Although the start of the high school baseball season is unclear, defending Second Region champions Hopkinsville will be ranked in the top 25 of one online preseason ranking.
Prep Baseball Report has the Tigers ranked No. 25 in their preseason top 25. The website mentioned the play of sophomores Preston Chaudoin, Timothy Cansler, and Jacob Dilday as well as junior Zach Caudill and senior Layne Jorgensen as contributing factors in their ranking.
Despite carrying a five-game losing streak into the postseason and losing to Christian County in the district championship, Hoptown got hot at the right time and knocked off Madisonville, Henderson County, and Caldwell County to win the region title in 2019.
Defending Seventh Region champion Trinity was the preseason number one in the Prep Baseball Report Top 25. Paducah Tilghman was fifth.
