Union

Record: 20-14 (10-4)

After spending the majority of the season hovering around the .500 mark, the Redhawks used a hot streak to end the season to narrowly clinch a hosting spot. Union won seven of their last eight to finish the year, including a huge district sweep over Bixby to all but clinch their spot as a hosting team. However, they made things a little interesting in their final district series of the year, dropping the Monday game against a Ponca City squad that had yet to beat anybody but Capitol Hill in district play this season. It mattered not, because they took care of the Wildcats on Tuesday, officially securing a hosting spot. A couple of younger arms have stepped up for the Redhawks late in the season, finally giving Union some more stability and filling the void left by last year’s district arms who graduated after an extremely successful tenure at the top of Union’s rotation. 

Sand Springs

Record: 24-11 (9-5)

Packing one of the best one-two punches at the top of the rotation in the state, Sand Springs has rode the electric arms of senior Eli Buxton and Sophomore Easton Webb to a successful 2024 campaign to this point. The Sandites would have liked a better showing in district play considering the top-end talent in the pitching staff, but an inconsistent offense had a few tough days in district play leading to the Sandites dropping a couple of pitchers duals. Make no mistake, the Sandites are state tournament caliber and even state championship level team when this offense gets going, so don’t be surprised to see them finally break through into the state tournament this year. 

Bishop Kelley

Record: 13-19 (5-9)

The Comets represent the middle ground of the three schools that made the jump from 5A to 6A this season. They surely hoped for a better record in their first season back, but their record doesn’t tell the whole story on the level of talent this team has. The Bishop Kelley pitching staff has done an admirable job keeping the Comets in nearly every game this year, but the offense has gone quiet too often for them to pull out many of their close games. The Comets have been held to three or fewer runs 18 times this season, but on the flip side of that is the more encouraging fact that they have held the opposing team to three or fewer runs an also impressive 14 times. If the Comets can get a bit more production from their offense this week, they’ve got the arms to make noise in this regional. 

Bartlesville

Record: 12-20 (4-10)

Although their record doesn’t show it, the Bruins have a tough pair of district starters in senior Brendan Asher and Sophomore Barrett Merciez. The problem for the Bruins has been the lack of depth behind the top-end guys, a problem that was to be expected to a certain extent in the first season after having to replace a strong 2023 class. To put some of the Bruins’ midweek struggles into perspective, they have a much higher winning percentage against 6A opponents, going 7-13 on the year, than they do against opponents from lower classes which they’ve gone 1-6 against. Look out for Bartlesville to be one of the tougher outs amongst the fourth seeds in 6A, as their top arms are more than capable of shutting down some of the better offenses in the state.