The volleyball and cross country rosters for the 27th annual AHSAA North-South All-Star Week were announced on Tuesday.

The volleyball squads are made up of 15 rising seniors and the cross country teams include 10 runners.

The All-Star Week is set for July 17-22 in Montgomery and also will include competition in boys’ and girls’ basketball, baseball, softball, boys’ and girls’ soccer, tennis and golf. The 64th annual North-South All-Star Football Game was played in December in Mobile.

The All-Star competitions are hosted by the Alabama High School Athletic Directors & Coaches Association. Brandon Dean, the AHSADCA director, announced the volleyball and cross country rosters.

VOLLEYBALL

Coaches for the 2023 All-Star volleyball squads are Maggie Finley of Muscle Shoals, Mattie Gardner of Mountain Brook and administrative coach Sue Marshall of Randolph for the North stars. For the South, Gretchen Boykin of Spanish Fort, Julie Turner of Horseshoe Bend and administrative coach Virginia Franklin of Carver-Montgomery will be in charge.

The South All-Stars feature six players who participated in the AHSAA state finals in 2022, including Blakeley Robbins and Maysie Douglas from Class 6A champion Bayside Academy, which captured a national record 21st consecutive crown.

Anchoring the North All-Stars are three players who competed in the state championships, including Addison’s outside hitter Dacey Baker, who was All-State Tournament as the Bulldogs won their 14th state title.

The North won the 2022 all-star competition 3-2 and improved to 15-9 in the all-star series that was first played in 1997.

CROSS COUNTRY

The cross country competition will be held for the seventh time during All-Star Week.

Coaches for the North girls’ team area Stanley Johnson of Lawrence County and the North boys’ coach is Kim Nails of Southside-Gadsden. Michael McGovern of Mountain Brook will serve as administrative coach for both North squads. Johnson was the 2021 coach of the year according to the National Federation of State High School Associations.

For the South, Chris Rogers of Enterprise will coach the girls and Philip Peek of Bibb County will coach the boys. Ron Peters of Smiths Station will be administrative coach for both South teams.

Leading the South girls’ team is Smiths Station’s Railey Prins, who ran 19:11.31 at the AHSAA State Cross Country Championships at Oakville Indian Mounds Museum and State Park’s Jess Owens course, to finish 11th in the Class 7A race. Alexiana Hinote of Spanish Fort clocked 19:24.83 in the 6A race to cross the finish line in eighth place.

The North girls have six all-stars who rank under 20 minutes in the AHSAA 2022 Cross Country Championships, including Emma Bothern of James Clemens who ran 19:13.94 to finish 12th in the 7A race. Mountain Brook’s Mary Katherine Malone and Nancy Carolynne “Callie” Kent finishing fifth and 16th, respectively, in the 6A state race for the state champion Spartans.

Charles Perry of UMS-Wright headlines the South Boys’ All-Stars. He won the Class 6A individual title last season with a winning time of 15:43.54. The North squad features two runners each from the Class 5A state champion American Christian and Class 1A/2A state champion Cold Springs. Ethan Edgeworth of Cold Springs won the 1A/2A state meet race with a 15:53.26 time – fastest of any of the 10 runners named to the North squad.

The North girls won last year’s North-South competition 19-38 to improve to 3-2 in the series which was added to the North-South all-star lineup in 2017. The South won the boys’ race last summer 22-33. The North boys also hold a 3-2 edge in the series.

The rosters:

2023 NORTH-SOUTH VOLLEYBALL ALL-STAR TEAMS

NORTH ALL-STARS

Player name, school, position, height

Dacey Baker, Addison, OH, 5-foot-9

Megan Jarrett, Bob Jones, L/DS/OH, 5-8

Scarlett Albert, Brooks, OH/RS, 5-10

Callie Wright, Central-Florence, RS/OH, 5-9

Estella Connell, Donoho, MH, 5-9

Brooklyn Hall, Geraldine, MH/OH, 5-10

Taziya Harris, Guntersville, MH, 6-2

Taylor Stewart, Hazel Green, L, 5-3

Mackenzie Richards, Hoover, MB/RS, 5-9

Kendyl Mitchell, Hoover, OH/OPP, 5-10

Elizabeth Thomas, Huntsville, DS, 5-7

Alayna Hattaway, Jasper, OH, 6-0

Hannah Parant, Mountain Brook, S, 6-1

Olivia Kelly, Thompson, S, 5-9

Audrey Vielguth, Vestavia Hills, L, 5-6

SOUTH ALL-STARS

Player, school, pos., height

Adalyn Lassiter, Auburn, DS/L, 5-4

Blakeley Robbins, Bayside Academy, S, 6-0

Maysie Douglas, Bayside Academy, OH, 5-9

Katie Wilkerson, Beauregard, OH/S, 5-9

Heather Holtz, Enterprise, S, 6-0

Reagan Taylor, Horseshoe Bend, MB, 5-9

Emma Moore, McGill-Toolen Catholic, MB, 6-3

Chelsea N. Daffin, McGill-Toolen Catholic, OH, 5-10

Amelia Edgeworth, Orange Beach, OH, 5-11

Hailey Ward, Pleasant Home, MB, 5-9

Ava Card, Saint James, OH, 5-11

Reece Varden, Spanish Fort, MB, 6-0

Camryn Waite, St. Luke’s Episcopal, L, 5-7

Clarissa Dupree, St. Paul’s Episcopal, OH, 6-0

Isabel Hill, Trinity Presbyterian, L, 5-9

2023 NORTH-SOUTH CROSS COUNTRY TEAMS

NORTH GIRLS ALL-STARS

Player, school

Autumn Betts, A. P. Brewer

Catherine Johnstone, Athens

Reagan Parris, Cold Springs

Emma Bothern, James Clemens

Mary Katherine Malone, Mountain Brook

Nancy Carolynne Kent, Mountain Brook

Mary Anna Trimble, Muscle Shoals

Anna Hopkins, Priceville

Samantha Menikheim, Sparkman

Emily Driskill, Whitesburg Christian

SOUTH ALL-STARS

Player, school

Kate Finch, Alabama Christian

Eva McGowan, Auburn

Lindsey Baxter, Baker

Molly Conway, Beauregard

Sophie West, Daphne

Madelyn Patterson, Providence Christian

Railey Prins, Smiths Station

Alexiana Hinote, Spanish Fort

Ella Browning, St. Luke’s Episcopal

Emily Miles, St. Paul’s Episcopal

NORTH BOYS ALL-STARS

Player, School

Nadeem Johnson, Altamont

Carson Renicks, American Christian

Braden Ary, American Christian

Jayden Allred, Cold Springs

Ethan Edgeworth, Cold Springs

Cole Robinson, James Clemens

Michael Dryer, James Clemens

Arthur Langley, John Carroll Catholic

Dakota Frank, Munford

Harper Branscome, Muscle Shoals

SOUTH BOYS ALL-STARS

Player, school

Ben Erath, Auburn

Ben Stewart, Auburn

Bowden Michael, Enterprise

Henry Skala, Montgomery Catholic

Wyatt Mixson, Providence Christian

Brodie Norred, Smiths Station

Winston McGhee, Spanish Fort

Garrett Dolbear, St. Luke’s

Matthew Blake, Trinity

Charles Perry, UMS-Wright