The Kansas high school baseball season kicks off on Mar. 20, opening day for regular season action under KSHSAA 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 Kansas 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.

 

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2025 SEASON OUTLOOK

No. of Returning Position Players: 5
No. of Returning Pitchers: 3

Top Returners:

• SS/RHP Taylor Andrews (2025) - 6'1", 175, R/R
  • Top returning position player
• 1B/OF/LHP Jordey Pierce (2026) - 6'4", 204, R/L
  • Top returning pitcher
• OF/RHP Brody Conklin (2025) - 6'4", 200, R/R
  • Top returning reliever
• UTL Jake Abrams (2025) - 5'10", 160, R/R
  • 2 year returning starter

Top Newcomers:

• UTL/RHP Josh Abrams (2026) - 6'0", 175, R/R
  • Best athlete on team

Key Players Lost:

• Blake Bucher (Coffeyville CC)
• Mitch Meinen (Southwestern)
• Joe Thomson

Coach’s Insight: “Returning 3 of our top 5 arms will provide experience on the mound. We also return 10 guys that have varsity experience. We will need to continue to improve offensively and defensively.” – Aaron Bucher, head coach

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Find more information on the 2025 Arkansas City program below:

+ Follow them on X: @arkcitybaseball
+ Visit Prep Baseball Kansas’ 2025 KSHSAA 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

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