The 2024-2025 Georgia high school baseball season is around the corner with first pitch around a month out. Practice begins on January 31 and the first games can be played in early February.
Baseball season will be here in the blink of an eye and there are a few key storylines entering the season.
Firstly, returning champions.
Four different schools are coming off back-to-back state championships including Lowndes (7A), Harlem (3A), North Cobb Christian (2A) and Prince Avenue Christian (A-DI) are all looking for their third consecutive state championships. The Red Devils from Loganville have won three-straight Class 5A state championships dating back to 2022 and are seeking their fourth in a row and ninth baseball state championship in program history. Etowah (6A) and Starr’s Mill (4A) each won a second state championship in their schools respective history along with the Lanier County Bulldogs (A-DII) winning their first ever state championship.
Secondly, reclassification and the accompanying new-look regular seasons and playoffs.
With the new GHSA classifications going into effect this season, it’s setting up to be another enticing year of high school baseball around the state. The GHSA State Baseball Tournament will be here before we know it, with the first round scheduled for April 23 and the GHSA season ending with the championships, which begin May 19. The preseason rankings, which will be released the week prior to opening day in February, will help paint each classification’s picture and should highlight the newly formed rivalries following the reclass cycle.
For now, let’s look at some of the highest-rated recruits taking to the field this season.
Notes – Ty Peeples (Franklin County, OF) was listed as one of the top 20 high school prospects for the 2025 MLB Draft, Peeples is listed as the No. 1 outfielder in the Class of 2025 and is verbally committed to the Georgia Bulldogs … Six-time state champion, former Parkview head coach Chan Brown leaves the Panthers to take the reigns of the Gainesville baseball program, he is the third coach of the Red Elephants in three seasons… Lowndes ranks atop Perfect Game’s top Georgia high school baseball programs entering 2025 following their back-to-back state championships, they are followed by Parkview, Houston County, Cartersville, Cherokee Bluff, Brookwood, North Oconee, Buford, Walton and Blessed Trinity to round out the top 10.
Class of 2025 Prep Baseball Report Georgia High School Player Rankings:
1. OF Ty Peeples (Franklin County, UGA-commit)
2. RHP Reid Worley (Cherokee, Kennesaw State-commit)
3. OF Cannon Goldin (Buford, Ole Miss-commit)
4. SS John Stuetzer (Pope, Florida State-commit)
5. SS Josh Gibbs (Forsyth Central, UGA-commit)
6. SS Terrance Bowen (Blessed Trinity, Oklahoma State-commit)
7. RHP Eston Simpson (Jefferson, Clemson-commit)
8. SS Daniel Pierce (Mill Creek, UGA-commit)
9. SS Dax Kilby (Newnan, Clemson-commit)
10. LHP Cooper Underwood (Allatoona, Georgia Tech-commit)
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