It’s all in the power of three.

Three Warren County players — Vicksburg High’s Clyde Kendrick and Lamar Anthony, along with Warren Central’s Cody Waddell — have been selected to represent the county in the annual Crossroads Diamond Club All-Star Baseball Games at Trustmark Park on June 2.

Warren Central’s Josh Abraham was picked as a coach for the Class 4A/5A/6A North squad. Coaching the South team will be his older brother, Jim Abraham of Quitman.

The Class 4A/5A/6A game will be at 1 p.m. and the Class 1A/2A/3A game will be played at 6.

A vote of state baseball coaches decided on the coaches for the game and Josh Abraham was floored by his selection.

“It’s a huge honor to be coaching in a game like this,” Abraham said. “It’s a big honor and I’m really looking forward to it. It’s even better to be coaching one of your players in the game.”

Waddell was nearly unhittable for the Vikings, with an ERA of 0.87. Opposing hitters hit just .157 against him and he walked only nine batters in 642⁄3 innings. He finished with 83 strikeouts.

Waddell has signed to play at Northwest Mississippi Community College.

Vicksburg’s representatives, Anthony and Kendrick, gave the Gators one of the best outfields in the state. Kendrick doubled as the Gators’ top pitcher.

Both players also starred in football for Vicksburg, and will play college sports.

Anthony has signed with Jones County Junior College for baseball, while Kendrick is heading to Hinds Community College to play baseball and football.

“Next year is going to be kind of a rebuilding year for us, because we’re losing all of our firepower,” Vicksburg coach Ryan Grey said. “These two guys had outstanding seasons for us and it’s hard to keep two guys like this off an all-star roster.”

Anthony, a three-year starter for the Gators in center field, hit .427 from his leadoff spot with 14 RBIs, eight doubles and two triples. He was perfect in 27 stolen base attempts.

Kendrick, who played left field, hit .421 with 20 RBIs, six doubles, one triple and one home run along with 16 steals. On the mound, he went 5-4 with a 2.89 ERA in 552⁄3 innings. Five of his nine starts were complete games. He had a team-best 80 strikeouts and opposing hitters only hit .244 against him.

“When Clyde was on, which was more often than not, he’s one of the toughest on the mound,” Grey said. “Lamar was just a natural baseball player, with wonderful defense, who can throw runners out and hits for both average and power. When balls were hit up, we knew that Clyde and Lamar would run them down.”

All three all-stars grew up together and played on the same tournament team, the Vicksburg Angels. Waddell, ironically, also played at Vicksburg High until this season. He transferred to Warren Central last summer.

With two of his players on the all-star roster and three from the county, Grey believes this is a powerful statement on the quality of baseball in the area.

“It shows how great baseball is in Warren County,” Grey said. “We’ve got a lot of great kids in this county and it speaks highly of how Vicksburg High baseball is viewed in the state when we’ve got two players on one team at that game.”