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.

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Today’s team: Purcell Dragons

Classification: 4A

2025 Spring Results: 18-15

Head Coach: Cole Sharp

Head coaching experience: 11 years (9 at Purcell)

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Top Returners

• Cash Cook he is a JR. plays OF/IF. He is a utility guy. He lead our team in stolen bases with over 40 and nearly hit .400 as a sophomore and also had 2 HR and 22 RBI’s.
• Kash Knowles he is a JR that will mainly play 2nd and Short. He also will be one of our top pitchers coming back. He went 3-2 , ER 2.5 with 25 K’s as a Soph. He also hit .375 with 1HR with 25 RBI’s.
• Deaken Dobbins will be be a SR. He will be a player in competing for a spot in the infield and be one of our top pitchers coming back as well.

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Top Newcomers

• Brody Walkup he is a JR that will be a utility and one of our top pitchers coming back. He went 3-0 with a 1.35 era, 22 K’s.
• Layon Percy will bea incoming freshman that will have an opportunity to compete with for the catching job. He will bring a lot of speed and athletic ability.
• Izak Auz alo will be an incoming freshman and also will be competing for a spot on the team and catching as well. He will bring power and a lot of grit to the team.

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Overall Team Strengths

Our team will bring back a lot of experience with 6 of 9 coming back so having experience will be key in the upcoming schedule. We will have a lot of players that can play multiple spots and we will be pretty athletic and have speed on the base paths.

Overall Team Needs to Work On

Just continuing to grow as baseball players. We will need to improve on our situational awareness as a team.

Outlook

We bring back a lot of experience from last year and excited to get the season going and prepare for the season. The kids have been working hard in the off season and we have a lot of players competing and making each other better and this will carry over into a tough 4A schedule. We want to compete for a district title and make some noise in the postseason.

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Schedule

*3-2 McLoud Away 5:00 HS/JV
*3-3 McLoud Home 5:00 HS/JV
3-5 Bridgecreek Home 5:00 HS/JV
3-6 OKC Broncos Home 5:00 HS/JV
*3-9 Pauls Valley Away 5:00 HS/JV
*3-10 Pauls Valley Home 5:00 HS/JV
3-12 OKC Mets Away 5:00 HS/JV
3-14 Anadarko (Bricktown) Away 2:00 1 (7)
3-20 Purcell Festival (Davis & Tecumseh) Home 12:00/5:30
3-23 John Marshall Home 5:00 2 (7)
3/26-28 Dibble Tourn. Dibble TBA
*3-30 Tuttle Away 5:00 HS/JV
*3-31 Tuttle Home 5:00 HS/JV
4-2 Vanoss Away 5:00 HS/JV
*4-6 Sulphur Away 5:00 HS/JV
*4-7 Sulphur Home 5:00 HS/JV
4/9-11 HOOT Tourn. Home TBA
*4-13 Star Spencer Home 5:00 2 (7)
4-16 Newcastle Home 5:00HS/JV
4-17 Tecumseh Away 5:00 HS/JV
*4-20 Bethany Home 5:00 HS/JV
*4-21 Bethany Away 5:00 HS/JV
4-23 Lexington Away 5:00 HS/JV
4-24 Shawnee Home 5:00 HS/JV
4-27 Wynnewood Home (SN) 5:00 1 (7)
4/30/5-2 Regional Tourn. TBA TBA
5/7-9 Super Regional Tourn. TBA TBA
5/14-16 State Tourn. TBA TBA

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