CLINTON — The 60th Bernard Blackwell All Star Football Classic,sponsored by Russell Athletic and Rex Team Sports, will be held onThursday night, July 16, at Hale-Robinson Stadium on the campus ofMississippi College. The pregame events are scheduled for 6:30 p.m.and kickoff at 7. Tickets will be available at the gate for only$5.00 per person with all seats general admission.

The game features a North-South format and the South leads theseries 26-25-4. The North defeated the South 16-7 in the 2008contest.

The North will be coached by Phil Oakley of Senatobia while theSouth will be led by Dodd Lee of Picayune. Each squad consists of36 players.

Representing the South from the area are Jordan Hunt of FranklinCounty, Kendrick Hardy and Monterrio Taylor of Lawrence County,Donovan Hill of McComb and Jermaine Turner and Jewell Christian ofSouth Pike.

The Bernard Blackwell All Star Football Classic is formerlyknown as the Mississippi High School All Star Football Game and wasoriginated in 1950 by Mississippi State coach Arthur “Slick”Morton. The MAC assumed sponsorship of the game from the JacksonTouchdown Club in 1993. In 1994, the game was renamed for CoachBernard Blackwell, the late Executive Director of the MAC.

@Bbstandings: South Football Roster

Kendrick Hardy, Monterrio Taylor, Lawrence County; Jordan Hunt,Franklin County; Donovan Hill; McComb; Jermaine Turner, JewelChristian, South Pike; Chris Nixon, Jacob Hickman, Reggie Bailey,Picayune; Chucky Nichols, Cory Harrison, Northeast Jones; MarkSeymour, D’Iberville; Joseph Barnes, Patrick Durr, Brandon; SamFairley, East Central; Cornelius Rawls, Cedric Walker, Puckett;Rico Richardson, Keith Dee, Ernest Jones, Natchez; Patrick Hearn,Quitman; Jerrion Johnson, Perry Central; Grant Johnson, Morton;Caleb McGruder, Enterprise; Joel Clems, Hattiesburg; Kalvin Smith,Newton County; Aaron Williams, CaDarrius Stallworth, Moss Point;Chase Weathersby, Stone County; Gunnar White, Terry; DaltonJarrell, Ocean Springs; Samarius Davis, Quitman; Vernard Rogers,Petal; Josh Herring, Bay Springs; Adam Herrington, West Jones.

South head coach: Dodd Lee, Picayune. Assistant coaches: BrianEdwards, Picayune; Mike Davis, Lawrence Co.; John Douglass,Quitman; Brian Oaks, Stone County; David Parker, Morton and LanceReed, Natchez. Manager: C.J. Brone, Sumrall.

North All-Stars

Justin Bean, D’Andre O’Neal, Tupelo; Evan Lackey, BrandonAnderson, Amory; Josh Ferguson, New Hope; Curtis Lyons, Bruce;Marcus Hinton, Aberdeen; Harry Peeples, Winona; WaJavius Jones,Velma Jackson; Terrell Grant, Justin Pegues, Cleveland; JaymelTyes, Perez Welch, Baldwyn; Les Lemons, Vicksburg; Reuben Corley,Marjarvin Chapman, Jonathan Hardin, South Panola; SterlingThompson, Madison Central; Luzon Rivers, Jimmy McPherson, Shannon;Brandon Lawrence, Calhoun City; Antrale Newson, Alexander Matthews,Clarksdale; Trey Pegues, Lafayette City; Gabe Rupert, West Point;Stephen Capler, A.J. Antonescu Ridgeland; Warren Jones, EnochGlenn, Noxubee County; Dominic Woodard, Eupora; Tanner Robertson,East Webster; Tavares White, Gentry.

North head coach: Phil Oakley, Senatobia. Assistant coaches:Michael Bradley, New Hope; Tavares Johnson, East Side; MalcolmJones, Gentry; Carter Norris, Senatobia; James Ray, Bruce and GregRobinson, Cleveland.