2025 Spring Team Preview - Spring Lake Lakers
March 26, 2025
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2025 Spring Team Preview: Spring Lake Lakers
Team Name: Spring Lake Lakers
Head Coach: Bill Core
Division: 2
2024 Record: 32-10
2024 Tourney Finish: State Finals loss to Flint Powers Catholic
Returning Starters/Pitchers: 6/3
Coach Outlook: "We made a nice tournament run last year to the Division 2 State Championship game. Though we only lost three players from that team, this years team will have an unfair target on their backs because of last years success. This is years team is very experienced and talented, but will have to forge their own blueprint for success in 2025."
2025 Team Strengths:
- Experience
- Depth
- Pitching
Top Returning Players:
Jaden Core, 2B, 2025
Gabe Trask, OF, 2025
Alex Batka, INF/OF, 2025
Ryan Grimm, LHP, 2025
Dayton Clark, OF, 2025
Maddux Kipling, RHP, 2026
𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬: 𝙵𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚂𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚞𝚝@MadduxKipling has projectable 6-4 frame w/ 3 pitch mix and showed added velo this fall. Set to headline staff this spring after helping Spring Lake reach the state finals last year
— Prep Baseball Michigan (@PrepBaseballMI) December 12, 2024
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Owen Smies, C, 2026
Oliver Smies, OF/LHP, 2026
Class of 2025 Prospects:
Mason Roll, OF
Colin Nielson, OF
Class of 2026 Prospects:
Ryan Fine, RHP/OF
Alex Strauss, UT/RHP
Max Feltner, 1B/RHP
Rian Bates, 3B/OF