Trustmark Park in Pearl has been a field of dreams for both Vancleave and East Central over the past three years. (ALL photos by Steve Coleman)

By CURTIS ROCKWELL/Sports Director

PEARL — Two different teams from Jackson County combined to win the last three Class 5A state baseball championships before that streak was snapped this season.

That still didn’t stop didn’t stop a pair of East Central products as well as two more from Vancleave in picking up all-state honors this year however.

Hunter Harper and Martin Shaw of the Bulldogs and Anthony Tanner and Jaxon Cripps of the Hornets earned the honors, as all four were named Class 5A Second Team All-State as selected annually by members of the Mississippi Association of Coaches.

Here are the members of both the first and second teams:

CLASS 5A

Coach of the Year: John Walker, Lafayette

Player of the Year: Tanner Harris, P/C, Jr., Lafayette

First Team

Rod Davis, Jr., P, Sr., Florence

Micah Coutta, P, Sr., South Jones

Brett Williams, P, Jr., Lafayette

Parker Gray, INF, Jr., Corinth

Bryan Davis, INF, Jr., Florence

Ty Jones, INF, Sr., North Pike

Eyan Butler, INF, Jr., South Jones

Griffin Enis, OF, Sr., Corinth

Grady Mitchell, OF, Jr., Corinth

Caleb Guest, OF, Jr., Lafayette

Austin Pickett, C, Jr., Florence

Brady Griffin, UTL, Sr., Florence

Austin Minichino, UTL, Sr., New Hope

Dylan Causey, UTL, Sr., South Jones

Second Team

Conner Lewis, P, Sr., New Hope

Dominic Smith, P, Sr., North Pike

Corbyn Clayton, P, Jr., Pontotoc

Jaxon Cripps, INF, Sr., East Central

Braysen Graham, INF, Sr., Wayne County

Cayden Kinmon, INF, Sr., South Jones

Cambridge McDaniel. INF, Sr., South Jones

Anthony Tanner, OF, Sr., East Central

Martin Shaw, OF, Sr., Vancleave

Beckett Johnson, OF, 8th, South Jones

Easton Thompson, C, Jr., Lafayette

Cole Sanders, UTL, Sr., Corinth

Hadley Corley, UTL, Sr., Pontotoc

Hunter Harper, UTL, Sr., Vancleave

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