were split into teams by position, providing them an opportunity to play with players from other states as every team was a mix of states. All-in-all there were 12 teams of players from the 2028 class all looking to put their names on the map in front of over 20 Prep Baseball staff members.

For California the total was 43 players represented in the event and seemingly every player had a moment that made you take notice. During the workout portion, during the game, during the phyiscal testing, it didn't seem to matter as players were putting up numbers that were beyond what was anticipated. 

Games began late afternoon Friday and finished under the lights at PK Park as our staff was treated to three games between some of the top talent from participating states.

 

UNDER THE LIGHTS AT PK PARK

While many California players looked very good during the wokrout portion of the event, they seemingly all looked good during the gameplay portion of the event. For example, of the 43 players, 41 were position players that hit in the game. They combined for 78 hits over the course of the weekend, with every player registering at least one hit. 

There were some eye-popping performances, hello Tyce Johnson, and there were others that reaffirmed what our intuition told us from previous looks, we see you KJ Henrich. There were performances that for many staffers was the first look that made them want more and more, here’s to you Griffin Arnold. There were some performances that showed a clear and linear projection path both on the field and off, keep grinding Russell Del Castillo. There were other performances that made you dream about the potential, Oliver Dauskurdas, while other performances made you excited for the next viewing, CJ Gamradt. In the end, from a California players perspective, the event was a wild success. 

(2028 SS, Tyce Johnson)

Beyond the hitting there were some equally impressive outings that saw two-way players throw two innings and pitcher only's throwing three. With twenty players topping 85 mph or higher, and another 20 that were 84 mph or higher, there was no shortage of interesting and competitive arms. For California, he aforementioned Gamradt put a nice cap to the first day with an efficienct three inning outing that saw him retire the first five straight, four via the strikeout. SS/RHP Ryan Sheffer also impressed in his outing. Though the velocity may have ticked down at the end of the summer, Sheffer continues to flash two-way potential with his three pitch arsenal and command. 1B/RHP Russell Del Castillo was probably as good as our staff had seen him over several events and a full high school season. The changeup has developed into a realy weapon. Altogether there were several standout pitching performances from the loaded California contingent of players. 

(2028, LHP CJ GAMRADT)

For our staff the 2025 West Coast Super Sophomore Games provided a strong glimpse into players that will eventually be on either Team NorCal or Team SoCal next summer at the 2026 Prep Baseball Future Games. But for players and families alike, the event served as an opportunity to see, tour, and play on what is no doubt a top-of-the-list recruiting destination, while facing top end competition. The event was so well received that the University of Oregon has already agreed to once again host us in 2026, once again in September.

For those of us that were there in 2025, we know it’s going to be tough to top, but we also know that we won’t stop trying. 

 

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