2022 AHSAA North-South All-Star Baseball Teams Announced
Montgomery, AL – The Baseball All-Star Teams have been selected for the 2022 AHSAA North-South All-Star Sports Week, announced Brandon Dean, Director of the Alabama High School Athletic Directors & Coaches Association (AHSADCA).
The teams comprised of 2023 rising seniors were chosen by a special coaches committee from nominations received from AHSAA member school coaches.
“This is an outstanding group of baseball standouts and coaches from our member schools,” said Dean. “We are proud to announce these teams and look forward to watching them in the All-Star competition set for the All-Star Sports Week this summer.”
The AHSADCA, which operates under the auspices of the Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA), also hosts annually North-South all-star games in softball, volleyball, boys’ and girls’ soccer, boys’ and girls’ basketball, cross country, tennis and golf during the All-Star Week. The annual North-South All-Star football game is now played in Mobile each December following the conclusion of the football season.
The AHSAA Summer Conference, annually attended by more than 4,000 coaches and administrators, will be held in Montgomery this summer.
The North-South All-Star baseball coaches include: (North) Matt Deerman, Piedmont: Adam Keenum, Boaz; and Keith Lucky, Saint James (administrative coach); (South) Jarrod Cook, Trinity Presbyterian; Patrick Street, Dale County; , Smiths Station; and Ken Whittle, Trinity Presbyterian retired (administrative coach).
Deerman and Cook’s squads won’t be strangers in opposing dugouts. The two teams met in the 2022 Class 3A State Baseball Championship Series with the championship being decided in Game 3 in what was one of the most exciting baseball finals in AHSAA history.
Highlighting the baseball rosters are eight players who participated in the 2022 State Baseball Championships in 2022.
On the South squad are third baseman John Malone and infielder/pitcher Streed Crooms of Class 1A state champion Bayshore Christian. Crooms earned MVP honors in the Class 1A series won by the Eagles (29-5) in two games over Lindsay Lane Christian. G.W. Long’s Brant Brady, also an infielder, helped the Rebels (34-8) capture their 17th state title overall – an AHSAA record – this past season. Long met Decatur Heritage in the 2A final series. Shortstop Sam Silas helped the Bulldogs (36-6) reach the Class 5A state finals in 2022. Holtville pushed defending champion Russellville to three games, thanks in big part to Silas’ play.
Among the 18 players selected to the North All-Star squad are outfielder Jackson Ollis of Class 7A state runner-up Hewitt-Trussville (31-6-1), outfielder Coleman Mizell of Class 6A state champion Hartselle (38-4), catcher Aaron Hayes of 3A runner-up Piedmont (37-7) and pitcher Ray Anderson of Lindsay Lane Christian (28-8).
The South All-Stars won game 1 in the 2021 North-South Series 7-6 but the second game ended in a 3-3 tie. The North leads the series 23-15-2 heading into the 2022 competition. The series was first played in 1997.
2022 NORTH-SOUTH BASEBALL ROSTERS | |||
NORTH ALL-STAR TEAM | |||
Player | School | Pos. | Ht. |
Ray Anderson | Lindsay Lane | P | 6’2 |
John Buening | Sparkman | C | 5’10 |
Tucker Cagle | Cullman | OF | 6’2 |
Aaron Hayes | Piedmont | C | 6’0 |
Kaden Heatherly | Chelsea | RHP | 6’5 |
Konner Keplinger | Mortimer Jordan | P | 6’0 |
Samuel Mitchell | Bob Jones | P | 6’6 |
Coleman Mizell | Hartselle | OF | 6’3 |
Jackson Ollis | Hewitt-Trussville | OF | 5’9 |
Sam Patrick | Oneonta | 2B | 6′ 0 |
Samuel Robertson | Oxford | SS | 6’1 |
Carter Sheehan | Shelby County | SS | 5’10 |
Trenton Shirley | Tuscaloosa County | IF | 6’0 |
Jeremiah Struggs | A. H. Parker | 3B | 5’7 |
William Walburn | Vestavia Hills | C | 5’10 |
Peyton Watts | Oxford | SS | 5’11 |
Hugh Windle | Westbrook Christian | SS | 5’11 |
Gabe Young | Mountain Brook | OF | 5’11 |
NORTH COACHES | |||
Matt Deerman | Piedmont | ||
Adam Keenum | Boaz | ||
Keith Lucky | Saint James (Administrative) | ||
SOUTH ALL-STAR TEAM | |||
Player | School | Pos. | Ht. |
Cole Blaylock | UMS-Wright | OF | 6″0 |
Brant Brady | G. W. Long | 3B | 6’1 |
William Brock | Fairhope | C | 6’0 |
Ty Brooks | Wetumpka | SS | 5’8 |
Connor Cosby | Auburn | OF | 6’0 |
Streed Crooms | Bayshore Christian | 3B | 5’7 |
Bryson Goff | Saraland | P | 6’4 |
Joshua Gunther | Bayside Academy | P | 5’10 |
Drew Jolley | Prattville | IF | 6’0 |
John Malone | Bayshore Christian | 3B | 6’1 |
Cannon Miller | Chilton County | C | 5’10 |
Harrison Mims | Providence Christian | LHP | 5’10 |
Jaxon Shineflew | Wetumpka | P | 6’1 |
Andrew Shiver | Enterprise | LF | 6’0 |
Clint Shores | Saint James | OF | 5’10 |
Sam Silas | Holtville | SS | 6’0″ |
Zach Stevens | Stanhope Elmore | SS | 5’11 |
Olin Ward | UMS-Wright | 3B | na |
SOUTH COACHES | |||
Jarrod Cook | Trinity Presbyterian | ||
Patrick Street | Dale County | ||
Ken Whittle | Trinity Presbyterian (Administrative) | ||