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: Dewar Dragons

Classification: A-1

2025 Spring Results: 32-3 (State Quarterfinalist)

Head Coach: Josh Kilhoffer

Head coaching experience: 20 years (17 at Dewar)

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Top Returners

• Johnathan Wilson– sr infielder 3 year starter. Will be a guy we count on for big innings. Hit .327 in 2025- .425 in 2024
• Braelin Lewis– sr. Catcher- competitive hitter and athletic. Hit .351 with 5 hr in 2025.
• Peyton Kilhoffer– Jr 6’4 230 tore his acl, mcl, pcl in football state championship. Led our team in 2025 in hitting at .517 5 hr and 53 RBIs. We won’t have him for the spring. Hopefully other guys step up to fill the production he had as a sophomore. In discussion with a number of colleges.
• Stoney Yaerger – jr. 6’5 180- will be our best arm coming back. Upper 80s fastball and great secondary pitches. Hit .387 7 hr and 44 RBIs. In discussion with a number of colleges.
• Tanner Wilson– jr. Might play cf/ss/c. Very versatile player with great athleticism and speed. Will be a huge run scorer and an elite defender.
• Vinton Goff– Jr. lefty that will pitch a lot of innings.
• Ayden Been– so. Lefty near 80 with good stuff. Will contribute a lot of innings on the mound.

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Top Newcomers

• Traber Jones– fr. Big time upside. Will be a major contributor on the mound and offensively.
• Cooper McGee-fr. Huge growth this last year and will expected to be a major contributor on the mound and offensively.
• Lucas Walden– so. transfer from Oktaha.
• Braxton Weibe– fr.

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Overall Team Strengths

We will very competitive on the mound which will help to play good team defense. Pitching depth should be good.

Overall Team Needs to Work On

We will need to replace a number of great hitters we lost to graduation or are injured. Our youth will need to buy into our philosophy to enable us to score runs.

Outlook

I’m extremely excited for this group. We will be challenged with our schedule and I expect us to fight through some tough stretches. We just want to be competing at our best at the end of the season.

Schedule

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