The Stoutland Tigers belong to the nine-member Frisco League. The Tigers are one of five Class 1 schools in the league. The four other members are Class 2 schools.

     The Frisco League is a conference located in south-central Missouri. The schools are located in five Missouri Counties. Pulaski County contains the largest number of Frisco League Schools: Crocker, Dixon, Laquey, and Richland. Licking and Plato are located in Texas County, Newburg in Phelps County, Iberia in Miller County, and Stoutland in Camden County.

     Stoutland first claimed the Frisco League Title in 1998. Coached by Scott White this team went 8-0 in the conference.  The Tigers were second in the conference in 1999, and 2000.  Though the Tigers finished 4th in the conference running during the fall 2001 race, they managed to win the Frisco League Tournament Championship. 
   

     The Frisco League Tournament Championship in 2001 was the first league tournament championship for the Tigers. 2001 represented the second year in a row the Tigers had played for the league tournament title. In the fall of 2000, the Tigers fell to the eventual 2001 2A state champion Iberia Rangers in a very exciting 13 inning contest, one of the most memorable games in Frisco League Baseball history.

     During the 2002 Fall Season, the Tigers managed a 4-4 record for fourth place finish for the second year in a row. The Tigers would eventually lose in the third place game in the conference to regular season conference champ Newburg by a score of 9-0.

     The 2003 season saw the Tigers finish in 7th place and ended the fall season with their worst finish since 1995.  The Tigers also lost in the consolation semi-finals to Crocker.

     The 2004 season saw the Tigers again competing at the level expected of a Stoutland team as they finished a respectable 5th in the conference.  The Tigers also won the Consolation side of the Frisco League Tournament.

     The 2005 season saw the Tigers struggle at times, but overall the fall season ended with a bang.  The Tigers ended up in 3rd place as they went 5-3 in the conference and won the Frisco League Conference Tournament for only the second time in school history.  

     The 2006 fall season was a very good one for the Tigers as they went 18-0 overall.  The Tigers won the second conference title in school history going 8-0 in the conference.  The Tigers also won the third Conference Tournament Championship and second in as many years.  That tied the Tigers with Iberia for most Tournament Championships.

The Stoutland Tigers capped off the 2007 fall by going undefeated against conference opponents for the second year in a row.  Once again going 11-0, and capturing the Conference crown and the Conference Tournament.  The Stoutland Tigers were dominant as they ten run ruled all but 3 teams in the conference for the second year in a row.  Their last win in the conference tournament against Iberia made their 28th consecutive win in conference play, going to back to the fall of 2005.  We have been unable to verify if this is a record or not, but have not found a reason to dispute it as a record.  In all reality, this year’s Stoutland Baseball Team, led by Head Coach Scott White, was one of the more dominant teams of any era in the Frisco League.  The 2 year record of 22-0 against conference opponents undoubtedly puts this team at the top with all the best baseball teams to ever play in the Frisco League.

With the win of the Frisco League Tournament, the Tigers also became the first team to win four Conference Tournament titles.  Iberia has three, Newburg has one, and Stoutland has 4.


RECENT FRISCO LEAGUE CHAMPIONS:

2007 -- Stoutland
2006 -- Stoutland

2005 -- Iberia, Licking

2004 -- Newburg
2003 -- Licking
2002 -- Newburg
2001 -- Iberia, Crocker
2000 -- Iberia
1999 -- Iberia, Dixon
1998 -- Stoutland
1997 -- Iberia, Dixon
1996 -- Crocker
1995 -- Iberia

RECENT FRISCO LEAGUE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS & RUNNERS-UP
2000 -- Iberia, Champs, Stoutland Runners-Up

2001 -- Stoutland, Champs, Newburg Runners-Up

2002 -- Iberia, Champs, Dixon Runners-Up, Newburg 3rd place, Stoutland 4th place.

2003 -- Iberia Champs, Licking Runners Up, Newburg 3rd place, Stoutland beat out in consolation semifinals by Crocker.

2004 -- Newburg Champs, Licking Runners Up. Plato 3rd place. Stoutland defeated Crocker for Consolation.

2005 -- Stoutland Champs, Iberia Runners Up.  Licking 3rd place.  Plato Consolation.

2006 -- Stoutland Champs, Iberia Runners Up.  Licking 3rd Place.  Dixon Consolation.

2007 -- Stoutland Champs, Iberia Runners Up, Dixon 3rd Place, 

    The Frisco League has also been well represented at the MSHSAA Final Four over the years as well. In all, six different Frisco teams have made it. Stoutland, Dixon, Iberia, Laquey, Licking, and Plato have all made Final Four appearances. Dixon, Iberia, Plato and Licking have won state championships. In May of 2003, Licking made a return trip to the Final 4 in Columbia.  In May of 2005 the Plato Eagles won the State Championship, and in 2006 and 2007 the Stoutland Tigers were 2nd in the State.

2002 DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT

    In the Spring of 2001 the Tigers fell in the District 10 Championship game to Frisco League foe Crocker. The 2001 District 10 Tournament was held at St. Elizabeth. In 2002 The Stoutland Tigers were district champions, beating Plato 8-1 in the first game, beating Newburg 8-3 in the semi-finals, and beating Crocker 3-1 in the championship game. The District 10 Tournament was held at Stoutland's own Tiger Field for the first time ever.
    In the state sectionals held at Tiger Field, Stoutland took on the Marion C. Early Panthers. Stoutland held a 2-1 advantage entering the sixth inning but gave up a two run homer to put the Panthers ahead 3-2. M.C. Early would advance to the Missouri State Final Four where they would eventually win a state championship in 2002.

2006 DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT AND FINAL FOUR

    The 2006 spring portion of the season was a memorable one for the Tigers and the fans from Stoutland.  The Tigers went into District with a record of 9-8 but the tough schedule they played helped immensely as they won a nail biter 6-5 in the semi-finals against St. Elizabeth, and then beat Crocker 9-3 to capture the second District title in school history.  

    With the District title secured, the sectional game, played at Tiger Field, saw a senior loaded Greenfield team come in as the heavy favorites.  The Tigers scored 1 run in the first and it looked like that would be all they needed until the top of the 7th, with 2 outs and 2 strikes on the batter, the Greenfield batter shattered the hope of Stoutland fans with a home run.  The game would stay 1-1 until the 9th inning.  Stoutland got a runner on by an error.  Moved to second on a bunt, went to third on a passed ball and Blane Willard hit a sacrifice fly to score Scotty Breeden and move Stoutland to the Quarterfinals for the first time in history.

    The Quarterfinal game was just as weird as the Tigers were down early 8-2 to the Crane Pirates at Tiger Field.  The Tigers would get a couple of runs in the 4th to move the score to 8-4 but the outlook looked bleak until the bottom of the 5th when the Tigers would plate 5 runs.  The Pirates also got a run in the 6th and the score was tied 9-9.  In the 9th inning, the Pirates had bases loaded and one out with their best two hitters coming up.  Coach Scott White went to his ace Cory Kyle and Kyle got out of the inning with 2 strike outs.  The score remained that way until the 11th when Stoutland exploded for 12 runs.  The final score was 21-9 as Stoutland secured the Final Four birth for the first time in school history.

    The Final Four is an experience that is one of a kind for any athlete.  For the Stoutland Tigers, with only one senior, it was an unbelievable experience.  The Tigers were slated to meet up with the Silex Owls in the semi-finals.  The Tigers handled their business and ended the game with a 9-5 win over Silex.  That propelled the Tigers to the Championship game.  Although other teams from Stoutland have made it to the Final Four, no other team from Stoutland has ever played for a State Championship.  In the Championship game, the inexperience showed as the Tigers committed 4 errors and lost to the Sacred Heart Gremlins 11-4.  Although the game ended in a loss, the Stoutland Tigers had a great spring, ending their campaign with a 16-9 mark and the first ever trip to the Final Four for a Stoutland baseball team.

2007 DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT AND FINAL FOUR

    This team could be considered not just the best team to ever play here at Stoutland, but maybe in the conference and the state as well.  This team was completely dominant throughout the year in both the fall and the spring.  This team won every tournament they played in, and ended the fall season with a record of 18-0 giving them the best season in Stoutland history, as far as winning percentage, and the first undefeated season in school history.  They later followed the great fall up with an outstanding spring, which saw them win the Mississippi Wood Bat Tournament as they beat the # 2 team in the Midwest Region, Dyersburg , TN , 8-6.  They also won their own tournament, the Stoutland Spring Classic, with a 9 inning win over Potosi .  That marks the first time in school history that Stoutland has won their tournament.  They finished the spring season with a record of 23-2, which set a record for most wins in a season, best winning percentage in a spring season, most wins in a fall and spring combined, highest winning percentage in a fall and spring combined.  This team won the conference with a perfect 8-0 record and won the Conference Tournament as well.  TheY also continued their domination in the spring with a District Championship and another Final Four appearance. 

    The 2006-07 version of the Stoutland Tigers will not soon be forgotten.  This team not only won 96% of its games, but it did it convincingly.  The Tigers were perfect on the season until the Hartville Eagles came to town for the last regular season game of the spring.  The Eagles would lay the hammer down early with a 2 run home run and a grand slam, that eventually made the score 8-0.  The Tigers did not quit though and battled back to close the gap to 8-6.  With the tying run on base, the Tigers ran out of gas and their perfect season was ended.   

The Tigers went into district play with the number 1 seed and were favored to win it.  The Tigers took care of Climax Springs in the first game, and then struggled, but beat a very scrappy Vienna team.  The Tigers played St. Elizabeth in the finals.  After much hoopla over the last year about how the Tigers were lucky to have beat them the year before in the districts, the Tigers left no doubt as they thumped the Hornets 12-2 in 6 innings.  Tyler Wrinkle started the action with a 2 run bomb in the first inning, followed up by a two run bomb by Brock Chaffin.  In the second it was more of the same as the Tigers scored 3 times to make the score 8-1.  The Tigers then scored one more before Tyler Wrinkle ended it with a 3 run blast to center field that still has not landed.  The Tigers were district champs behind Cory Kyle’s 12 strike out performance.  Kyle allowed one earned run and only allowed 3 hits.  The Tigers were dominant in the finals and took home the hardware to prove it.  The Tigers placed Cory Kyle, Tyler Wrinkle, Josh White, Adam Smith, Brock Chaffin, Rusty Bragg, and Daniel Hernandez all on the first team All District team.  Blane Willard, Seth Burns, and Skyler Ellzey all made Honorable Mention All District.  Coach Scott White was voted the District Coach of the Year for the second year in a row.

The Tigers moved on to play Walnut Grove at their place.  The Tigers got off to a great start as the freshman, who checked and double checked everything, evidently forgot to check if they had packed the helmets.  Thanks to Brad Willard and Play It Again Sports for providing us with some helmets for the game.  After that, Josh White had a rocky first inning as Walnut Grove got to him for a run on two hits.  That would prove to be all Walnut Grove got though as from that point on, Josh White was lights out.  Josh struck out 19 of the 21 outs he faced and made the other two outs on an infield fly to him and a ground out to him.  Brock Chaffin connected on his 4th home run of the year in the second inning to tie the game and then in the 4th, Josh White had a bunt base hit.  Josh White was at first, when Blane Willard hit a sharp ground ball to left field.  Josh White rounded hard and the fielder looked up.  The ball rattled off the fielder and Josh White kept running hard and scored on a close play at home.  Later in the 5th inning, Tyler Wrinkle hit another shot to center field for his 6th home run of the season.  This win propelled the Tigers to the quarterfinal game against the Miller Cardinals, who were supposed to have the best pitcher in 1A baseball.  It should be a good one.

That best pitcher in 1A baseball, according to many news outlets, Tyler Abma of Miller, got banged around for 10 runs, 6 hits, 7 walks, 2 hit by pitches, and 141 pitches en route to a 10-3 victory by the Tigers.  The Tigers busted out first for a 1-0 lead, but in the third inning Cory Kyle was tagged with a 3 run home run that just barely got out at the 256 mark in left field.  From that point on, the Tigers were in command as they scored 2 in the bottom of the third, and then 4 in the fourth behind a couple of walks that scored runs and then a second big hit by Daniel Hernandez that plated two runs.  In the 6th, the Tigers put up another 3 to put the game on ice and send the Tigers back to the Final Four.  Abma threw 141 pitches and had 9 full counts and another 10 counts where the Tigers were ahead in the count.

That win propelled the Tigers to their second straight Final Four.  In the semi-finals the Tigers took on the Santa Fe Chiefs, who were 14-4 and had lost to every team that was 2A or bigger on their schedule.  The Tigers looked to take advantage of their experience, but it was quickly dashed as the Chiefs put up 3 in the first inning, and 2 in the second for a 5-0 cushion.  The cushion would be short lived as the Tigers scored 2 of their own and then another 3 to tie the game at 5.  The Chiefs then took the lead again with 2 more runs and the Tigers would have to rally again to score 3 and win the game.  The Tigers, who started Josh White and relieved with Daniel Hernandez, struggled with the strike zone, but, still managed 14 strike outs amongst the 4 hits and 5 runs allowed.  White’s defense did not help as they allowed 4 of the 5 runs scored early to score unearned.  The defense shored up later in the game, and shut down the Chiefs offense, which allowed the Tigers to claw their way back into the game and come up with a big win.

The Tigers found themselves in the State Championship game for the second year in a row.  The Tigers, who lost to Sacred Heart a year ago, would take on a very tough New Haven baseball club.  The Tigers sent Cory Kyle to the hill to face the Shamrocks and Kyle was excellent as always.  Even though Kyle’s velocity was not as it had been, the Tigers starter is a bulldog and worked his way through it.  New Haven broke on top early with 2 unearned runs as the Tigers defense once again let their pitching down.  The Tigers answered with 1 of their own and the score remained that way for much of the game.  The Tigers went on the attack and had runners in scoring positions three straight innings.  The third of those saw the Tigers put up 2 runs to make the score 4-3 going into the top of the 7th.  In the top of the 7th, an error, and a base hit gave the Shamrocks runners on first and second.  Their attempted bunt was foiled by the Tigers and the Tigers got an out on a pop up.  The Shamrocks then hit a ground ball that moved the runners, but also gave the Tigers their second out of the inning.  With 2 outs and 2 strikes on the New Haven batter, Kyle threw an inside fastball and jammed the hitter.  The hitter managed to float the ball into short left field right over the out reached arms of the third baseman and shortstop.  Both runs scored to give the Shamrocks the 5-4 lead.  The Tigers would challenge in the bottom half and ultimately lose with the tying run at third and the go ahead run at second.  Most were shocked that such a great season ended in such a manner.  You have to give credit to New Haven , who made the Tigers work for everything they got.

After the season was over and the heartache slowly started to disappear, the Tigers were rewarded with some great awards.  Cory Kyle and Tyler Wrinkle made the MHSBCA and Sportswriters first team All State team.  Josh White was a second teamer on both as well.  Adam Smith and Brock Chaffin made the MHSBCA second team All State team.  It was a great year for the Tigers and one that hopefully will be remembered as the record breaking season it was.

 

    Some research has been done as to Tiger Baseball head coaches. The research is on-going. The list developed to this point includes:

Chuck Blair -- 1984-86

Jay Allard -- 1986-88

Ron Jones -- 1988-89

Bob Boatwright -- 1989-97

Scott White -- 1997-2001 (1 Conference Championship--1998)

Jamie Roberts -- 2001- 2005 (1 District Championship—2002,  1 Conference Tournament Championship 2001)

Scott White -- 2005-present  (2 District Championship--2006, 2007,  2 FINAL FOURS-- 2006, 2007, 2 Conference Championships                 

                                                2006, 2007,  3 Conference Tournament Championships--2005, 2006, 2007)