The Kansas high school baseball season kicks off on Mar. 19, opening day for regular season action under KSHSAA regulations. Leading up to opening day, we’ll be publishing our team previews ahead of the 2026 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 2026 preseason coverage continues today.

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2026 SEASON OUTLOOK

No. of Returning Position Players: 7
No. of Returning Pitchers: 4

Top Returners:

• Maxton Villalobos (2026) - SS/P, 5'11 175 lbs
  • 2025 Stats: .418 AVG, 38 H, 1 HR, 27 RBI, 49 R; 2.75 ERA, 5-0, 20 K
• Reid Buttrey (2027) - C/P, 5'11 185 lbs
  • 2025 Stats: .397 AVG, 31 H, 2 HR, 27 RBI, 24 R; 1.41 ERA, 6-0, 69 K
• Grady Kepley (2027) - 3B/P, 5'11 180 lbs
  • 2025 Stats: .338 AVG, 25 H, 28 R; 2-0, 17 K
• Joshua Senne (2028) - C/2B/P, 5'8 155 lbs
  • 2025 Stats: .314, 16 H, 17 RBI, 21 R
• Bradley Doornbos (2027) - OF, 5'8 140 lbs
  • 2025 Stats: .302 AVG, 16 H, 15 RBI, 15 R
    

Coach’s Insight: “CG returns two all-state players and multiple all-league players. Our outfield will be very fast and our pitching will be above average. [Our weakness is we] lost six seniors off of last year's team.” – Matt Wilkens, head coach

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Find more information on the 2026 Council Grove program below:

+ Visit Prep Baseball Kansas’ 2026 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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