KJCCCAfter reaching their first NJCAA Division 1 Baseball Plains District Tournament Title game in program history last year, the Cloud County Community College baseball team has been picked to win the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Baseball West Division regular season title following a vote of league head coaches in the annual preseason order of finish poll. Reigning KJCCC Baseball West Division regular season Champion Barton was picked to finish third with 67 total points and two first-place votes while being picked to finish in the top three of the poll in eight of the nine ballots submitted. Rounding out the preseason poll was sixth-place Colby (39 points), seventh place Seward County (29 points, one first-place vote), eighth-place Garden City (20 points), and ninth-place Pratt (17 points). The remaining seven KJCCC west division schools will all begin play over the following week with games spread throughout the week to kick off their non-conference action that will take place throughout the month of February. The winner of the 2026 NJCAA Plains District Baseball Tournament will advance to the 2025 JUCO World Series in Grand Junction, Colorado May 23-29.