SE Checks In with Zach Crabtree

DURANT, Okla. – In today's SE Check In presented by First Texoma National Bank Southeastern baseball coach Zach Crabtree joins Seth Dutton to talk about the offseason, including the Fall World Series, and preparing for the 2021 baseball season.
 
Crabtree heads into his fourth season at the helm of the Savage Storm and carries a 56-55 record over three season with the team improving in each of the three seasons, including a 2020 season cut short by CoVid.
 
The 2021 SE squad was picked ninth in the Great American Conference preseason poll, but returns its top hitter from a season ago in Colton Buckner who hit .385 with four homers and 18 RBI in 23 games, as well as Richard Ware, Slayde Ortiz, Davis Jenks, Grant Bruce, and Dylan Herd who all started more than half the team's games in 2020.
 
The team also returns its top two starters from a season ago in Jacob Potter who was 3-2 with a 2.70 ERA and Jenks who had a pair of wins with a 4.39 ERA. They are joined by KC Bryan who recorded three saves.
 
Southeastern opens the 2021 season on Feb. 5 at home against East Central with a single game at 2 p.m. at Mike Metheny Field, followed by a 2 p.m. games on Feb. 6 and Feb. 7 against the Tigers.