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Prep Baseball KC Summer Review Series Week 1: Super 16

August 29, 2025
LJ Hatch
Director of Scouting- Prep Baseball Tournaments KC

About a month ago, the Prep Baseball KC 2025 summer season officially came to a close. From packed tournaments to standout performances, it was a summer filled with high-level competition, rising talent, and unforgettable moments.

This summer, Kansas City hosted:

  • 1,312 teams
  • 3,377 games
  • 45 champions
  • 64 Senior Future Gamers (Class of '26)
  • 128 Future Gamers (Class of '27)
  • 66 Junior Future Gamers (Class of '29 and '30)

Looking Ahead to Fall

As we head into fall, we’ll continue reliving the action with highlights from semifinals and championship games of our top events of the summer. We’ll also revisit MVPs and LJ’s Lineup one final time before closing the book on summer.

To wrap it all up, I’ll release the final LJ’s Lineup of the year—featuring one team from each age group, plus the Pitcher of the Year and Position Player of the Year for the 2025 summer.

Midwest Premier Super 16

The Super 16 was among the summer’s most competitive events, featuring 130 elite programs from 13 states at Homefield and Creekside. With 128 Prep Baseball Future Games players in attendance, it stood out as one of the most talented Prep Baseball tournaments in the country.

Semifinal 1: Building Champions 16u National defeated MN Icemen–Gominski 16u, 10–0. Owen Hughes threw four scoreless innings with five strikeouts. 

Semifinal 2: Houston Wildcatters 2027 Navy Barron edged GBA Eisen in a 1-run thriller. Darren Klein tied the game in the 7th with a 2-run homer, but Nomar Torres answered with a walk-off blast to send the Wildcatters to the final.

Championship Game: The final featured two of the nation’s top-ranked players—#3 Lubin Rincon and #4 Grant Westphal—both set to appear in the Prep Baseball All-American Game on September 20 at LoanDepot Park in Miami. BC’s Carter Taldo drove in the first run with an RBI single.
Aedyn Acosta (RBI single) and Tucker Gamet (sac fly) added two more. Houston clawed back in the 6th with runs from Austin Fuhrman (passed ball) and Elijah Gassett (clutch RBI single).

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">‘27 | OF | Elijah Gassett (Strake Jesuit (TX), <a href="https://twitter.com/WildcattersHS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WildcattersHS</a>)<br><br>Wins a 10 pitch at bat for a 2 out RBI single.<br><br>I’m in on this kid. High motor with some tools that show.<a href="https://twitter.com/PrepBaseballKC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PrepBaseballKC</a> // <a href="https://twitter.com/PrepBaseball_TX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PrepBaseball_TX</a> // <a href="https://twitter.com/GassettElijah?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GassettElijah</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Super1625?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Super1625</a> <a href="https://t.co/jWiOm8udGL">pic.twitter.com/jWiOm8udGL</a></p>&mdash; LJ Hatch Prep Baseball KC (@ljhatchpb) <a href="https://twitter.com/ljhatchpb/status/1936886570487078965?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 22, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

In the bottom half, Cameron Miller launched an opposite-field homer to seal it for Building Champions.

Super 16 MVP – Cameron Miller (Building Champions) At the plate he was 9-for-24 (.375), 5 RBIs, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 1 HR. On the mound he went 9 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 6 K in two apprearances. 

LJ's Lineup: 

Next week we’ll dive into the winners of the Midwest Premier Super 17 featuring MVPs and LJ’s Lineups from the event. Be sure to follow me on X (@ljhatchpb) and Instagram (@ljhatchprepbaseball) for content, news, and updates throughout the fall and winter as we gear up for an exciting 2026 spring and summer.