Local Players Named to Play at Baseball Showcase

Several local players will be competing at the Seventh Annual Junior High All-State Baseball Showcase Saturday and Sunday  at Lenz Field and Sports Complex, LLC in Jacksonville.

On the Southeast eighth-grade team are, Griffin Sehy, Will Hoene and Eli Levitt from Effingham St. Anthony, Andrew Donaldson and Garrett Wolfe from Effingham, Josh McDevitt and Dawson Lohman from Effingham Sacred Heart, Garrett Niebrugge, Noah Dill and Pete Britton from Dieterich and Ethan Watwood and Aidan Dodson from South Central.

Coach for the team is Brady Arview.

Named to the East seventh-grade team are Jacob Boyajian and Noah Biggs of Effingham Sacred Heart. Coach of the team is Justin Palmer.

Opening games will be played at 1 p.m. with opening ceremonies immediately following the conclusion of all of the first round games at approximately 3 p.m. Remaining Saturday game times are 3:30, 5:30 and 7:30 p.m.

Sunday games will be played at 9 and 11 a.m., 1, 3 and 5 p.m.

All teams will play a minimum of four games, two on Saturday and two on Sunday.