OK Spring Preview: Tupelo Tigers

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 with a look at the Tupelo Tigers.

Team: Tupelo
2019 Record: 17-10
OSSAA Class: B
Head Coach: Clay Weller
Playoff Run: State Quarterfinals
Returning Starters: 5
Returning Pitchers: 5

TOP PLAYERS

Bentley Bills 3B/P Jr 6’3” 165 L/R
Tye Gould 3B/SS Sr 5’11” 150 R/R
Ty Bourland 2B/3B Jr 5’9 175 R/R

OUTLOOK

The Tigers will be led by a pitching staff with several capable arms with a ton of experience. Offensively, they will need to be more consistent with RISP and situational hitting. That is one of the areas that has held them back the last couple of seasons.

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