Senior Drake Stufflebean of the Marceline High School baseball Tigers awaits a pitch during home action against Slater earlier this spring. Last Monday against Paris, Stufflebean twice drove in runs with sacrifice fly balls as the Tigers defeated the visiting Coyotes 10-0 in five innings. (Martin Cupp/LCL FILE PHOTO)
When (or if, weather permitting) Marceline’s and Brookfield’s high school baseball teams – both programs still in their infancies – met for the second time…