The calendar has turned to the a new school year and that means the OSSAA high school Fall baseball season will be here soon. The season officially gets underway on August 10, but teams can play games before then if both teams have already started school.
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 Fall season.
What you have below are the responses to those questions in the words of the coaches themselves.
Today’s team: Oktaha Tigers
Classification: 2A
2025 Fall Results: 17-14
2026 Spring Results: 25-8 (2A-1 State quarterfinalist)
Head Coach: Kevin Rodden
Head coaching experience: 27 years (13 at Oktaha)
Top Returners
- Carter McKinzie-SO., SS/RHP
- Luke Edwards-JR., OF
- Brody Brock-SR., OF/RHP
- Lastyn Taylor-SR.,1B
- Conner Ward-SR., RHP
- Conner Casey-SR., INF
- Hunter Ford-SR., OF
- Ryker McCoy-JR., C
- Kayson McPherson-SR., RHP
Top Newcomers
- Lane Madewell-JR., C/OF
- Zane McKinney-JR., C/OF
- Karson Herbert-SR., UTIL.
Team strengths
Look forward to seeing these guys take the next step after a quarter-final appearance this past spring. Overall depth in the lineup, as well as on the mound.
Team needs to work on
Consistency at the plate and on the mound.
Outlook
We feel like with what we have coming back and the depth pieces we added this summer, we should make a deep run at contending for a state championship this fall and spring.
Schedule
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