Baseball players to watch this season

Baseball players to watch this season

By Ben Lamparek, Hometown Current

May. 27, 2025 2:48 pm, Updated: May. 28, 2025 9:13 pm

Belle Plaine's Will Sankot waiting for a pitch in a game against Class 1A No.3 ranked Lynnville-Sully Friday. Sankot hit an RBI single in the fourth inning. (Ben Lamparek/Hometown Current) — Belle Plaine's Will Sankot waits for a pitch in a game against Lynnville-Sully last season. (Ben Lamparek/Hometown Current)

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The 2025 summer baseball season officially got underway last week.

Here’s a look at two key returners this season for each Hometown Current area team.

BELLE PLAINE

Will Sankot, jr.— Led team in batting average (.306). In 20 2/3 innings pitched last season, posted a1.69 ERA with 12 strikeouts.
Derek Kressley, soph.— Led team in Runs Batted in last season (16) while batting .222.

BGM

Cael Coburn, sr.— Led team in innings pitched (52 2/3), strikeouts (61) and batting average allowed (.168) last season. Knocked in 14 runs from the plate.
Tucker Wright, sr.— Batted .301 last season with 22 hits and 13 RBIs. Team’s primary catcher and stole 22 bases last season.

ENGLISH VALLEYS

Everett Bender, soph.— Batted .400 in 13 games last season with 10 hits.
Colton Mikesell, soph.— Started all 17 games last season. Posted 7 hits and pitched 11 1/3 innings.

HLV-TC

Sean McCulloch, soph.— Second on team in batting average (.310) and posted 13 hits and seven RBIs last season.
Keegan Gorsh, jr.— Started seven games on the mound last season. Batted .250 in eight games.

IOWA VALLEY

Mason Hoyt, soph.— Second team SICL last season. Led team in batting average (.465), hits (33) and was second in RBIs (27).
Layne Peska, soph.— Second team SICL last season. Team’s primary catcher. Stole a team high 30 bases and batted .338 with 23 hits.

MONTEZUMA

Luke Erselius, jr.— Led team in innings pitched (36), strikeouts (53) and ERA (4.47). Posted 16 strikeouts in this year’s season opener. Batted .304 last season with a team high 12 RBIs.
Broox Stockman, jr.— Batted .302 with 13 hits last season. Stole a team high 20 bases.

WILLIAMSBURG

Nile Sinn, sr.— First team WaMaC West selection last season. Led team in batting average (.402), hits (35) and RBIs (22). Posted a 2.27 ERA on the mound in 52 1/3 innings pitched.
Cael Moore, sr.— Batted .300 last season with 30 hits and 17 RBIs. Versatile infielder who also will be one of team’s starting pitchers.