Alabama’s 2016 North-South Soccer All-Star Teams Announced

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MONTGOMERY, Ala (ahsaa.com) — All-star squads for the 2016 North-South boys’ and girls’ soccer all-star matches have been selected.

All selected players, rising seniors for the Class of 2017, were chosen by the Soccer Selection Committee from nominations submitted by high school coaches from across the state to participate at the 20th annual AHSAA Summer Conference and AHSADCA All-Star Games competition in Montgomery July 18-22, according to an announcement by Alvin Briggs, Director of the Alabama High School Athletic Directors & Coaches Association (AHSADCA).
The North-South boys’ and girls’ soccer doubleheader will be at Emory Folmar Soccer Complex on Tuesday, July 19 with the girls playing at 5 p.m., followed by the boys at 7.
The AHSADCA All-Star Games also include in-state games in baseball, softball, boys’ and girls’ basketball, volleyball and football. The 56^th North-South All-Star football game will be played Thursday night, July 21, at Cramton Bowl.
The AHSAA Summer Conference is a week-long event that includes sports-specific clinics and special sessions for coaches, principals, athletic directors, cheerleading coaches and officials. Also, an All-Sports Equipment Expo and other related activities are scheduled throughout the week.
Among the week’s highlights will be the Sportsmanship Luncheon honoring all schools that have not had an ejection or fine during the 2015-16 school year, and the Championship Coaches Awards Banquet that includes the naming of the 2015-16 Making A Difference Award Recipients , Coaches of the Year in each sport and the AHSADCA Athletic Director of the Year. Both banquets will be Friday, July 22.
Concluding the week will be the annual Officials Awards Banquet set for Saturday, July 23, at noon.
Coaches for the North Girls’ Soccer All-Stars are Julie Little of Albertville, Hunter Gray of Indian Springs and George Cavender, retired Butler coach who will serve as administrative coach for the North boys and girls.  South coaches are Analyn Coker of Trinity Presbyterian, Dennis Jones of Smiths Station and Ken Wright of Alabama Christian, the administrative coach for the South girls and boys.
The South boys’ coaches are Joe Nelson of Northview and Wilfredo Navidad of Montgomery Academy. North coaches are Casey Harbin of Cullman and Daniel DeMasters of defending Class 7A state champion Oak Mountain.
The North swept both matches in 2015 and now hold a 10-4-1 edge in the boys’ all-star series and are 12-2-1 in the girls’ competition overall.
The 2016 Soccer All-Star rosters are below.

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