PEARL — As one might have imagined, after winning back-to-back Class 5A state championships on the diamond the East Central Hornets dominated that classifications all-state teams.
Veteran head coach Bo Long’s Hornets placed more players on the first team, four, than any other school in the state. East Central also had one player named to the second team.
But that wasn’t all the recognition for squads in the “Southern Six” concerning all-state status, as a dozen players from this area were honored.
Long was named the Class 5A “Coach of the Year”, and standout senior and Southern Miss. signee T.J. Dunsford was selected as “Player of the Year”. Joining Dunsford on the Class 5A First Team All-State squad was his East Central teammates Carson Ryder, Brandt Dickerson and Logan Terry.
In addition, Gautier’s Kaden Irving and Caleb Dyess of Pearl River Central were named Class 5A First Team All-State also.
Seven players from the “Southern Six” were selected Class 5A Second Team All-State. That group included East Central’s Nate Trochessett as well as Hunter Parker from Vancleave, Jacob Johnson of Pearl River Central, Picayunes’ Kyler King, Gage Reeves of George County, Brady Robertson of Picayune and George County’s Ben Davis.
Here are the 2023 Mississippi High School Baseball Coaches Class 5A All-State Teams. These all-state teams are voted on by coaches around the state who are members of the Mississippi Association of Coaches.
CLASS 5A
Coach of the Year: Bo Long, East Central
Player of the Year: T.J. Dunsford, INF/P, Sr., East Central
First Team
Drake Douglas, P, Sr., Saltillo
Montravious Winn, P, Sr., Ridgeland
Cole Richardson, P, Jr., South Jones
Carson Ryder, INF, Sr., East Central
Kaden Irving, INF, Sr., Gautier
Lawson Odom, INF, Sr., West Jones
Houston Morgan, INF, Jr., Lafayette
Caleb Dyess, OF, Sr., Pearl River Central
Caiden Chain, OF, Jr., New Hope
Brandt Dickerson, OF, Sr., East Central
Logan Terry, C, Sr., East Central
Baker Walker, UTL, Sr., Lake Cormorant
Camden Clark, UTL, Jr., West Jones
James Woody, UTL, Sr., Ridgeland
Second Team
Noah Robinson, P, Sr., Lafayette
Hunter Parker, P, Jr., Vancleave
Jacob Johnson, P, Jr., Pearl River Central
Nate Trochessett, INF, Jr., East Central
Baylor Roberts, INF, So., Saltillo
Kyler King, INF, Jr., Picayune
Brody Breithaupt, INF, Jr., Lafayette
Gage Reeves, OF, Jr. George County
Brady Robertson, OF, Jr., Picayune
Ben Davis, OF, So., George County
Luke Wood, C, Sr., Saltillo
Jarvis Woody, UTL, So., Ridgeland
Dylan Causey, UTL, So., South Jones
Sam Malone, UTL, Sr., New Hope
