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: Canute Trojans
Classification: A-2
2025 Spring Results: 24-4 (A-2 State Champions)
2025 Fall Results: 30-8 (A State Runner Up)
Head Coach: Bobby Blackburn
Head coaching experience: 39 years (3 at Canute)
Top Returners
- Jake Beutler LHP / Texas Tech. Just the absolute best. Max Preps Small School All American as an OF. Many honors to come but just loves playing HS baseball with his teammates. Wonderful to coach. Top student. Fine young man with unlimited ceiling.
- Nate Bryant RHP/ USAO. Emotional leader, driven, very intelligent player. Can play 3B-C-1B, swings it well
- Teague Farris 2B/RHP / NOC Enid. Great hands. Swings from left. Capable of huge numbers. Can play all corners and has pitched in big games successfully.
- Clay Randall RHP/INF / USAO. Heart and soul of team. Just brings energy everyday, practice and game. Pitches in the most stressful situations and finds ways to win the big ones
- Jake Knutson SS/OF /Unsigned. Take notice, he can play. Dedicated, pours himself into work. Great speed, can go it
- Boston Baker RHP/ Soph. Could be a cream of the crop. Throws right, bats left, plays anywhere. Scary how good he can become.
Top Newcomers
- Nixon Baker 6-2 freshman C/P/OF/corners. Youll see him in a college program.
Overall Team Strengths
Maturity. Spring State Champions/ Fall State Runner-Up. Also Srs played in 2 Qtr Finals and a Semi. Tons of experience. Jrs Trayton Hines and Dillon Lucas have started 3 yrs along with Sr Luke Spitz who anchors 1B and middle of lineup
Overall Team Needs to Work On
Be humble, team first, be you, and enjoy the moment, everything else will take care of itself.
Outlook
Tough , tough schedule. Not about wins. About preparing for a State Championship Run.
Schedule
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