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: Clinton Red Tornadoes

Classification: 4A

2025 Spring Results: 6-21

Head Coach: Kelly Gaunt

Head coaching experience: 35 (all at Clinton)


Top Returners

  • Vince Jones
  • Jesus Gutierrez
  • Easton Powell

Top Newcomers

  • Conor Meget
  • Axl Deatheridge
  • Jeter King
  • Decklan Brown

Overall Team Strengths

Pitching depth

Overall Team Needs to Work On

Everything… a lot of young kids

Outlook

Hopeful that we will be improved. Have a lot back but still really young. 8 of top 12 players are freshmen and sophomore’s


Schedule


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