Prep Baseball | Season Previews: CZR, Carmi are top picks in Black Diamond

Baseball season has already begun and it won't take long for the top teams in Southern Illinois to assert themselves. 

The Black Diamond Conference West may be a two-horse race. Most favor Zeigler-Royalton/Christopher (ZRC) with its plethora of pitching to edge out defending champion, Goreville. 

In the BDC East, the consensus pick is Carmi-White County to hit and pitch its way past the competition. Fairfield got hit hard by graduation and is not expected to contend for the league title again. Flora may be the best bet to challenge the . . .