Kansas High School Spring Spotlight: Sabetha
March 17, 2024
The Kansas high school baseball season kicks off on March 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 2024 spring season, touching on programs spanning all state classifications, counting down through 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 2024 preseason coverage continues today.
High School: Sabetha
Head Coach: Curtis Hamilton (3 years experience)
Classification: 3A
League: Big 7
2023 Record: 19-5, Lost in the first round of State to Wichita Collegiate
2024 SEASON OUTLOOK
No. of Returning Starters:
7
Top Returning Players:
Christian McAffee, SR, P/1B, L/R , 6'4 220 - Started state game the past 2 years, 2.6 ERA last year with 40 K's batted .427 with 28 RBIs, 3A First Team KABC 1B
Chase Frey, SR, 5'10, 190, P/3B, R/R - 4-2 1.72 ERA, worked in almost all of our big games as a reliever
Marcus Bauman, SR, 6', 180, OF/P, R/R - 3A KABC Honorable Mention OFer, .384 29 Runs , 16 SB
Mitchel Kramer, JR, 5'10, 190, INF - .424 10 2B's 23 RBI's 18 SB, One of our best players who was coming off of a shoulder injury which limited his playing time early last season.
Top Newcomers:
Kyler Wenger 6', R/R, 150, JR, INF
Isaac Hartter 6'3, L/R, 150, JR, INF/P
Reid Mitchel 6'2, L/R, 170, SO, C
Coach’s Insight:
“We have 13 Seniors with many of them playing multiple years of Varsity. We return 7 pitchers with significant varsity experience. We have a lot of arms on our squad that can compete at the 3A Varsity level. Our starting catcher graduated after starting 3 years so that will be a hole we will look to fill. We lost a couple of bats out of the lineup to graduation that have been consistent for us the past few years. ” – Curtis Hamilton , head coach
Find more information on the 2024 Sabetha program below:
+ Visit Prep Baseball Kansas’ 2024 KHSHAA Season Preview page to learn more.