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: 8
No. of Returning Pitchers: 1

Top Returners:

• LHP/1B Merek Davenport (2026) - 6'7", 200, L/L
  • Merek will be the Ace on this years staff. He has some impressive outings as a freshman and sophomore including a win in last years regional final. Also a middle of the lineup bat from first base
• 1B Brock Gibbs (2025; Park) - R/R
  • Brock is a returning all league and all state player. Sound defensively and lead off bat on last seasons team. Will be a 3 year starter
• SS Piercen Eccles (2025) - L/R
  • Piercen started and played SS on last years team. Elite defender who will need to step into an offensive role more this year to succeed. Will also play a pivotal role as a pitcher this season.
• 3B Talon Langford (2025) - R/R
  • Talon has been a 2 year starter with the potential to be one of the states best 3rd baseman. QB in the fall and starter on the basketball team. Injury has kept him from contributing for a full season but has potential and the power to be a middle guy to look for. Will also be leaned on to take innings on the mound
• C Baron Dohrn (2026) - R/R
  • Baron started most of the season at catcher as a sophomore and will look to make the leap from solid defensive guy, to legitimate 2 way player.
• OF Zac Marcoullier (2026) - R/R
  • Zac is an elite defensive outfielder who will also try to round out his game as a 2 way threat this spring
    

Top Newcomers:

• OF Jacob Morenz (2026) - R/R
  • Jacob was a role player last year making spot starts and baserunning. He will move into a starter role this year and expect to contribute right away

Key Players Lost:

• Trevor McGraw (Kansas City Kansas CC)
• Brendan Briley (Kansas City Kansas CC)
• Luke Kessinger
• Duane Filbert
• Alex Crowley
• Ben Plake

Coach’s Insight: “This team has potential to be one of the best defensive teams we've had here. Producing runs and filling major holes on the mound will be the focus early on. Guys that have been position players will have to step up to compete on the mound if we want to compete for league and post season championships. We only return one pitcher with varsity innings last year. Finding a whole new staff will be a challenge. We will be small so finding our identity to score runs will be an issue. ” – Mitch Loomis, head coach

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Find more information on the 2025 Tonganoxie program below:

+ Follow them on X: @coachLoomis
+ 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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