The Oklahoma high school baseball season kicks off on Feb. 24 for classes A and B and Mar. 1 for classes 2A-6A, opening day for regular season action under OSSAA regulations. Leading up to opening day, we’ll be publishing our team previews ahead of the 2025 spring season, touching on programs spanning all state classifications, counting down to the official Prep Baseball Oklahoma Preseason Power 25 Rankings.

Perennially, we’ve submitted a preseason questionnaire to high school head coaches across the entire state. Their responses have been flooding in and we’re using the detailed insight they’ve provided in our team-by-team preseason analysis.

Our 2025 preseason coverage continues today.

High School: Claremore High School
Head Coach: Jonathan Gelnar (2)
Classification: 5A
2024 Record (Finish): 27-12, Regional Finals

 

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2025 SEASON OUTLOOK

No. of Returning Position Players: 8
No. of Returning Pitchers: 8

Top Returners:

• P/UT Dan Harrington (2026) - 5"10 215 L/L
• P/3B Zach Hale (2025; Arkansas-Rich Mountain JC) - 6"3 220 R/R
• P/SS Marcos Sallee (2025; Arkansas-Little Rock) - 6"1 185 R/R
• OF/P Brad Hoisington (2025; Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC) - 6"1 180 R/R
  

Top Newcomers:

• OF/P Curtis Waters (2025; Eastern Oklahoma State JC) - 5"8 165 R/R
• C/INF Jax Van Valkenburg (C/IF) Soph. 6"0 205 (L/R/R)

Key Players Lost:

Coach’s Insight: “Going into this spring we are in a much better place from an experience standpoint. Bringing back most of our position players puts in a good spot defensively. We have a good core of hard workers that are hungry to win. In addition to our core group of returners, we added a few transfers that make immediate impact and make us better on and off the field. Going to be an exciting spring for sure. Having a team full of two way guys can be a "good" problem to have but there will be some tough decisions to make. We will have good depth and it will be fun to watch our guys compete every day. ” – Jonathan Gelnar , head coach

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Find more information on the 2025 Claremore High School program below:

+ Follow them on X: @zebsbaseball
+ Visit Prep Baseball Oklahoma’s 2025 OSSAA Team Previews page to learn more.

+ If you are a high school coach and didn’t receive our questionnaire, please click HERE to fill out the form

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