Tanner's Kirstin Brown was a first-team all-state selection for the second consecutive season.

Kirstin Brown will have one last chance to represent Tanner at the high school level after being selected for a prestigious all-star game.

The Tanner senior is one of 12 female basketball players selected to represent Alabama in the 27th annual Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Basketball Games, to be played at Dunn-Oliver Acadome on the Alabama State University campus on Friday.

Although Brown did not have the high school career ending she wanted — Tanner lost in the 2A state championship game last week — she will have another opportunity to go out a winner for the Alabama All-Stars.

Brown finished her high school career with more than 2,200 career points and over 1,100 rebounds. During her senior season, Brown averaged 20.7 points and 12.6 rebounds.

Her most impressive game of the season game in the 2A semifinals when she scored 27 points and grabbed 25 rebounds in a win over R.C. Hatch.

Brown will travel to Montgomery to practice with the all-stars. The girls’ game will tip off at 5 p.m. Friday and the boys’ game follows at 7.

The games were played in Mississippi last year and the hosts won two close ones. Mississippi’s girls evened the series at 13-13 with a 78-77 win. The Mississippi boys won 85-83. Alabama’s boys hold a slim 14-12 edge in that series.

Emanuel Bell of Wenonah and Barbara Roy of Locust Fork will be the Alabama girls’ all-star coaches. Bell, who has a 485-178 career record over 23 seasons, will serve as head coach. His Lady Dragons, 31-3 this season, have won four Class 5A state titles in a row.

The Alabama girls’ roster lists four players that participated in last week’s state tournament and three already signed to D-1 schools. South Carolina has landed 5-11 Brewbaker Tech guard Bianca Jackson and 5-10 Gadsden City guard Haley Troup. Unique Thompson of Faith Academy, a 6-3 forward, has also signed with Auburn.

Participating in last week’s state tourney were Deshler guard Nicole Shirley, Brown, Wenonah forward Alexus Dye and point guard Jayla Morrow. Dye and Morrow helped the Lady Dragons win four state titles and Shirley helped Deshler win 68 straight games with the streak being broken in this year’s Class 4A finals.

Boys team

Headlining the boys’ squad are eight players who competed in the AHSAA’s 95th state basketball tournament last week. Among them are 6-foot-7 guard/forward Herbert Jones of Class 4A state champion Hale County, 6-4 guard Shy’im Cunningham of 3A state champ Midfield, guards D.J. Heath and Kevion Nolan of 1A state champ Sacred Heart Catholic.

Jones has already signed with Alabama.

Others on the squad already signed to D-I scholarships are 6-10 center Garrison Brooks of Auburn High School (Mississippi State), 6-5 Fairhope guard Tevin Brown (Murray State) and 6-9 Pelham forward Alex Reese (Alabama) and 6-4 Spain Park guard Jamal Johnson (Memphis University). Brooks led Auburn to the 7A state finals.

Other all-stars in last week’s state tourney were 6-7 guard/forward Javan Johnson of Austin, 6-6 forward DeAndre Robinson of Monroe County and 6-7 forward Myles Parker of Madison Academy. Rounding out the team is guard Malik Burnett of Lee-Huntsville.

Both games will be live-streamed over the NFHS Network and will be broadcast over the AHSAA Radio Network.