2025 South Dakota High School Team Preview: Watertown
April 1, 2025
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As we prepare for the upcoming 2025 high school season, we will be taking a preseason glimpse at programs from around the state of South Dakota.
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WATERTOWN
Team: Watertown
Mascot: Arrows
X: @post17baseball
Class: A
Head Coach: Ryan Neale
Years as Head Coach at School: 8
*First Season Of High School Baseball Since 2019*
PLAYERS TO WATCH
- Kaden Rylance, RHP/C, 2025 (South Dakota State Commit)
- Johnathan Lake, C/3B, 2027
- Talan Jurgens
- Nash Berg, 2025
- Treyton Himmerich, SS, 2025 (Mount Marty Commit)
- Nathan Briggs, 2025
- Hayden Ries
- Mitch Olson
- Markus Pitkin, OF, 2026
- Max Dylla
ALUMNI IN COLLEGE
- Jerod Cyrus - Southwest Minn. State
- Ben Althoff - Northern State
COACHES THOUGHTS
”I think when you look at are team for 2025 the one thing that is going to standout is our leadership. We return 10 kids from last years team and 9 of them were regular contributors to the team that finished 3rd in the State at Legion. I believe pitching will be the strenght of this team as we return our top 3 SP pitchers from last year and our key relievers all return. We will have some key arms moving up from the Junior Legion level that will look to add depth, on the back end of the rotation. Having a team with this leadership and played in big games in the past should hopefully set us up for a good season.”
- Ryan Neale, Head Coach