From The Tribune staff reports
MONTGOMERY – North-South all-star squads for the upcoming 5th annual AHSAA North-South All-Star Cross Country races have been selected.
North-South All-Star Week is scheduled for July 12-15. The two 10-member teams comprised of 2022 rising seniors were announced by Jamie Lee, Director of the Alabama High School Athletic Directors & Coaches Association (AHSADCA) Monday. Included on this year’s rosters are Hewitt-Trussville runners Mitchell Phillips and Maci Mills.
Leading the North boys’ team is Jack Lowe of Pell City, who finished fourth in the Class 6A State Cross Country Championships last November clocking 16:04.25 over the 3.1-mile course. That time was the best time in last fall’s state meet of any runner selected to the North squad. Class 7A runners Mitchell Phillips of Hewitt-Trussville, Trey Hurt of Florence and Keegan Verble of Grissom finished 19th, 20th and 22st in the 7A state meet in 2020 with times of 16:25.28, 16:26.98 and 16:32.12, respectively.
The girls North All-Stars include Maci Mills of Hewitt-Trussville, who finished 13th clocking 19:57.01 in the 7A championships, and Maddie Jackson of Fort Payne, who clocked 19:58.97 to finish 13th in the 6A championships. Corner’s Myka Rogers took eighth place in the 5A state race with a 20:18.21 time.
The South girls won the 2019 race 19-36 and now own a 2-1 edge in the North-South series. The North boys upped their lead to 2-1 with a one-point 27-28 win over the South in 2019.
The complete rosters include:
2021 GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY ROSTER | |||
NORTH ALL-STARS | |||
Player | School | ||
Hunter Anderson | Mountain Brook | ||
Lauren Barrentine | Guntersville | ||
Courtney Callahan | Westminster-Oak Mountain | ||
Maddie Jackson | Fort Payne | ||
Maci Mills | Hewitt-Trussville | ||
Mary Alice Murner | Deshler | ||
Kenlie Nelson | Guntersville | ||
Myka Rogers | Corner | ||
Anna Strickland | White Plains | ||
Crawford West | Vestavia Hills | ||
NORTH COACHES | |||
Sandy Lynch | Florence | ||
Michael McGovern | Mountain Brook – Admin. | ||
SOUTH ALL-STARS | |||
Player | School | ||
Olivia Andrews | Cottage Hill Christian | ||
Breckin Gould | Opelika | ||
Lessye Gray | Auburn | ||
Annie Jeffery | UMS-Wright | ||
Sangie Lincoln-Velez | Auburn | ||
Mary Mattingly | McGill-Toolen Catholic | ||
Bella Rhodes | Holtville | ||
Lauren Rodgers | Enterprise | ||
Emma Sibley | Baker | ||
Katherine Warren | Trinity Presbyterian | ||
SOUTH COACHES | |||
Hollis Johnson | Montgomery Catholic | ||
Ron Peters | Smiths Station – Admin. | ||
2021 BOYS CROSS COUNTRY ROSTERS | |||
NORTH ALL-STARS | |||
Player | School | ||
David Haskins | Westminster-Oak Mtn | ||
Trey Hurt | Florence | ||
Steele Joiner | Lawrence County | ||
Wyatt Knight | Ashville | ||
Jack Lowe | Pell City | ||
John (Jack) Nichols | Altamont | ||
Mitchell Phillips | Hewitt-Trussville | ||
Keegan Verble | Grissom | ||
Nick Wood | Cullman | ||
Henry Woodall | Lindsay Lane Christian | ||
NORTH COACHES | |||
John Moore | White Plains | ||
Michael McGovern | Mtn Brook – Admin. | ||
SOUTH ALL-STARS | |||
Player | School | ||
Davis Amare | Fairhope | ||
Woodrow Dean | Tallassee | ||
Sean Dorrill | Central – Phenix City | ||
William Jameson | St. Paul’s Episcopal | ||
Cameron Mann | Wetumpka | ||
Thomas Miller | St. Michael Catholic | ||
Connor Patterson | Providence Christian | ||
Joseph Perry | UMS-Wright | ||
Brett Tessay | Enterprise | ||
Justin Walker | Faith Academy | ||
SOUTH COACHES | |||
Cliff Carter | Providence Christian | ||
Ron Peters | Smiths Station – Admin. |