Frankston's Treston Coleman poses before the THSCA All-Star football game on Tuesday in San Antonio. Coleman, who played for the South, will play for UT San Antonio in the fall. (Phil Hicks | ETFinalScore.com)

SAN ANTONIO — A number of East Texans and area junior college signees got a chance to play one more time as prep stars on Tuesday.

The North broke out to an early lead and scored a 30-16 win over the South in the 78th Annual Texas High School Coaches Association All-Star Football Game at the Alamodome.

“It was a lot of fun,” Henderson cornerback LaMarcus Brown said. “I want to thank God for giving me a chance to play in the game; and to my coaches for nominating me; and, of course, my teammates.”

Brown, who will report to Stephen F. Austin on Thursday, had five tackles from his cornerback position.

Other East Texans on the victorious North were Longview’s Eric Hawkins, who had three catches for 37 yards; and linebacker Blake Ward of Eustace, who had two tackles. Hawkins must report to Arkansas today, while Ward heads to the Air Force Academy.

Also, offensive linemen Tim Briggs of Temple (Tyler JC) and Jacob Hill of McKinney Boyd (Trinity Valley CC) have East Texas connections.

For the South, Treston Coleman of Frankston and Reginald Davis of Tenaha played well in defeat.

Coleman rushed for 18 yards while Davis had three rushes for 11 yards and five catches for 55 yards. Davis scored on a 25-yard TD catch on the final play of the game and a two-point conversion pass.

“What a great experience,” said Coleman, who signed with UT San Antonio and has spent the summer in the Alamo City. “It was an honor to play.”

Davis added: “It was fun. I wish we could have played better. It was awesome getting to play with and against players from all over Texas.

Davis returns to Lubbock today after already going through offseason summer workouts for Texas Tech.

Other East Texans on the South were Alto running back Brodrick Gasaway, Diboll running back Terrence Taylor (Houston) and Garrison center Kord Bradshaw (Texas State).

North linebacker Lance Duran of Austin Westlake was the defensive MVP with 2.5 tackles and a fumble recovery. He will attend Blinn College. North running back Aiavion Edwards of Stephenville was offensive MVP. Edwards, who will attend Baylor, had 74 yards on nine carries.

NOTES — A total of 12,672 coaches registered for the Coaching School. … Lindale’s Jordan Van De Kop played in Monday’s All-Star Basketball Game and collected nine rebounds and five points.

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78th Annual Texas High School Coaches Association

All-Star Football Game

Alamodome, San Antonio

North 30, South 16

North 14 3 13 0 — 30

South 0 8 0 8 — 16

N  S

First Downs   13   11

Rushes-Yards   35-78   28-13

Passing Yards   135   160

Comp.-Att.-Int.   12-16-2   16-32-2

Fumbles-Lost   1-1   2-1

Punts   0-0   4-41.0

Penalties-Yards   1-15   6-56

First Quarter

NORTH — Clayton Nicholas 1 run (Nick Jordan kick), 4:38

NORTH — Michael Ellis 21 pass from Matt Bishop (Jordan kick), 1:01

Second Quarter

NORTH — FG Jordan 31, 8:01

SOUTH — Trent Momon 15 pass from Rex Dausin (Dausin pass to Marcus Price), :07

Third Quarter

NORTH — Wayne Onderdonck 2 run (Jordan kick), 4:13

NORTH — Onderdonck 2 run (kick blocked), 1:19

Fourth Quarter

SOUTH — Reginald Davis 25 pass from Dakota Prukop (Prukop pass to Davis), :00

ATT. — 6,620