North-South Basketball Teams Are Selected
Teams for this summer’s North-South all-star basketball games at All-Star Sports Week have been selected by The Alabama High School Athletic Directors & Coaches Association, the coaches’ wing of the Alabama High School Athletic Association. AHSADCA Director Steve Bailey released the teams Thursday.
The games will be played at the University of Alabama-Huntsville Thursday night, July 16. All-Star games in baseball, boys and girls soccer, volleyball, softball and football are also scheduled during the annual All-Star Sports Week, which will run July 13-17.
Heading the 15-member North girls’ squad is the state’s career all-time leading scorer, Courtney Strain of Woodland. All selected players for the girls and boys squads are rising seniors.|
Strain broke the state record (4,155 points) held previously by Speake’s Starr Orr last season while leading Woodland to the Northeast Regional Class 2A tournament. She now needs less than 650 points next season to become the first state prep player to reach 5,000 points in a career.
Coaches for each team have not been released yet.
The complete rosters as chosen by the AHSADCA selection committee include:
NORTH GIRLS
Kaneisha Horn, Ramsay, F; Destiny Samuels, Ramsay, F; Brittany Young, Midfield, G; Peyton Davis, Mortimer Jordan, F; Tyrese Tanner, Hoover, F; Meghan Dunn, Hoover, G; Courtney Strain, Woodland, G; Marie McAbee, Talladega, F; Hope Hudson, Hackleburg, G; Miranda Liles, Brooks, G; Jasmine Hammon, Muscle Shoals, G; Georgia Myrex, Cold Springs, G; Hannah Holmes, Susan Moore, G; LeCreshan Horton, Athens, G; Brittney McCloud, Decatur, G.
SOUTH GIRLS
April Montgomery, J.F. Shields, G; Keydra Shedrone, T.R. Miller, F; Nakiya Smith, T.R. Miller, G; Shanece McKinney, LeFlore, F; Terra Reeves, Spanish Fort, G; Tempey Hamilton, Murphy, G; Shelby Trotter, Robertsdale, G; Charmaine Ward, Dothan, G; Shafontaye Myers, Sunshine, G; Katia May, Sumter County, G; Lauren Hope Olszewski, Saint James, F; Ar'Shundra Hampton, Carver-Montgomery, F; Keisha Moore, Selma, G; Erika Jones, Smiths Station, F; Shaniqua Buchannan, McGill-Toolen, F.
NORTH BOYS
Mark Buckner, Leeds, F; Michael Cooper, Fairfield, C; Mondarius Harris, Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa, G; Charles Gordon, Vestavia Hills, F; Quintarius Hutchinson, Anniston, G/F; Tyler Mosley, Talladega, G; Carlton Williams, Phillips, G; Jacob Mitchell, Mars Hill Bible, G; Terence Smith, Russellville, G; Regaine Watkins, Florence, F/G; Joshua Langford, J.O. Johnson, F; Derek Triplett, Huntsville, F; Kendal Jennings, Sparkman, F; Jay Watkins, Austin, C; William Johnson, Decatur, G.
SOUTH BOYS
Grant Jamal White, Monroe County, G/F; Michael Stanley, Baldwin County, G/F; Michael Hobbs, Daphne, F; Brandon Ellis, Robertsdale, F; Tory Upshaw, Brantley, G/F; Wesley Person, Brantley, G; Robert Lampley, Barbour County, G/F; O'Brien Curry, Andalusia, F/C; Gabriel Rice, Sumter County, F; Neiko Hunter, Greene County, F; Giovanni Smith, Brewbaker Tech, G/F; Quindravius Richardson, Loachapoka, F/C; Nirobi Huguley, Lanett, G; Brandon Battle, R.C. Hatch, C; Devante Calloway, Opelika, C.