Hill and Person Plan to Play at Next Level

Congratulations to Peyton Hill and Wesley Person.  Peyton plans to play basketball for Huntingdon College and Wesley has signed a letter of intent to play basketball at TROY.

Peyton averaged 12.5 points and 5.2 rebounds per game and shot a blistering 60% from the field and 55% from 3 point range her senior year.  Max Preps attributes over 1,000 points to her career. Peyton is a member of both the 2012 and 2013 Class 1A Championship Teams.  

Wesley averaged 32.5 points and 7.5 rebounds per game and shot a blistering 62% from the field and 56% from 3 point range her senior year.  Wesley won the Alabama Sports Writers Association's Player of the Year in 2013 and 2014.

Kudos to both, their parents, and Coach Andrew Kilcrease and Coach Johnny Young.  

Congratulations to Grayson Ray

Ms. Grayson Ray was crowned BHS's 2014 Campus Beauty last night. First runner-up was Dominique Caldwell.  Second runner-up was Raven Averett.  Ms. Congeniality was Amahni Upshaw.  Ms. Photogenic was Kristie Holmes.  The Interview Award went to Dominique Caldwell.

The talent was exceptional with dance and song set the the theme of "Through the Years."  Many alums joined in the fun as you can see from the pictures below.

Dominique Caldwell, Campus Beauty Grayson Ray, and Reven Averett

Senior Song

Dancers Dance to "Stand Up"

Mr. Daryl Blakely  sings "I Swear"

Students Sings "What Makes You Beautiful"

Alums Sing "Heaven"

The Village People Make a Showing

Michael Jackson Dances to "Billy Jean"

Students Sing "Grease Lightening"

Backup Singers Sing "Summer Nights"

Jailhouse Rockers

Emcees Jim Head and Jamie Nutter

Hall and Jones Represent at Bryant Jordan

"Mirror Mirror on the wall, who was the fairest of them all?"  The girls from Crenshaw County of course.

Kelsey Hall of BHS and Mallory Jones, each of whom won their perspective regions, represented our system very well Monday night at the Bryan-Jordan Banquet in the Sheraton Ballroom in Birmingham.  Each girl paraded down the red carpet to take their seats of honor down front.  During dinner, a continuous video introduced the young women to all.  More than 500 hundred were in attendance including Senator Jeff Sessions.  Here are a few pics below.

Kelsey and Guests

Mallory and Guest

Kelsey and the Sup

The Sup and Mallory

Livestock Judging Team Goes High Tech

The BHS FFA Livestock Judging Team advanced from district competition earning a spot in state competition the first week in June.  A key component of ongoing team preparation involves the use of electronic resources via their iPads.  The team currently practices twice a week, but with such an overwhelming amount of information to learn, will have to engage in ongoing electronic self-study to ensure the greatest level of preparation.  Only one team member does not have an iPad at this time, as she is in 8th grade and using an alternate device. 

The students will keep their iPads until state competition is over rather than returning them when other iPads are collected at the end of the school year.  Their level of preparation is dependent upon device availability.

Kudos to the team!  Kudos to the technology initiative!

• Matthew Hudson (12th)
• Brian Compton (11th)
• Trent Warrick (11th)
• Cassidy Catrett (10th)
• Cameron Catrett (8th)

3 Players and 1 Coach Make 2014 North-South Basketball Games

     A total of 60 outstanding junior student-athletes from across the state have been named to the 2014 North-South Boys and Girls Basketball All-Star squads for the 18th annual Alabama All-Star Sports Week competition scheduled in Montgomery July 21-25. Alvin Briggs, Director of the Alabama High School Athletic Directors & Coaches Association (AHSADCA), made the announcement Thursday.

        Sports Week, which also includes in-state all-star games in soccer, volleyball, baseball, softball and football, will also feature the Summer Conference with clinics and professional development sessions for coaches, principals, athletic directors, cheerleader coaches and officials. 

        Also, an All-Sports Equipment Expo and other related activities are scheduled throughout the week. Two of the highlights will be the Sportsmanship Banquet, which honors all schools that have not had an ejection or fine during the 2013-14 school year, and the Championship Coaches Awards Banquet, which also honors the 2013-14 Making A Difference Award winners as well as the Dr. Lemak Award recipients.

        Coaching the South girls’ all-stars will be Jarvis Wilson of Blount and Eric Bailey of Maplesville. Nigel Card of Saint James is the administrative coach.

        Coaches for the North girls are Ulysses Haynes of Center Point and Brenda Mayes of Muscle Shoals. Lauderdale County’s Brant Llewellyn is the administrative coach.

        The South boys’ all-star coaching staff includes Richard Dorsey of Luverne and S. Dwayne Drakeford of Beauregard. North coaches are Stace Tedford of Athens and Clifford Drummond of Handley. Card and Llewellyn will also serve as boys’ administrative coaches.

        Headlining the South girls’ roster is two-time Class 1A state tournament MVP Amahni Upshaw, a 6-foot forward, and 6-2 Carver-Montgomery center Tatyana Calhoun. Payton Burnett, a 5-11 forward, is also representing Class 1A state champion Brantley on the squad. Two Straughn players on the squad are guards Katelyn Kinsaul and Jacie Williamson.

      The North team lists two girls who played on state championship teams in 2014—6-2 center Makayla Liles of Class 3A Lauderdale County and 5-8 guard Alyese Givens of Shades Valley. Holly Pond forward Megan Gambrill also played in the 3A state finals with Holly Pond last season. Two Hazel Green players on the squad are 6-2 center Rayven Pearson and 6-1 forward Chloe Long.

        The South boys’ roster features three players who played in the 2014 state finals. The tallest is 6-9 center Donta’ Hall of Luverne, who led the Tigers to the Class 2A state finals as a junior. Tommie Burton, a 6-8 center, led St. Jude to the 1A state championship and 5-11 guard Jerrod Moorer helped Dallas County win the Class 4A state title.  The tall South squad also lists 6-7 Deion Dozier of McGill-Toolen and 6-8 forward Joseph Strugg of Carver-Montgomery.

      The North squad lists four players who stand 6-7 or taller with Luke Lena of Grissom at 6-10 the tallest. Kaleb Suggs of Colbert Heights is 6-8 while Dalton Barkley of Bob Jones and Gerron Scissum of Lee-Huntsville stand 6-7 each.

         The North swept last year’s competition at Alabama State University’s Dunn-Oliver Acadome with the boys winning 96-60 and the girls rolling to an 84-36 victory. The North leads the girls’ series 15-2 while the North boys hold a 45-25 edge in the series that dates back to the first contest in 1953.

        The AHSADCA operates under the auspices of the Alabama High School Athletic Association. Membership includes coaches of all AHSAA sports as well as administrators of member schools.

        The rosters:

2014 GIRLS BASKETBALL  ROSTER

NORTH

Player

School

Pos.

Ht.

Vic. Baldwin

Spain Park

F

5'10

Tailah Davis

Center Point

G

5'9

TiarrDuncan

Talladega County

G

5'9

K Ellison

North Sand Mountain

G

5'6

H Evans

Hokes Bluff

G

5'4

M Gambrill

Holly Pond

F

5'10

El Gilliam

Madison Academy

C

6'1

A Givens

Shades Valley

G

5'8

Ta Hill

Huntsville

G

5'6

K Hudson

Clay-Chalkville

G

5'6

M Liles

Lauderdale County

C

6'2

Chloe Long

Hazel Green

F

6'1

RPearson

Hazel Green

F

6'2

V Sala

Lee - Huntsville

C

6'1

S Wade

Huntsville

G

5'11

COACHES

U. Haynes

Center Point

B. Mayes

Muscles Shoals

Llewellyn

Lauderdale Co.

SOUTH

Player

School

Pos.

Ht.

P Burnett

Brantley

F

5'11

B Bussey

Valley

G

5'7

T Calhoun

Carver - Montgomery

C

6'2

A Chess

Choctaw County

G

5'7

L Aime'

Daleville

C

6'0

A Gipson

Lee - Montgomery

G

5'7

K Jackson

Rain, B. C.

G

5'6

K Kinsaul

Straughn

G

5'4

E Mhoon

UMS-Wright

G

5'5

Hope Moorr

Murphy

F

5'9

C Rogers

Ashford

G

5'9

A Upshaw

Brantley

F

6'0

A Uptain

Maplesville

G

5'6

K. Vinson

Loachapoka

F

5'11

J.Williamson

Straughn

G/F

5'11

COACHES

J Wilson

Blount, Mattie T.

E Bailey

Maplesville

N Card,

Saint James

2014 BOYS BASKETBALL ROSTER

NORTH

Player

School

Pos.

Ht.

Wt.

D Barkley

Bob Jones

F

6'7

185

A Cherry

Hoover

G

6'2

185

M Cook

Homewood

G

6'0

180

L Crowder

Vestavia Hills

G

6'1

170

C Crowe

American Christian

G

6'3

185

T Crumpton

Phillips

G

6'4

na

S Garner

Scottsboro

F

6'4

180

Luke Luna

Grissom

C

6'10

230

E McFarland

Randolph County

G/F

6'4

178

W Potts, III

Athens

F

6'5

210

D Robinson

Central - Tusc

G

6'0

150

G Scissum

Lee - Huntsville

F

6'7

202

Ethan Stair

Hazel Green

G

6'5

185

Kaleb Suggs

Colbert Heights

F

6'8

190

T Tolliver

Scottsboro

G

5'10

180

COACHES

S Tedford

Athens High

CDrummond

Handley

SOUTH

Player

School

Pos.

Ht.

Brandon Austin

Carver - Montgomery

G

6'5

T Burton

Saint Jude

C

6'8

Deion Dozier

McGill-Toolen

C

6'7

Rodney Gill

Theodore

G

6'2

Donta' Hall

Luverne

C

6'9

Dazon Ingram

Theodore

G

6'4

AJohnson

Francis Marion

G

6'1

W Jones, Jr.

Sunshine

G

6'4

A Moore

Central - Phenix City

F

6'4

J Moorer

Dallas County

G

5'11

C Pope

Sunshine

F

6'7

Dylan Smith

McGill-Toolen

F

6'4

J Strugg

Carver - Montgomery

F

6'8

J Thomas

Montgomery Academy

G

6'0

P Vickerstaff

Opelika

G

6'1

COACHES

R Dorsey

Luverne

D Drakeford

Beauregard

Nigel Card

McCardle Notches a 34 on the ACT

HHS's Dylan McCardle is anything but an average student.  The self-proclaimed "camilia" says that he can blend in with any group of people, that he enjoys all types of music, and that he responds best when interested and not pushed.   So for

Dylan McCardle

whatever reason, he become interested in bettering his ACT of score 33 (he was not pushed).  Just a few weeks ago, Dylan received his most recent results which were English-31, math 34, reading-35 and science-35 to give him a composite score of 34.  I asked him why the improvement in 2014, he said that he knew he could do better in math as he had made a 31 because he had forgotten his calculator. Nearly all of Dylan's scores are in the 99th percentile. Dylan attributes his test taking ability to working logic puzzles via our Gifted Program in grades 3-6.  He says that this exercise taught him how to learn and apply logic. Outside of the Gifted Progam, Dylan attributes his success to his love of math, especially Algebra and geometry. Dylan also enjoys reading stories that attract him and says he will set it down in a hurry if he becomes disinterested. According to Dylan, "If the story does not make sense in the first few pages, I will not open it again".  Dylan says that his parents also played a vital role by offering encouragement.  He stated that his parents didn't just want all A's, but high A's. Dylan has applied to Vanderbilt (#2 ranked college town in the U.S.), but Auburn, and Georgia Tech are also on the radar.  His interests are in some type of engineering, though he is intrigued by psychological research.  Congratulations Dylan on your HIGH ACT Score. We wish you well.

Scores were released per permission.

Person Chosen 1A POY, Hall Makes Finals in 2A

From al.com

Luverne's Donta' Hall at his seat Wednesday, April 16, 2014, during the Alabama Sports Writers Association Mr./Miss Basketball Awards banquet in Montgomery, Ala. (Julie Bennett/jbennett@al.com) 

Alvin Briggs, left, director of the Alabama High School Athletic Directors and Coaches Association, presents Brantley's Wesley Person Jr. with the Class 1A player of the year award Wednesday, April 16, 2014, during the Alabama Sports Writers Association Mr./Miss Basketball Awards banquet in Montgomery, Ala. (Julie Bennett/jbennett@al.com) 

MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- William Lee of Dallas County and Shakayla Thomas of Sylacauga earned the Alabama Sports Writers Association's Mr. and Miss Basketball honors during Wednesday’s annual Player of the Year luncheon presented by the Alabama High School Athletic Directors and Coaches Association. Lee is the 30th Mr. Basketball while Thomas is the 27th Miss Basketball. The Mr. Basketball award was started in 1985 while Miss Basketball began in 1988.

UAB signee Lee led Dallas County to the Class 4A championship
this season, averaging 22.2 points, 12.7 rebounds, 9.2 blocks, 3.9 assists and 3.4 steals a game. The 6-foot-9 Lee scored 22 points with 13 rebounds and seven blocks in the title game, earning class MVP. He’s also the state Gatorade Player of the Year.
Lee holds the national record for blocks in a game with 26 and has been credited with more than 1,000 blocks in his career.
Class 4A Player of the Year Lee heads the ASWA boys Super 5 and is joined by Class 5A Player of the Year Justin Coleman of Wenonah, Giddy Potts of Class 5A Athens, Class 6A Player of the Year Lewis Sullivan of Hazel Green and Class 1A Player of the Year Wesley Person Jr. of Brantley.

Lee and Coleman were named to the Super 5 for the second straight year.

Also earning Player of the Year honors were Class 3A Joshua Langford of Madison Academy, Class 2A Cobe Goosby of Elba and AISA Torrence Brown of Tuscaloosa Academy.
Langford is a three-time Player of the Year selection while Lee, Sullivan and Person are two-time winners.
Florida State signee Thomas led Sylacauga to the Class 5A championship game before falling to Wenonah. The 5-11 Thomas scored 31 points with 15 rebounds, four steals and two blocked shots in the title game after scoring 40 points in the semifinal victory.

Thomas averaged 33.1 points, 12.8 rebounds and 3.3 assists a game this season. Her 2,643 career rebounds in six seasons is No. 1 all-time in AHSAA history while she ranks fourth with 4,242 career points.

Class 5A Player of the Year Thomas is a member of the girls Super 5 for the third straight year along with Morgan William of Class 6A Shades Valley while Class 6A Player of the Year Alexis Jennings of Sparkman is a two-time selection. Other Super 5 members are Class 2A Player of the Year Leah Strain of Woodland and Class 4A Player of the Year Destiney Elliott of Oneonta.
Also named Player of the Year were Class 3A Sierra Jones of Madison Academy, Class 1A Anna Claire Noblit of Covenant Christian and AISA Tamara York of Glenwood.
Thomas was selected Player of the Year for the third time while Elliott and Noblit are two-time selections.

Alabama Sports Writers Association Super 5

Boys Super 5
William Lee, Dallas County
Justin Coleman, Wenonah
Giddy Potts, Athens
Lewis Sullivan, Hazel Green
Wesley Person Jr., Brantley
Girls Super 5
Shakayla Thomas, Sylacauga
Alexis Jennings, Sparkman
Leah Strain, Woodland
Destiny Elliott, Oneonta
Morgan William, Shades Valley

Alabama Sports Writers Association Class Player of the Year

Boys Player of the Year
Class 6A: Lewis Sullivan, Hazel Green
Class 5A: Justin Coleman, Wenonah
Class 4A: William Lee, Dallas County
Class 3A: Joshua Langford, Madison Academy
Class 2A: Cobe Goosby, Elba
Class 1A: Wesley Person Jr., Brantley
AISA: Torrence Brown, Tuscaloosa Academy
Girls Player of the Year
Class 6A: Alexis Jennings, Sparkman
Class 5A: Shakayla Thomas, Sylacauga
Class 4A: Destiney Elliott, Oneonta
Class 3A: Sierra Jones, Madison Academy
Class 2A: Leah Strain, Woodland
Class 1A: Anna Claire Noblit, Covenant Christian
AISA: Tamara York, Glenwood

Alabama Sports Writers Association Mr. Basketball/Miss Basketball Winners

Mr. Basketball
1985 - Vincent Robinson, Bridgeport
1986 - Larry Rembert, Keith
1987 - Bryant Lancaster, Valley
1988 - Terrance Lewis, Ramsay
1989 - Queintonia Higgins, Fairhope
1990 - Cedric Moore, Woodlawn
1991 - Victor Newman, Houston Academy
1992 - Darryl Wilson, South Lamar
1993 - Howard Pride, Butler
1994 - Rod Willie, Lee-Huntsville
1995 - Brian Williams, Jeff Davis
1996 - Isaac Spencer, Jeff Davis
1997 - Anthony Williams, Loachapoka
1998 - Sam Haginas, UMS-Wright
1999 - Marvin Stone, Grissom
2000 - Gerald Wallace, Childersburg
2001 - Chris White, Grissom
2002 - Kennedy Winston, Blount
2003 - Ronald Steele, John Carroll
2004 - Ronald Steele, John Carroll
2005 - Richard Hendrix, Athens
2006 - Stanley Robinson, Huffman
2007 - Courtney Fortson, Jeff Davis
2008 - JaMychal Green, St. Jude
2009 - Kerron Johnson, Madison Academy
2010 - Trevor Lacey, Butler
2011 - Trevor Lacey, Butler
2012 - Craig Sword, Carver-Montgomery
2013 - De’Runnya Wilson, Wenonah
2014 - William Lee, Dallas County
Miss Basketball
1988 - Jeaniece Slater, Hartselle
1989 - Leslie Claybrook, St. James
1990 - Karen Killen, Mars Hill Bible
1991 - Tonya Tice, Hamilton
1992 - Yolanda Watkins, Decatur
1993 - Leah Monteith, Cherokee County
1994 - Pam Duncan, Carrollton
1995 - Heather Mayes, Fyffe
1996 - Nicole Carruth, Sulligent
1997 - April Nance, Butler
1998 - Gwen Jackson, Eufaula
1999 - Tasheika Morris, Butler
2000 - Natasha Thomas, Lawrence County
2001 - Donyel Wheeler, Huffman
2002 - Kate Mastin, Boaz
2003 - Sidney Spencer, Hoover
2004 - Starr Orr, Speake
2005 - Whitney Boddie, Florence
2006 - Shanavia Dowdell, Calera
2007 - Katherine Graham, Ramsay
2008 - Courtney Jones, Midfield
2009 - Jala Harris, Bob Jones
2010 - Kaneisha Horn, Ramsay
2011 - Hayden Hamby, West Morgan
2012 - Jasmine Jones, Bob Jones
2013 - Marqu’es Webb, Hoover
2014 - Shakayla Thomas, Sylacauga