By CURTIS ROCKWELL/Sports Director

LUCEDALE — The next “Southern Six” Senior Spotlight sponsored by Reese’s of the school year is Brodie Cecchi of George County.

Each week throughout the school year, we here at SouthMiss6 Sports will highlight a senior student/athlete in the “Southern Six” to honor.

Cecchi blasted a big three run home run for the Rebels Saturday to wrap up a three game sweep over West Harrison in Region 4-6A play and wound up with a game-high four RBIs in the 7-6 come-from-behind win in eight innings.

He also had a hit and scored a run one week ago in game two of that series.

Then, this week against Long Beach in region action, he had two of George County’s three total hits in a 2-0 loss to the Bearcats on Tuesday before scoring two runs in a 6-0 win for the Rebels at home Thursday night.

Cecchi had a helping hand as the Rebels landed George County’s first state championship since 1997 last season as a junior.

The senior shortstop and the Rebels face LBHS again on Friday night before starting a huge three game Region 4-6A contest with Picayune next week.

For over a decade now, Reese’s® Peanut Butter Cups has been the title sponsor of The Senior Bowl played annually in Mobile, Ala.

In addition to its new partnership with the Senior Bowl, the Reese’s® brand is also the official candy partner of the NCAA® and the title sponsor of the National Association of Basketball Coaches’ Reese’s® College All-Star Game, which features the top Division I senior basketball student-athletes from around the country and is played the weekend of the NCAA Men’s Final Four®.

“The Reese’s brand is excited to continue our partnership with the Senior Bowl,” said Drew Iddings, Director, Promotions and Planning, The Hershey Company.  “We are confident that this partnership will continue to solidify the Reese’s brand’s leadership in collegiate athletics as well as honor senior student-athletes who achieved success on and off the field during their athletic careers.”

The Reese’s Senior Bowl is widely regarded as the preeminent college football all-star game and the first stage in the NFL Draft process. The longest continual-running all-star game has taken place in Mobile, Alabama the past 75 years.  More than 900 NFL personnel, including key decision-makers from all 32 teams, and over 1100 media members from around the country were credentialed this year. This past April, the game produced 110 total picks, representing 43 percent of the entire NFL draft.