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: Wagoner Bulldogs

Classification: 4A

2025 Spring Results: 17-14

Head Coach: Emmanuel Mendez

Head coaching experience: 1st year

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Top Returners

• Stavery James (Seminole)
• Aven Goodlin (Seminole)
• Eli Hopping
• Kolby Gardenhire
• Karson Klinger
• Judd Edwards

7/9 returning starters from last season

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Top Newcomers

• None

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Overall Team Strengths

Offense

Overall Team Needs to Work On

Throwing strikes staying in games

Outlook

Repeat as district champs

Schedule

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