If you enjoy high school baseball and want to see the area's top juniors and most of the best senior players from the WPIAL, then Burkett Field in Robinson Township is the place to be Saturday.

West Penn Baseball Prospects All-Star weekend gets under way at 7 p.m. tomorrow with an awards banquet at the Hilton Garden Inn at Southpointe. The affair will honor players selected to play in the all-star doubleheader as well as players and coaches of the year in the WPIAL's four classifications.

The Underclassmen Showcase for 2009 graduates begins at 8 a.m. Saturday.

Players will have an opportunity to show off their arms, speed in the 60-yard dash and hitting ability for college and professional scouts.

The all-star doubleheader begins at 5 p.m. Saturday with the Class A All-Stars taking on the Class AA All-Stars. That game will be followed by Class AAA vs. Class AAAA. Both games will be seven innings and wooden bats will be used instead of metal bats. The rain date is Sunday.

The interesting part of the all-star games is that players will use wooden bats.

"It'll be different for the players," said Serra Catholic coach Brian Dzurenda, who has conducted wooden bat weekend tournaments. "Players won't be able to use that lazy, looping swing that they can get away with using metal bats. With a wooden bat there's a smaller sweet spot."

Rick Krivanek of Central Catholic has been selected as the Class AAAA Coach of the Year. He guided the Vikings to a 15-3 regular-season record and a share of the Section 4-AAAA title.

Players from the PG East edition circulation area selected to play in the all-star doubleheader are:

• Class AAAA: Anthony DeFabio and Scott McGough, Plum; Seve Franceshelli, Franklin Regional; Jeff Jones, Central Catholic; and Chris Rasky, Penn-Trafford.

• Class AAA: Jordan Carnathan, Derry Area; Matt Diehl and Steve Zerbini, Greensburg Salem; and Jason Hegedus, Yough.

• Class AA: Seth Napierkowski, Burrell; Jared Soell, Riverview; and Jess Szymanski, Greensburg Central Catholic.

• Class A: Cam Olsen, Serra Catholic.

Dzurenda will help coach the Class A stars, while Jerry Dal Canton of Gateway, Carl Vollmer of Plum and Krivanek will work with the Class AAAA squad.