Keith senior John Pettway was named to the roster for the Alabama/Mississippi All-Star game on Tuesday.

Alvin Briggs, director of the Alabama High School Athletic Directors and Coaches Association announced the 24 seniors that have been selected to take part in the 26th annual game, which will take place in Clinton, Mississippi on March 18.

Pettway averaged 23.7 points, 6.2 rebounds and 2.9 assists this year while leading Keith to Birmingham for the first time since 2011. He scored 34 points in Keith’s loss to Sacred Heart in the state semifinals.

Pettway also scored a career high 45 points in a double overtime loss to Bibb County in February. He is committed to South Alabama.

Highlighting the Alabama boys’ team 6-foot-7 center ShaMarkus Kennedy of Northridge, 6-8 forward Kevin Morris of Dothan, 6-6 forward Reginald Todd of Blount and 6-4 guard Javien Williams of Woodlawn. Trey Petty, a 6-3 forward for Stapler at Westminster Christian, was named the Class 4A State Finals MVP. Lanett guard 6-0 guard Tavaris Geiger earned MVP honors for Class 2A state champion Lanett, and 6-4 forward Justin Hopkins was named to the Class 5A State Finals all-tourney team for 5A state champion J.O. Johnson.

Class 7A State Finals MVP Jasmine Walker of Jeff Davis, a 6-4 center, headlines the girls’ squad. The Florida State signee will be joined by sister Emma and Ivy Wallen of Lauderdale County, Kaitlyn Rodgers of Wenonah and Japonica James of LeFlore. Each helped lead their respective teams to state titles in 2016.

Rodgers, a 6-2 Ole Miss signee, was named to the 5A State Finals All-Tourney team for the third year in a row.  James, 5-11, was named 6A MVP after leading LeFlore to 35-0 record in 2016, and the Wallen sisters earned 3A State Finals all-tourney honors for Lauderdale County. Emma was selected MVP.

The girls’ game will tip off at 5 p.m. and the boys’ game will follow at 7 on Friday, March 18.

The games were played in Mississippi for the first time since 2002 in 2014, but returned to Alabama last year. The games rotated between the two states from 1991-2002 but moved to Pelham Convention Center in 2003 where they remained through 2011. Alabama State hosted the games at Dunn-Oliver Acadome in 2012, 2013 and 2015.

Alabama won the boys’ game last year 101-88. The Alabama girls won 93-87. The Alabama boys now hold a 14-11 edge in the series while Alabama leads the girls’ series 13-12.

Coaches for the Alabama girls’ squad are Brant Llewellyn of Lauderdale County and Emanuel Bell of Wenonah. Cold Springs’ Tammy West is the administrative assistant. Llewellyn’s Tigers (30-7) had a state-record 86-game winning streak snapped early this past season but rebounded to win their fifth Class 3A state championship in a row.  Bell’s Lady Dragons (33-1) won their third consecutive 5A title last weekend.