By SAM STAFF/Sports Writer

CLINTON — The annual Crossroads Diamond Club All-Star Baseball Games will have a definite “Southern Six” flavor later this month.

A total of 18 players in the SouthMiss6 Sports coverage area were selected to compete in the three different contests, which will take place at Milton Wheeler in Hattiesburg on the campus of William Carey College.

A dozen “Southern Six” senior standouts were picked for the largest school game, consisting of players from Class 5A/6A/7A. That game will be the first one contested, on Tuesday night, May 28th.

Vancleave’s Hunter Parker and East Central’s Nate Trochesett will represent Region 4-5A, while George County’s Gage Reeves and a pair of players from Picayune will represent Region 4-6A in Tanner Busby and Kyler King. From Region 4-7A, eight players were selected as Chris Fox and Simon Kruppa from Ocean Springs got the call as did Nico Williams, Ethan Surowiec and Ethan Garner from Gulfport. Biloxi’s Logan Fontenelle was picked, as was Harrison Central’s Tri Gaughf.

Also, a pair of coaches in the “Southern Six” will be involved in this game, as Picayune head coach Evan Nichelson is the South Team head coach and Garrett LaRosa the head coach at Long Beach will serve as his assistant.

In the Class 3A/4A game, which takes place Thursday, May 30th, Brady Wallis of St. Stanislaus, Cohen Weinhofer of St. Patrick and Emile Pace of Poplarville were all selected.

And in the smallest school contest, Resurrection is well-represented with a trio of players in Hayden Porter, Luke Schnoor and Trace Tingle picked. That game will take place on Wednesday, May 29th.

All three games are set to begin at 6 p.m.