By Joshua Huff, sports editor
TRUSSVILLE — The participants for the upcoming 2020 AHSAA North-South All-Star Cross Country races were selected on Monday and several Hewitt-Trussville athletes will be in attendance for the annual event.
The North-South All-Star Week is scheduled for July 13-17 and will be comprised of two 10-member teams consisting of 2021 seniors. The AHSADCA, which has already selected the volleyball all-star teams, will host North-South all-star games in football, baseball, softball, volleyball, boys’ and girls’ soccer, boys’ and girls’ basketball, cross country, tennis and golf during the All-Star Week in July.
The remaining all-star teams have yet to be announced.
Hewitt-Trussville will be represented at the AHSAA North-South All-Star Cross Country races in both the boys’ and girls’ divisions.
On the North Boys’ All-Star team will be both Nathan Knox and Aaron Himes. On the North Girls’ All-Star team will be Amelia Brady.
In the 2019 season, Knox set a personal best at the Dew it on the Trails Invitational on Oct. 12, with a time of 16:07.3. Out of seven events during the season, Knox finished with three top 10 berths.
Himes concluded the 2019 season with a state record set during the AHSAA 7A XC State Championship on Nov. 9, with a time of 16:36.9.
Brady, too, set a state record at the 2019 AHSAA 7A XC State Championship with a time of 20:46.9.
The Hewitt-Trussville boys’ cross country team concluded the 2019 season fifth in the state, and the girls’ team wrapped the season in fourth place.
North Boys All-Stars
Player | School |
Parker Balzli | Mountain Brook |
Walker Cole | Oak Mountain |
Aaron Himes | Hewitt-Trussville |
Walker Huddleston | Cullman |
Nathan Knox | Hewitt-Trussville |
Jairo Lopez-Hernandez | Hatton |
Owen Marquardt | Hoover |
Collin Mayfield | Geraldine |
Jake Moore | White Plains |
David Rubolin | Florence |
North Girls All-Stars
Player | School |
Merritt Edwards | Altamont |
Hannah Thuss | Bob Jones |
Bernarda Tizapa-Robles | Cullman |
Mary Claire Ridgeway | Florence |
Amelia Brady | Hewitt-Trussville |
Camilla Chambers | Holly Pond |
Lauren Wallace | Hoover |
Elizabeth Robertson | Mountain Brook |
Beth Ann Tucker | Springville |
Yarahy Marcelino | West Morgan |