2025 Spring Team Preview: Marengo Highland Fighting Scots

March 5, 2025
Dylan Hefflinger
Prep Baseball Ohio Editor in Chief/Advanced Scout

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2025 Spring Team Preview: Marengo Highland Fighting Scots

Team Name: Marengo Highland Fighting Scots
Head Coach: Donovan Kline
Division: IV
2024 Record: 27-4
2024 Tourney Finish: Regional Semifinals loss to Coldwater
Returning Starters/Pitchers: 6/3

Coach Outlook: "The Scots' success will be determined by how quickly the young guys can learn their roles within the program and how effective young, inexperienced throwers can adjust to Varsity baseball. Offensively, the Scots will need to find a number of ways to maximize outs and flip the lineup over consistently enough to spark the offense. We believe that with strong team unity and playing the brand of baseball we desire, the 2025 campaign can be another competitive spring for the Scots."

2025 Team Strengths:

Leadership
Baseball IQ
Defensive versatility

Top Returning Players:

***Kort Sears, SR, INF/RHP, R/R, three year letterman; 1st Team MOAC, 1st Team Central District...Expected to be one of our front end throwers and hit in the top of our lineup. Last Year Stats - .426 AVG, 43 H, 10 2B, 3 3B, 27 RBI, 39 R, 12 SB. 58 IP, 7-2, 1.69 ERA, 70 K, 31 BB
**Zach Church, JR, C/RHP, R/R, two year letterman; 1st Team MOAC, 2nd Team Central District...#4 catcher / #54 overall ranked player in '26 class/PBR Ohio. Expected to be one of our front end throwers and hit in the top of our lineup. Last Year Stats - .344 AVG, 31 H, 7 2B, 27 RBI, 33 R, 35 BB/HBP. 49.2 IP, 8-1, 1.13 ERA, 72 K, 22 BB
**Jayden Collins, JR, INF/RHP, R/R, two year letterman; 2nd Team MOAC, 1st Team Central District...#5 3B / #93 overall ranked player in '26 class/PBR Ohio. Expected to one of our front end throwers and hit in the top of our lineup. Last Year Stats - .362 AVG, 38 H, 16 2B, 26 RBI, 41 R. 30.2 IP, 4-1, 2.51 ERA, 35 K, 12 BB
**Gavin Wiggand, SR, C/UTL, R/R, two year letterman; Honorable Mention MOAC...will split time behind the dish with Z Church and play other positions on field due to his defensive versatility. Last Year Stats - .300 AVG, 27 H, 5 2B, 1 HR, 18 RBI
*Jacob Garber, SR, INF, R/R, returning letterman...expected to compete for playing time in the infield.
*Rhett Russell, JR, OF, R/R, returning letterman...expected to expand in his role and leadership in the OF.

Class of 2025 Prospects To Keep Eye On: