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: 6
No. of Returning Pitchers: 3

Top Returners:

• OF/P Sam Nordhus (2025)
  • 6'1", 200, R/R, All League OF (2023), P(2024) past 2 years
• DH Reese Gerety (2025)
  • 6'1", 230, L/R, All League DH (2024)
• SS/P Evan Olberding (2025)
  • 5'10", 160, R/R, All League IF (2024)
• C/UTL/P Derek Wurtz (2025)
  • 6'4", 185, R/R
• OF Carter Hajek (2026)
  • 5'10", 210, R/R, All League OF (2024)

Top Newcomers:

• INF/P Caleb Hynek (2027)
  • 5'9", 170, R/R
• P Kamden Schmitz (2026)
  • 6'2", 185, L/R

Key Players Lost:

• C Jonah Deters
• P Reid McKee
• UTL Cooper Kramer

Coach’s Insight: “We have a lot of experience, with a majority of our production coming back from last year. We'll be very good in the field and on the base paths. Pitching will be our biggest question mark. Sam Nordhus will lead us in this category and he is a proven starter. We'll need to surround him and or other starters with consistent strike throwers and competitors. ” – Schuyler Mayberry, head coach

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Find more information on the 2025 Nemaha Central program below:

+ Follow them on X: @CentralNemaha
+ 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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