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Briarwood’s Taylor Leib (10) dribbles the ball during the Class 6A girls championship game against Mountain Brook at John Hunt Park in Huntsville on Saturday, May 11, 2024. Briarwood fell to Mountain Brook 2-0. Photo by Erin Nelson Sweeney.
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Spain Park’s Alexa Benda (14) hits the ball in a Class 7A state quarterfinal match against Enterprise at the Birmingham CrossPlex on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. Photo by Erin Nelson Sweeney.
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Chelsea’s Haley Trotter (23) shoots a jumper in the first half of the girls Class 7A Northeast Regional semifinal at Jacksonville State University’s Pete Mathews Coliseum on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. Photo by Erin Nelson Sweeney.
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Oak Mountain’s John Shoemaker crosses the finish line during the boys Class 7A race in the AHSAA State Cross-Country Champiponships at Oakville Indian Mounds on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. Photo by Erin Nelson.
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Briarwod's Mary Grace Parker finished 3rd overall during Saturday's state championship cross-country meet in Oakville on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023. Photo by Deangelo McDaniel.
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Chelsea’s Sydney Carroll (31) pitches in a game against the Spartans at Mountain Brook High School on Thursday, April 27, 2023. Photo by Erin Nelson.
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Spain Park’s Charlee Bennett (16) tags the Daphne base runner out at second during the AHSAA state softball tournament at Choccolocco Park in Oxford on Monday, May 13, 2024. Photo by Erin Nelson Sweeney.
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Spain Park’s Carmen Britt tees-off on hole 1 during the Class 7A girls golf section tournament at Highland Park Golf Course on Tuesday, April 26, 2022. Photo by Erin Nelson.
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Oak Mountain’s Gabe Capocci (8) passes the ball during the Class 7A boys championship game against Auburn at John Hunt Park in Huntsville on Saturday, May 11, 2024. Oak Mountain defeated Auburn 3-0. Photo by Erin Nelson Sweeney.
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Chelsea’s Lauren Buchanan (7) hits the ball over the net during a match against Spain Park in the Class 7A, Area 6 tournament at Oak Mountain High School on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. Photo by Erin Nelson.
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Spain Park’s Addy Soehn (6) takes the ball downfield guarded by Oak Mountain’s Kaylee Alexander (25) in an area match at Heardmont Park on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Photo by Erin Nelson Sweeney.
The Alabama High School Athletic Association held its annual All-Star week in Montgomery this past week, July 15-19.
The week is an opportunity for coaches and athletic administrators around the state to congregate for clinics, banquets and other events. Rising seniors were selected to play in all-star games in each sport.
Here is a look at how the athletes selected from Briarwood, Chelsea, Oak Mountain and Spain Park fared in their all-star opportunities. Each of the athletes played on the North teams, competing against South all-stars.
Briarwood’s Will Clark got two at-bats in the baseball game, which the South team won 4-1.
Chelsea’s Haley Trotter scored 12 points for the North team in a dominant 87-46 win.
Briarwood’s Mary Grace Parker ran the cross-country race in 19 minutes, 13 seconds, finishing second. The North team won 17-35.
Oak Mountain’s John Shoemaker won the boys cross-country race with a time of 15:39, as the North team won 20-41.
Briarwood’s Sam Burns helped the North boys golf team to a 39-33 win.
Keat Litton of Spain Park was the administrative coach for the North boys and girls golf teams.
Spain Park’s Carmen Britt paired with Oneonta’s Savannah Sandlin to defeat the duo of Rayla Pierce of Gulf Shores and Lyndee Davis of Smiths Station 11.5-6.5. The North team won the competition 51-39.
Oak Mountain’s Gabe Capocci played for the North boys soccer team in the 4-1 win.
In the same game, Briarwood’s Sawyer Felton hit a corner kick in the fourth minute that led to the game’s opening goal.
Briarwood’s Taylor Leib was named the MVP of the North girls soccer team, scoring the game’s first goal in the 10th minute. She also assisted on a goal from a corner kick in the second half in the 4-1 win.
Spain Park’s Addie Soehn scored two unassisted goals in the first half of that game.
Spain Park’s Charlee Bennett played for the North softball team, driving in two runs of the second game of the doubleheader.
Chelsea’s Sydney Carroll pitched three innings in the first softball game, allowing just one hit. She allowed three runs, with only one of them being earned. She also hit a home run in the second game.
Spain Park’s Alexa Benda finished with three kills in the North volleyball team’s 3-2 win.
Chelsea’s Lauren Buchanan was named the MVP of the North volleyball team, notching two kills and two service aces in the fifth and final game. She finished with 13 kills overall.
Oak Mountain’s Emma Hawkins was named one of the winners of the AHSADCA Coaches’ Children Scholarship, as the daughter of Oak Mountain bowling and softball coach CJ Urse Hawkins.
