Halifax County High School catcher Clay Lloyd and Comets outfielder and pitcher Brayden Moore will be playing in the baseball tournament of the Commonwealth Games that starts tonight at Liberty University in Lynchburg.

Lloyd and Moore will play for the West team, which will play its first game of the tournament tonight at 6 p.m.

Along with the pair of Comets players, the Piedmont District is represented by Tunstall High School players Tyler Jarrett and Cameron Rigney.

The baseball competition of the Commonwealth Games features four all-star teams comprised of the top 15-year-old to 17-year-old high school baseball players in the state. The four teams represent four regions of the state, with the four teams competing in an eight-game playoff series to determine the champion.

Action starts tonight with the West team facing the Central team at 6 p.m. An opening ceremony will follow that game, with a game between the North and East teams set for 8:30 p.m.

Four games are on tap Saturday with the first game set for 9:30 a.m. The Central and North teams will face each other in the 9:30 a.m. opener with West Vs. East, East Vs. Central and North Vs. West games following in that order.

After Saturdays round of games teams will be seeded for Sundays medal round. On Sunday, the Number 4 seed will play the Number 3 seed at 9:30 a.m. in the Bronze Medal game.

Following a teams lunch that will be held at 11:30 a.m., the Number 2 seed will face the Number 1 seed in the Gold/Silver Medal game.

Notable tournament alumni include Justin Verlander, David Wright, B.J. Upton, Justin Upton, Ryan Zimmerman and others.

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Comets pair to play in tourney - YourGV.com