Gremlins 11,
Tigers 4

COLUMBIA — You can choose to look at Stoutland’s loss to Sacred Heart, 11-4, for the Class 1 baseball championship two ways.

One: They lost.

Two: They won second-place and faired better than any other team in Stoutland sports history.

“Putting aside the emotion, it’s pretty cool because we’ve never done this before,” Stoutland’s Josh White said.
White, a sophomore, said he had been content with winning and playing at all levels of the state tournament, but said finding himself in Columbia made him want the championship that much more.

“When we got to state, when we won the previous game, I was wanting to get first,” he said. “I was thinking, I’ll be happy with first and not second. But we got second and it’s cool.”

White’s dad, Clint White, knows the boys are disappointed, but understands the privilege of being the second place team in the state.

“It’s great,” he said. “We really didn’t expect the boys to go this far and just to make it to state is great. Coming home with second place is more than we could have hoped for,” he said.

Senior Drew Thomas had a taste of what it could have been for the Tigers, but knows the team still accomplished something momentous.

“We can say we were the second team in the state and our picture’s going to be in the gym forever,” Thomas said. “It’s better than nothing; it’s better than losing in the first round of districts, but it still sucks to lose the championship game.”

Sophomore Adam Smith started as pitcher for Stoutland.
In the first inning, Sacred Heart had the flip and won the visiting team designation. With two runners on base, Jaric Reid hit a ground ball down the third base line to left field, scoring junior Austin Mullins.

Reid’s 3-for-5 day lowered his average under the .700 mark, but gave him the highest batting average in Missouri High School Athletic Association history, .696.

A Sacred Heart pop fly to center field got the second out, but sent senior Nick Turner in for the second run.
At the bottom of the first, Stoutland put one run on the board when sophomore Cory Kyle hit a ball to center field, scoring Smith.

After scoring another run in the third, Sacred Heart put on the pressure, scoring five runs, two on passed balls, in the fourth inning.

“We really struggled early,” Stoutland head coach Scott White said, “It could have quickly, well, they could have had seven or eight runs in the first two innings. I can’t say enough about Adam Smith and the way he battled out of the problem and got us out of it and then our defense made a couple plays and got us out of it.”

Coach White said he thought the boys would battle back, but came out of the fourth inning with zero runs.

“I kept telling the kids in the fifth and the sixth and the seventh,” coach White said, “there’s still wiggle left in the fish, now, there’s still wiggle left. That’s the way we think.”

White also tried a pitching change, sending catcher White to the mound and junior Rusty Bragg from left field to the plate.

In the fifth inning with two outs, Bragg hit a long ball to left field, scoring Kyle.

With Sacred Heart up 9-2 by the sixth inning, they seemed to seal the deal. Senior Nick Turner made it to base on a walk when Reid came in and hit his 13th home run of the season, adding two runs for their final score of 11.

Stoutland added two more runs in the bottom of the sixth inning and both teams remained scoreless in the seventh.
Stoutland was plagued by uncharacteristic errors. While at third base, freshman Seth Burns collected two and at catcher, Bragg had several passed balls and dealt with wild pitches that lead to Sacred Heart runs.

“That’s a freak thing and it hadn’t happened all year,” coach White said. “Rusty feels horrible. Seth feels horrible. That’s just part of it and you have to battle through it and play.

“Rusty came right back after that next time he got up to bat and bang, he got an RBI,” he said. “That’s the kind of kid he is, tough.”

For Burns, the pressure was there. The only starting freshman on the varsity team, he said he was a little nervous.

“It kind of shook off after the first couple innings,” Burns said. “I made a couple bad plays but I think we got a little rattled, but yeah, I was nervous. I wasn’t as nervous as I thought I’d be.”

Burns said it was hard to keep focused.

“You just got to keep your head up,” Burns said. “Like coach says, you’ve just got to flush it. You can’t let it bother you. You’ve just got to say positive. If you let it bother you the rest of the night, you’re going to make bad plays continuously.”

The talk of the town is all about next year. The Tigers will be starting six juniors and two seniors and anticipate a talented freshman class coming up.

After facing mostly juniors and seniors throughout the tournament, the young Tiger team has had a taste of victory and is already thinking about their return trip.
“I can tell you right now, let’s make this clear,” coach White said. “There is nobody that puts any more expectations on our team than my players and myself do. I can just tell you that’s the way it is.”

White said settling for district champion this season was not an option. Winning the state title was something from day one the boys put as their goal.

“Very few people get to the state tournament and win it the first time they’re here,” coach White said.
Maybe next year, then.

12-run 11th puts Stoutland into Missouri Class 1 Semifinals

Published: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 2:15 PM CDT
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Dave Roberts

STOUTLAND - It was the weirdest game in Scott White’s baseball career.

He’ll take the same kind of weirdness in the Missouri Class 1 State Tournament Semifinals if he can get the same kind of results.

The Stoutland High School baseball team continues its quest for the Missouri Class 1 state championship in the state tournament semifinals today. The Tigers (14-8) will face Silex (12-4) in Class 1 Semifinal action at 2 p.m. today at Taylor Stadium in Columbia. In the other Class 1 Semifinal game today Oran (25-4) plays Sacred Heart (20-2) at 11 a.m.

It’s the first time that Stoutland has advanced to the state tournament semifinals.

The Stoutland-Silex winner will play the Oran-Sacred Heart winner at 5 p.m. in the Class 1 championship game on Thursday. Also on Thursday the Stoutland-Silex loser will play the Oran-Sacred Heart loser at 11 a.m. in the third-place game.

Stoutland advanced to the final four by surviving a wild game against Crane 21-9 in 11 innings Friday at Stoutland in Class 1 Quarterfinal play. Also in the quarterfinals Silex advanced by clipping Northeast (Cairo) 4-2.

Stoutland advanced by overcoming a 6-2 deficit after three innings against Silex.

Crane, which ended the season 14-7, tallied one run in the bottom of the first inning, one in the second, four in the third, two in the fourth and one in the sixth.

Stoutland got two runs in the top of the second frame and closed its deficit to 6-5 with a three-run fourth inning. After Crane tallied two runs in the bottom of the fourth, Stoutland took a brief lead with four runs in the top of the fifth, making it 9-8.

However, Crane scored one run in the bottom of the sixth to tie the score 9-9.

Crane threatened to end the game in the bottom of the ninth by loading the bases with one out and sending its No. 3 and No. 4 hitters to the plate. White, Stoutland’s head coach, responded by sending in his ace pitcher, sophomore right-hander Cory Kyle.

Kyle threw a two-hit, 16-strikeout gem two days earlier in pitching Stoutland to a 2-1, nine-inning victory over Greenfield in the Class 1 Sectional round. He threw 109 pitches in that game and due to state regulations on how many innings a pitcher can throw in a week, Kyle was limited to just one inning on Friday.

White burned that inning to bring Kyle in during the ninth-inning jam. And Kyle proceeded to strike out both the Crane No. 3 and cleanup hitters to end the threat.

The game stayed scoreless during the extra innings until Stoutland came to bat in the top of the 11th inning. That’s when the Tigers broke out in a big way.

The Tigers earned their trip to the final four by erupting for 12 runs in the 11th.

Freshman Seth Burns got things started for Stoutland in the 11th by hitting a sharp ground ball, which was booted by the Crane third baseman. The Tigers then put a bunt down and the Crane second baseman and shortstop collided trying to field it, putting runners at first and second base with no outs. A walk to junior Skyler Ellzey loaded the bases.

Sophomore Adam Smith then belted an RBI single followed by a two-run single by sophomore Tyler Wrinkle. Kyle smacked a two-run double to continue the onslaught and sophomore Josh White and senior Drew Thomas each had infield, run-scoring singles. After Burns was hit by a pitch, sophomore Blane Willard walked and Ellzey smacked another RBI single.

When the smoke cleared it was 21-9. Smith, who had re-entered the game as a pitcher, shut Crane out in the bottom of the 11th to secure the victory.

“No doubt it was a very weird game,” said Scott White. “Most times in the playoffs you get down like we did and that holds…you don’t fight back. But our kids are scrappy and tough. They never got down. Whenever it was tied later, they kept saying ‘Let’s get a run.’ It was definitely weird. You score nine runs through 10 innings. Then you score 12 in the 11th…that just doesn’t happen in playoff baseball.

“I thought our pitching the first few innings didn’t give us a chance to win. Crane was just that good. But we were walking people and getting behind people. When we started getting ahead of people we were successful and started shutting them down. Probably the highlight for us before that big inning was in the fifth. We had guys on second and third base with two outs and Burns hit a big two-run double in the gap.”

Josh White was the starting pitcher for Stoutland and was relieved by Thomas in the fifth. Smith then came on in the seventh inning and pitched until Kyle came on in the ninth. Smith then came back in the 10th and pitched the final two frames.

Each team had 13 hits.

Buddies Hook Up In Semis

The Stoutland-Silex semifinal showdown will pit old college buddies against each other. Scott White and Silex head coach Shannon Jeffrey were teammates on the Central Methodist baseball team.

“We keep in touch quite a bit,” Scott White said. “He’s a great guy.

“I think someone should declare the Mudd boys illegal. Silex has had boys from the Mudd family the past four or five years. This year I think they’ve got four of them and they’re just great athletes. Silex does everything. Nothing out of the ordinary. They’re like we are; they pitch it pretty well and they hit it pretty well.”

White plans to pitch Kyle today.

In his last two pitching starts - the district title game and the sectional game - Kyle totaled a whopping 29 strikeouts. Counting Friday’s relief stint, Kyle has 31 strikeouts in his last 17 innings. He has a 7-2 record.

On Thursday Coach White isn’t sure who will be his starting pitcher for either the championship or third-place game. Candidates are Josh White, Smith, Thomas and sophomore Scott Breeden.

Today Josh White will catch for Stoutland while Smith will be a third base, Burns at shortstop, Ellzey at second base and Willard at first base. In the outfield it will be junior Rusty Bragg in leftfield, Wrinkle in center and Breeden in right.

Kyle is hitting .560 while Smith is hitting .440 and Wrinkle and Burns around .380.

“We have to go up there and do what we do,” Scott White said. “We can’t get out of character. We have to fight and scrap for everything we get.”

Stoutland takes on all-state Greenfield pitcher in sectional round

Published: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 12:36 PM CDT
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Dave Roberts

STOUTLAND - If the Stoutland Tigers are going to advance past Missouri Class 1 Sectional action they are going to have to break through against all-state pitching.

Stoutland takes on Greenfield at 5:30 p.m. today in Class 1 Sectional action at Stoutland High School.

The winner of the Stoutland-Greenfield game advances to the Class 1 Quarterfinals against the Plato-Crain winner on Friday at a location to be determined. The quarterfinal winner advances to the Missouri Class 1 Semifinals, to be held Wednesday, May 31 at Taylor Stadium in Columbia. The Class 1 finals are slated for Thursday, June 1 at Taylor Stadium.

This is Stoutland’s first district title since 2002, when the Tigers lost in the sectionals to eventual state champion Morrisville.

Scott White returned as Stoutland head coach this season to lead the Tigers back to the playoffs. He had previously been Stoutland head coach but left for four years before coming back in the 2005-06 school year. He has been at Stoutland a total of five years.

This year he had an extremely young team to lead. The Tigers could start one freshman, six sophomores and two juniors today.

“Most of these kids have played on the same team together since they were 10 years old,” White said. “We just need to go out and play our game and we’ll be okay. When we get out of character - when we try to throw too hard or try to hit the ball out of the park - we get in trouble.

“But these kids are loose. Nothing seems to rattle them.”

Stoutland enters today’s game with a 12-9 mark.

Pitching Decision

White’s big decision today was who to pitch - his No. 1 starting pitcher, sophomore right-hander Cory Kyle, or sophomore right-hander Josh White.

Kyle has a 6-2 record to lead the Tigers while Josh White is 0-3. The coach was leaning toward Kyle.

“(Kyle’s) our No. 1,” Scott White said. “My feeling is we’ve got to get to the next round and he’s been our best pitcher. He’s been really solid.”

If Kyle pitches Josh White will be the catcher while freshman sophomore Adam Smith will be at third base, freshman Seth Burns at shortstop, junior Skyler Ellzey at second base and sophomore Blane Willard at first base. In the outfield it will be junior Rusty Bragg in leftfield, sophomore Tyler Wrinkle in centerfield and sophomore Scott Breeden in rightfield.

If White pitches Bragg will be at catcher, Kyle will be at shortstop and Smith will be in leftfield.

Kyle is batting .559 with 21 RBI while Smith is hitting .439 and Wrinkle and Burns are both around .380.

Greenfield comes in with a 17-7 record this spring. Last season Greenfield defeated Crocker 5-1 in the sectionals before losing to eventual state champion Plato 7-1 in the quarterfinals.

Pirtle Tough

Stoutland will probably have to deal with Greenfield all-state senior right-handed starting pitcher Sam Pirtle.

Pirtle, who has signed to play at Drury University, is 9-1 with a 0.64 ERA so far this season with 118 strikeouts and 28 walks in 72 1/3 innings.

“They have a kid who pitches (Pirtle) who is a quality kid,” Scott White said. “He throws hard and has a good curve.

“It could be a good pitching matchup. If Cory has a good game we’re usually pretty good.”

Pirtle usually helps himself at the plate, as he’s hitting .345 with 11 doubles, four homers and 31 RBI. Greenfield’s cleanup hitter, senior Nathan Helvey, is batting .342 with eight doubles, eight homers and 30 RBI. Junior centerfielder Alex Morris is batting .408 with 20 RBI and senior shortstop Ben Poirot is hitting .353 with 19 stolen bases.

The Stoutland Tiger baseball team won its Class 1 sectional game for the first time in the school’s history. The Tigers beat Greenfield in extra innings, 2-1.

If DC Comics began to look for a new superhero, they could have found several muses at Stoutland on Wednesday night.

Stoutland batter Blane Willard, baserunner Scotty Breeden and pitcher Cory Kyle could all be inspirations for a new superhero after their 2-1 win over Greenfield in Class 1 baseball sectionals.

After the game went into extra innings, Stoutland won the contest for the first time in the school’s history with some big plays.

“That’s one of the best games I have ever been involved in,” Stoutland coach Scott White said. “It’s an unreal feeling when kids go out and dominate like that.”

With Stoutland up 1-0 at the start of the seventh inning, Greenfield was up to bat and their hope for a win was on the brink.

Senior Sam Pirtle hit a hard ground ball to right field, only to get tagged out on his attempted steal to second. Nathan Helvey, a senior with eight home runs under his belt for the season, struck out.

With two outs, senior Josh Munton stepped up to the plate and made his own hero move: he sent one over the right field fence to tie it up, 1-1.

On the return to the plate in the bottom of the seventh inning, Stoutland couldn’t score, extending the game.

White made sure to keep the team’s spirits up.

“After they came off that field I said, ‘All this great work we’ve done all over the place — all they’ve done is tie it,’” he said.

The top of the eighth sent three Greenfield batters in a row back to the dugout after a throwout and two strikeouts.

The bottom of the eighth, Stoutland was able to hit, but good fielding kept them from crossing home plate.

The ninth inning started off with more of the same: three up and three down for Greenfield.

But the bottom of the ninth is where the heroes were formed.

Breeden, a sophomore, hit a short ball to the pitcher who lost it in the dirt. After the throw to first for the out, the first baseman dropped the ball.

Zero outs, one on base. Hope was back with the Tigers.

Freshman Seth Burns followed in the lineup, putting a bunt down in front of the catcher for a sacrifice to advance Breeden to second.

With Willard, a sophomore, at the plate, Breeden stole third on a past ball.

And then Willard did just what he was supposed to do. He hit the ball.

It doesn’t matter that his pop fly to right field was caught by the outfielder.

It gave Breeden a chance to run home and score the winning run.

“That’s all we had to do is get the run home,” Willard said, “and that’s what I tried to do.”

The Tigers’ first run was scored in the first inning on a steal on a passed ball.

The sixth inning looked a little dicey for the Tigers when a throwing error to first allowed Greenfield senior Jordan Walker to advance to second.

Walker stole third on a wild pitch and junior Lance Westpfahl was walked. Westpfahl was then tagged out in a hot box situation.

Senior Tye Killingsworth hit a hard ground ball to Burns at shortstop. Burns fired it home as the baserunner took off for home plate. Sophomore catcher Josh White was able to tag him out to hold the inning scoreless.

Although Stoutland was hitting the ball, the Tigers kept getting picked off on base. White said that was very unusual for the team.

“Usually our base running is what we live and die with,” White said. “And that’s something we do on a regular basis. We steal bases and hit and run and bunt and run and we just never could get anything going on the bases because we kept getting picked off.”

Ace pitcher Kyle, who also pitched the district game, came off with the win. Kyle had 16 strikeouts and allowed only two hits.

Stoutland will face Crane on Friday at Tiger Field in Stoutland for quarterfinals. Crane is currently 14-6 after defeating defending Class 1 state champion Plato with a score of 11-1 in six innings Wednesday night.

Kyle, a sophomore, will play shortstop in the quarterfinal game, but knows his team has just written a piece of school history.

“I’m excited,” Kyle said. “Things are set up real well for us to go all the way. We’ll just have to play one game at a time.”

Stoutland survives in nine innings, 2-1

Published: Friday, May 26, 2006 11:41 AM CDT
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Dave Roberts

STOUTLAND - It was a classic high school pitchers’ duel.

And Stoutland High School’s Cory Kyle didn’t blink. Even after potential disaster in the seventh inning.

Kyle, who flirted with a no-hitter for seven innings, overcame a seventh-inning home run by Greenfield which tied the score and forced extra innings. The Stoutland sophomore right-handed hurler then stayed strong the next two innings and it paid off in the bottom of the ninth frame, as Stoutland’s Scott Breeden scored the game-winner on a sacrifice fly by Blane Willard to give the host Tigers a 2-1 victory Wednesday in Missouri Class 1 Sectional action at the Stoutland High School field.

The Tigers, 13-9, will now host Crane in Class 1 Quarterfinal play at 5:30 p.m. today at Stoutland. Crane advanced by whipping Plato 11-1 in sectional play Wednesday at Crane.

The winner of the Stoutland-Crane quarterfinal game advances to the Missouri Class 1 Semifinals, to be held Wednesday, May 31 at Taylor Stadium in Columbia. The championship and third-place games are to be held at Taylor Stadium on June 1.

Greenfield ends the season 17-8.

On Wednesday it appeared that Kyle was going to pitch Stoutland into the quarterfinals on the strength of a no-hitter.

The Tigers went into the seventh frame with a 1-0 edge. Kyle, who struck out the first seven batters he faced, was nearly unhittable, finishing with 16 strikeouts. And entering the seventh inning Kyle had a no-hitter.

However, in the seventh Kyle lost the no-hitter, the shutout and the lead.

His pitching counterpart from Greenfield, senior Sam Pirtle - who was nearly as effective on the mound - broke up the no-hitter in the top of the seventh with a hard-hit single up the middle.

It appeared Kyle was going to work out of the jam. After a strikeout, Pirtle was thrown out trying to steal by Stoutland catcher Josh White to make it two outs and none on base. The last Greenfield hope was Josh Munton. Kyle quickly got two strikes on Munton and was a strike away from the win. On the next pitch Kyle wanted a high fastball. He didn’t get it high enough and Munton crushed it over the left-center field fence for a home run, tying the score 1-1. Kyle then got out of the inning with a grounder and the game went into extra frames.

“One strike away!” Kyle said. “I wanted it higher but he ripped it pretty good.

“After (the home run) we were just saying we’ve got to find a way to win; we’ve got to execute. Our baserunning killed us.”

Kyle kept Greenfield off the scoreboard the next two innings. In the bottom of the ninth Breeden led off by hitting a grounder to Pirtle, which went for an error. Breeden stole second base and was then bunted over to third by freshman Seth Burns, bringing up Willard with one out. Willard, a sophomore, promptly lifted a fly ball to right field. Breeden tagged up and slide in with the game-winning run.

“The biggest thing was that Kyle came right back after that (homer),” said Stoutland head coach Scott White. “His next pitch after that was a strike. (On the home run) the plan was to came in high. He struck that kid out three times. He just missed his spot by six inches.”

Stoutland got out of a huge jam in the top of the sixth, when Greenfield got runners on first and third bases without the aid of a hit. With Greenfield’s Jordan Walker at third base, the base runner at first base got picked off the bag and was out in a rundown. The next batter hit a grounder to shortstop where Burns went home with the throw and Walker was tagged out trying to score. Kyle then got a strikeout to get out of the inning.

In the bottom of the sixth Stoutland, which made a number of base-running blunders in the game, returned the favor. Stoutland’s Rusty Bragg belted a double and later went to third base on a wild pitch with two outs. The next batter, Breeden, hit a harmless-looking popup to Greenfield first baseman Nathan Helvey. However, Helvey dropped the ball. But forgetting there were two outs Bragg was not running off third base and didn’t score on the play. Breeden was then caught off base in a rundown and Bragg tried to sprint home. Greenfield threw him out at home to keep the score 1-0.

Stoutland got its first run in the first inning, as Adam Smith and Kyle had singles. Smith scored following two passed balls.

It’s a good thing Stoutland scored in the bottom of the ninth, because Kyle was finished pitching. His pitch count was up to 109 and Scott White wasn’t sending him back out.

“It was an unbelievable game,” White said. “It was one of the best games I’ve been involved in. Kyle has done that for us all year.”

The loss dropped Pirtle’s record to 9-2. Pirtle, who is going to play collegiate baseball at Drury, came into Wednesday’s game with a 0.64 ERA.

Kyle improves to 7-2.

The line score:

Greenfield 000 000 100—1

Stoutland 100 000 001—2

Stoutland: Kyle and White. Greenfield: Pirtle and Bunter. WP: Kyle. LP: Pirtle.

Stoutland will host the state quarterfinal baseball game 5:30 p.m. today at Tiger Field in Stoutland.

The Stoutland Tigers (13-9) will play the Crane Pirates (14-6). The Tigers beat Greenfield in sectionals, 2-1, in nine innings Wednesday night. Crane defeated Plato, the defending Class 1 state champions, 11-1, in six innings.

Tonight’s game marks the Tigers’ first-ever appearance in the state baseball quarterfinals.

Tigers 9,
Lions 3
Like “Sesame Street,” the district championship baseball game between Stoutland and Crocker appeared to be brought to you by the letter ‘K’.

‘K’ stands for Kyle, Stoutland pitcher Cory Kyle, to be exact.

‘K’ also stands for strikeout, 13 of them, to be exact.

With the arm of ace pitcher Kyle to guide them, the Stoutland Tigers won the District 8 championship for only the second time in the school’s history, beating Crocker 9-3.

Stoutland baseball coach Scott White said the team’s string of pitchers held well during the season, but it was Kyle, a sophomore, who defended the mound for the championship with 13 strikeouts.

“I thought he was dominant all night long,” White said. “Any time we got in trouble, we turned around and got out of it with him dominating on the mound.”

Stoutland rang the bats quick in the first inning, bringing in three runs to take an early 3-0 lead. Kyle had the big blow, a two-run hit.

The team also was able to shut down Crocker’s offense in the second inning, setting themselves up for more runs.

Junior Skyler Ellzey started the inning with an out, sending a long fly ball to left field. Sophomore Adam Smith made it on base after Crocker’s first baseman Tyler Pierce bobbled the catch.

Sophomore Tyler Wrinkle continued the momentum, dropping his pitch between second base and center field.

With Smith and Wrinkle on base, Kyle was ready to match his pitching with a hot bat. Kyle sent his pitch over the center-field fence for the only home run of the game.

Coach White is familiar with Stoutland ball teams. He previously held the head baseball coaching position before moving on to another school. This is his first season back at Stoutland and his first district championship with the school.

“It feels great,” White said, “First year back at Stoutland, we’re young, and we just came in and I thought we played great tonight and ended up getting a win.”

No. 2 seed Crocker held largely silent for the night against the top seeded Tigers, collecting two of their three runs in the fourth inning. The fifth inning, Kyle sent three straight hitters back to the dugout.

The championship game didn’t seem as challenging to the Tigers as the qualifying game on Monday night. The Tigers were down 5-4 in the sixth inning against No. 5 seed St. Elizabeth before they tied it up. In the seventh inning, Stoutland’s bases were loaded when a walk sent a runner home for the win.

“That’s the funny thing about baseball,” White said. “You come out and hit the ball and make yourself an eight-run lead and make things easier. If you don’t hit the ball you’ve got 4-3 ball games and things like that that we ran Monday night.

“It’s a tussle in baseball if you are going to do all three phases of the game,” White explained. “I thought tonight that our defense wasn’t great, but our pitching was great and our hitting was great. And usually in high school baseball, if you do two out of three pretty well, you’re going to be OK.”

Stoutland will be host to the sectional game of the state tournament on Wednesday, May 24. The Tigers will play the winner of the District 7 championship. Walnut Grove and Greenfield will face off tonight.

The Tigers need just one more win to make another mark in Stoutland baseball history.

“If they win the next round,” White said. “That will be the first time we’ve ever done anything like that in Stoutland, so right now, that’s our goal.”