Local players, coaches representing South All-Stars in Montgomery in July.

Bayside Academy's Lauren Chastang, Ariel Dulaney and Spanish Fort's  Carley Hamric will represent Baldwin County on the court. McGill-Toolen Catholic's Sofia Bruno and Murphy's Bentley Odom will represent Mobile County. Bayside is the defending Class 3A state champion. Spanish Fort is the defending Class 6A state champion.         

Coaches Ann Schilling of Bayside and Fairhope native Nancy Shoquist of Murphy will lead the South team.

MONTGOMERY— Twenty-four outstanding junior volleyball players from across the state have been named to the North-South squads for 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 and Coaches Association (AHSADCA).

The two volleyball teams, selected by the AHSADCA Volleyball Coaches’ Selection Committee,
will square off on Thursday, July 21, at Faulkner University’s Tine Davis Gymnasium at 4 p.m. The AHSADCA All-Star Games also include in-state all-star games in boys’ and girls’ soccer, baseball, boys’ and girls’ basketball and softball. The 56th North-South All-Star football game will also be played July 22 at Cramton Bowl with at 7 p.m. kickoff.


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 conference’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, and the AHSADCA Athletic Director of the Year. Both banquets will be Friday, July 22.  Concluding the week will be the Officials Awards Banquet set for July 23 at noon.

Coaching the North Volleyball All-Stars will be Ryan Robinson of 2015 Class 4A state champion Brooks High School (44-10) and Ginny McMillan of 2015 Class 6A state runner-up John Carroll Catholic (34-10). McMillan’s team won the 6A state crown in 2014. Administrative coach is Randolph’s Sue Marshall. 

South coaches are Ann Schilling of Bayside Academy (40-7) and Nancy Shoquist of Murphy. Schilling’s Lady Admirals won the 2015 Class 3A state title – the school’s 14th straight state championship and an AHSAA state record. Shoquist is a member of the AHSAA’s elite 1,000-win club – registering her 1,000th career coaching win in 2012. Virginia Franklin of Carver-Montgomery is the South administrative coach.
       The North won last summer’s competition 27-25, 25-23, 25-21 to improve to 14-5 in the series that began in 1997.

Among the volleyball players selected on the South squad are 2015 Class 6A state tournament MVP Carley Hamric, a middle hitter for Spanish Fort, and 2015 Class 3A MVP Lauren Chastang of Bayside Academy, an outside hitter. Setter Mary Ren Stevenson and libero Sofia Bruno of McGill-Toolen Catholic helped the Dirty Dozen finish second in Class 7A last season.

Among the all-stars selected for the North are middle blocker Caroline Davies and outside hitter Mary Jordan Kilgore of Class 7A state champion Mountain Brook. Setter/outside hitter Julia Shoemake of Randolph and libero Halee Thomas of Brooks helped their teams win the 5A and 4A state titles, respectively, in 2015.
               The teams include:

2016 North-South Volleyball All-Star Rosters

NORTH ALL-STAR TEAM


Name                            School                                     Position


Hannah Barrett           Huntsville                           Setter

Caroline Davies           Mountain Brook                   MB

Sabrina Duncan           Huntsville                          Setter/OH

Kate Hammond           Arab                                  Setter

Mary Catherine Hart    John Carroll Catholic              MB

Mary Jordan Kilgore     Mountain Brook                    OH

Olivia Portera             Hoover                                 Libero

Brooke Sanford           Hazel Green                         OH

Julia Shoemake           Randolph                            Setter/OH

Halee Thomas             Brooks                                Libero

Rhianna Tyldesley        Hewitt-Trussville                  MB

Megan Zuck               Hartselle                               OH


COACHES:
Ryan Roberson – Brooks, Ginny McMillan - John Carroll Catholic, Sue Marshall - Randolph (administrative).



SOUTH ALL-STAR TEAM


Name                          School                             Position

Kalysia Bates              Smiths Station                   MB/OH

Sofia Bruno              McGill-Toolen Catholic           Libero

Ashlyn Byrd             Providence Christian              Setter

Lauren Chastang         Bayside Academy                OH

Ariel Dulaney              Bayside Academy                MB/OH

Carley Hamric             Spanish Fort                       MB


Hannah Harris             Providence Christian           OH


Morgan Kyles              Enterprise                          MB/OH


Bentley Odom             Murphy                              MB/OH


Mary Ren Stevenson    Montgomery Academy        Setter

Kayla White                Montgomery Academy         OH


Alex Wiggins               Enterprise                           OH


COACHES: Ann Schilling - Bayside Academy, Nancy Shoquist – Murphy, Virginia Franklin - Carver-Montgomery (administrative).