OGDEN -- Nearly 100 top Utah high school senior baseball players will gather this weekend at Lindquist Field for the Utah All-Star Baseball Games.
The all-stars include 21 Top of Utah performers.
The tripleheader, now in its 67th year, will start at noon with the 3-A game, followed by the 5-A game at about 3:30 p.m., and the 4-A contest at 7 p.m. The teams square off in a North vs. South format.
Coaches from across the state submitted players for selection. College and pro scouts are also interested attendees each year.
Admission is free.
The games provide a fun atmosphere, as Region 1 rivals like Northridge's Kaden Eichmeier and Layton's Parker Lunt find themselves on the same squad, along with Weber's Daniel Peterson, Fremont's Austin Combe and Tayson Wilson, Clearfield's Daniel Johnson and Davis' Jared Taylor. Roy's Brock McCashland and Syracuse's Jake Hewitt will also participate in the 5-A game.
The game also offers a chance at North vs. South bragging rights, as players like Box Elder's Kyle King, Bonneville's Sam Hall and Bryan Heward, as well as Mountain Crest's Rhett Parkinson and Kye Raymond try to rough up the team from the south. Logan's Greg Vernier, Sky View's Cole Godfrey, Bountiful's Taylor Byington, and Woods Cross' Austin Bankowski also will represent the 4-A North squad.
The contest can also be a final opportunity to play with longtime teammates. Bear River's trio of Hunter Payne, Cade Capener and Dixon Marble were chosen to play for the 3-A North.
This year's rosters:
5-A North--Parker Lunt, P/OF (Layton); Daniel Peterson, P/OF (Weber); Daniel Johnson, INF (Clearfield); Skyler Ford, P (West Jordan); Kaden Eichmeier, INF (Northridge); Tayson Wilson, INF (Fremont); Austin Combe, C (Fremont); Mitch Watrous, INF/P (Riverton); Matt Cluff, OF (Bingham); Stefan Cantwell, INF (Bingham); Mason Marshall, P (Bingham): Jared Taylor, P/INF (Davis); Brock McCashland, P/1B (Roy); Mike Springer, P (Taylorsville); Austin Petersen, INF (Copper Hills); Jake Hewitt, P (Syracuse). Coach--Ross Arnold (Fremont).
5-A South--Jose Magana, INF (Granger); Levi Lewellyn, DH (Cyprus); Sam Trout, P/INF (Skyline): Chance Abrath, P (West); Ryan Pitcher, INF (American Fork); Tanner Kemp, OF/P (Hillcrest); Court Iorg, INF (Pleasant Grove); Cade Hooley, C/P (Pleasant Grove); Clay Kinahan, P/1B (Jordan); Ryan Relf, INF (Alta); Brandon Hightower, P/INF (Hunter); Calob Aloi, 1B (Murray); Cole Butcher, INF (Brighton); Macay Hunter, 1B (Lone Peak); Carter Yagi, INF (Cottonwood); Brad Matson, OF (Cottonwood). Coach--Mike Lahargoue (Lone Peak).
4-A North--Tyler Blood, INF (East); Bronson Anderson, P (Lehi); Bryan Heward, P/OF (Bonneville); Sam Hall, INF (Bonneville); Cory McKendrick, INF (Tooele); Rhett Parkinson, P (Mountain Crest); Kye Raymond, C (Mountain Crest); Greg Vernier, INF (Logan); Cole Godfrey, P (Sky View); Taylor Byington, P (Bountiful); Kyle King, OF (Box Elder); Austin Bankowski, P (Woods Cross); Spencer Lindsley, P (Olympus); Christian Pitts, OF (Stansbury); John Koelliker, INF (Highland). Coach--Trevor Howell (Bonneville).
4-A South--Jake Bills, C (Springville); Jarrett Jarvis, C (Spanish Fork); Travis Still, OF (Spanish Fork); Saxton Brown, OF (Snow Canyon); Jake Brown, C (Snow Canyon); Dalton Stanger, INF (Orem); Jordan Peterson, P (Uintah); Seth Rhineer, P (Provo); Brady Pierce, P (Salem Hills); JC Snyder, INF (Salem Hills); Tim Jenkins, INF (Mountain View); Braxton Wright, C (Timpview); Riley Flinders, OF (Maple Mountain); Jordy Hart, OF (Westlake); Beauden Goodwin, INF (Dixie); Cole Wilstead, UTL (Pine View). Coach--Al Poland (Timpview).
3-A North--Ryan Taylor, P (Juan Diego); Kody Davis, INF (Juan Diego); Yuto Kata, INF (Juan Diego); Skyler Barkdull, INF (Park City); Robert Cashel, OF (Park City); Lincoln Kelly, OF (Grantsville); Andrew Nelson, P (Grantsville); Troy Ogilvie, P (Wasatch); Zack Cluff, INF (Wasatch); Hunter Payne, P (Bear River); Cade Capener, INF (Bear River); Dixon Marble, P (Bear River); Justin Eldredge, C (Union); Brady Hansgen, P (Judge Memorial). Coach--Jeff Toller (Morgan).
3-A South--Jason Holmes, P (Canyon View); Zane Applech, INF (Canyon View); Brooks Orton, INF/P (Cedar); Treyson Park, INF (Cedar); Cody Hone, INF (Cedar); Darian Nielson, OF (Desert Hills); Hayden Basinger, INF/P (Carbon); Gage Bigelow, P (Carbon); Taran Wright, OF (Juab); Hadley Myers, OF (Delta); Jaxon Singleton, C (Delta); Kash Jewkes, INF (Emery); Nathan Mecham, C (Emery). Coach--Jason Jacobsen (Canyon View).
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