MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) announced Tuesday morning that Hancock Whitney will serve as the new home of the Alabama-Mississippi All Star Football Classic beginning this December. 

"We are extremely excited to host the historic Alabama/Mississippi High School All-Star Game at Hancock Whitney Stadium on the campus of the University of South Alabama," said Dr. Erdmann. "This is a great opportunity to showcase our campus and community to these players, families, and friends.  We appreciate the efforts of Danny Corte and the Mobile Sports Authority for their leadership in making this a reality." 

With the new agreement, Hancock Whitney Stadium will serve as the host site for the 2022, 2024 and 2026 games. The 2022 game will be played Saturday, December 10 at noon, with the 2024 game currently scheduled for Saturday, December 14, and the 2026 game for Saturday, December 12.

The annual AHSAA North-South All-Star Football Classic was moved from the summer to the winter and from Cramton Bowl to Hancock Whitney Stadium in 2020.

"We think taking the Alabama-Mississippi Classic All-Star Game back to Mobile is a huge opportunity," Briggs said. "The Alabama-Mississippi Classic got its start at Mobile in 1988. Mobile's civic leaders and high school coaching community have been instrumental to the success of this great game from that beginning and helped make it what we think is the finest high school all-star football game in the nation. We are extremely grateful to the University of South Alabama, the Mobile Sports Authority, and Mobile's city and county leaders for providing the AHSAA the opportunity to return to the place where the Alabama-Mississippi Classic got its start four decades ago. We also thank the City of Montgomery and Cramton Bowl for being a gracious host since 2011."

The Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Classic, which moved to Montgomery's Cramton Bowl in 2011, is an event hosted annually by the AHSAA and Alabama High School Athletic Directors & Coaches Association (AHSADCA) in conjunction with the Mississippi Association of Coaches (MAC). The game began a rotation in 2015 between states with the game being hosted every other year at Hattiesburg ever since, a rotation that will continue.

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