BASEBALL PREVIEW: Columbia, Suwannee & Lafayette enter 2025 with high expectations

Columbia pitcher/infielder Ayden Phillips enters his senior season as the reigning LCR Player of the Year following a 2024 campaign where led the Tigers with a 0.71 ERA and 75 strikeouts in 49 1/3 innings while hitting .450 with 31 RBIs and six home runs. (FILE)
Columbia pitcher/infielder Ayden Phillips enters his senior season as the reigning LCR Player of the Year following a 2024 campaign where led the Tigers with a 0.71 ERA and 75 strikeouts in 49 1/3 innings while hitting .450 with 31 RBIs and six home runs. (FILE)

The high school baseball season gets underway next Monday. Here is a look at how the teams at Columbia, Suwannee, Lafayette, Fort White and Branford stack up this season, which features new districts …