St. Aloysius trio set for all-star game
Published 12:30 pm Friday, June 4, 2010
St. Aloysius’ “big three” will get one more victory lap around Trustmark Park on Saturday.
Stephen Evans, the Class 1A Player of the Year, and all-state selections Pierson Waring and Ryno Martin-Nez will play in the 36th annual Crossroads Diamond Club All-Star Game.
Last week Evans, Waring and Martin-Nez combined to make the last out in the Flashes’ 18-1 romp over Myrtle to win the school’s second straight Class 1A championship.
Though the play ended their careers at St. Al, which saw them go 50-12 with two state titles over the past two years, the trio will remain together as members of the Hinds Community College baseball team next season.
Yet it is the team they’ll play with Saturday that has all three Flashes excited.
The South 1A-2A-3A All-Stars feature eight players from three teams that won titles last week.
Besides the St. Al trio are three players from Class 3A champion Sumrall, which was ranked No. 1 in Mississippi and is currently ranked No. 2 in the nation by USA Today. Heading the Sumrall contingent are Jackson Posey, Chase Lewallen and Chad Guice.
Richton, the Class 2A champ, will be represented by JaCoby Jones and Tilur Smith.
“This is a really good team,” Martin-Nez said during Thursday’s workout at the Hinds batting cage.
Evans finished the season with a 12-4 record and 86 strikeouts in 91 innings. Waring hit .365 with a county-best 52 runs scored, 36 RBIs and 18 stolen bases. The holiday will be short for both of them. They’ll return to the Jackson 96ers next week for a tournament at Southern Miss.
Martin-Nez, who went 5-for-8 in the state finals after missing most of the regular season with a knee injury, said his summer schedule will be limited.
“I’ve got three jobs this summer, which includes coaching the St. Al JV team. I might play in the wooden bat league,” he said.