OK Spring Preview: Clinton Red Tornadoes

February 26, 2020
Andy Urban
Oklahoma Scouting Director

The Oklahoma high school baseball season kicks off on March 2nd, opening day for regular season action under Ossaa regulations. Over the next several weeks, leading up to opening day, we’ll be publishing our team previews ahead of the 2020 spring season, touching on programs spanning all state classifications, leading into a countdown through the official PBR 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.

If you would like your team covered, please have your head coach email us at [email protected]

Our 2020 preseason coverage continues today.

Team: Clinton
2019 Record: 28-11
OSSAA Class: 4A
Head Coach: Kelly Gaunt
Playoff Run: Regional runner-up
Returning Starters: 4
Returning Pitchers: 3

TOP PLAYERS

Manning McAtee, 2020, RHP/3B Seminole State Commit
Zade Cisneros, 2021, RHP/OF
Caden Powell, 2022, INF/RHP , Oklahoma Commit
Dalton Denney, 2020 C/OF

OUTLOOK

The Clinton Red Tornadoes will be under the leadership of four talented returning starters with three of them being pitchers as well. The other five starters will be young and Clinton’s success may be determined on how quickly they can get up to speed at the varsity level.

Make sure to follow @PBR_Oklahoma on Twitter for the most up-to-date coverage throughout the 2020 season.