SSBR High School Preview: Newcastle Racers

The calendar has turned to the a new year and that means the OSSAA high school baseball season will be here soon. Classes A1, A2, and B officially get started February 23 while the rest of the classes begin March 2.

Up until that the beginning of the season, SSBR will be providing previews of as many teams as we can. Recently, SSBR sent out questionnaires to the high school coaches across the state of Oklahoma asking for their top returning players, top newcomers, overall strengths/weaknesses, and their overall assessment where their respective programs are coming into the 2026 season.

What you have below are the responses to those questions in the words of the coaches themselves.

Today’s team: Newcastle Racers

Classification: 5A

2025 Results: 36-5 (Class 4A State Semifinalist)

Head Coach: Jarod King

Head coaching experience: 13 years (3 at Newcastle)

Top Returners

Tyler Frazier: Oklahoma State commit
Kaden Longman: Hutchinson CC commit
Ryder Gibson: Murray State commit
Lane Seaton: NOC Enid commit
Christian Deloera: Seminole State commit
Sheamus Mclaughlin
Baylor Blakey
Jaden Fletcher

Top Newcomers

Dax King: Sophomore young outfielder swings left with some power
Christian Deloera: catcher and Pitcher will hit in middle of order
Blake Crestwell: infield and pitcher

Overall Team Strengths

Very deep team lots of returning guys
Top strength is starting pitching
Very talented team with the bat can hit for avg and with power

Overall Team Needs to Work On

Staying focused on the team team goal and working hard day in day out

Outlook

Very talented group can make a run: just need to get our work in and keep grinding

Schedule

March:
2nd Classen SAS * 5:00 HS/JV
3rd @ Classen SAS * 5:00 HS/JV
5th-7th Owasso Festival TBD HS
9th Del-City * 5:00 HS/JV
10th @ Del-City * 5:00 HS/JV
12th @ Elk City 5:00 HS
13th @ Noble 5:00 HS
12th-14th Piedmont JV tourn TBD
18th-21st Tuttle Festival TBD
23rd @ Lawton * 5:00 HS/JV
24th Lawton * 5:00 HS/JV
26th-28th Chickasha Festival TBD HS
26th-28th Duncan Jv Festival TBD JV
30th Altus * 5:00 HS/JV
31st @ Altus * 5:00 HS/JV
April:
2nd-4th Newcastle Festival TBD HS
6th @ Lawton Mac* 5:00 HS/JV
7th Lawton Mac 5:00 HS/JV
9th-10th Duncan Festival TBD HS
13th Bishop Mcguiness * 5:00 HS/JV
14th @ Bishop Mcguiness* 5:00 HS/JV
16th @ Purcell 5:00 HS
17th Guthrie Festival TBD HS
16th-18th Chickasha Jv Fest TBD JV
20th Duncan * 5:00 HS/JV
21st @ Duncan* 5:00 HS/JV
23rd NRC 5:00 HS/JV
24th @ NRC 5:00 HS/JV
27th @ Washington 5:00 HS/JV
28th Carl Albert 5:00 HS/JV
May:
1st @Dale 5:00 HS
4th Marlow 5:00 HS
7th-9th Regionals TBD
14th-16th State Tournament TBD

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