Young guards rising – Central WA-Week one

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>There were some amazing performances in week one of the girls basketball season all across the state. I decided to focus my attention on a few from the Central WA area. There is a big-time scorer at Davis. Ellensburg has a familiar name with great talent. East Valley has a talented junior guard. Mabton has a whole team of underclassmen. Wapato has a freshman star in the making. Here's a closer look at some of the young talent in Central WA after week one. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":["not_in_db"],"_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"Esmeralda Galindo ","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"field_62aba4c9ecf2f","player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"2024","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"field_62aba4ddecf30","player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"5'8u0022","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"field_62aba4e8ecf31","player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"12121","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"field_62aba4f0ecf32","player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"Davis ","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"field_62aba4fdecf33","player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"field_62d20e723441a","player_evaluations_0_player_details":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details":"field_62aba4afecf2e","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"She has opened the season with some huge games. She had 35 points in a 77-46 win over Selah, breaking the school record for points. She followed with 34 points in a 74-53 win over Decatur. She capped it off with a mere 26 in her third game of the week. She didn't take a ton of shots to get there. Nothing fancy, just some really fundamentally sound basketball skills. She has a nice compact shot, feet set, with a quick release. She made threes, she made a couple of nice running floaters. She has good foot speed when she gets going downhill and got lots of layups using it. She is an excellent free throw shooter, hitting 11 of 12 in one of those games. Elbow in-back spin. She looks like a player who has spent a lot of time at the gym but she also appears to be a natural. Not only did she score, she made some nice dump off passes off the drive to a wide open teammate in the post. She is a scoring guard but can handle the ball and play the point. 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Ellensburg went undefeated and won the class 2A state championship. Dylan was a senior but the younger Phillip started her sophomore season with 18 and 13 points in the first two games of the season. She averaged around 11 points as a freshman on that championship team last year. She is a player who understands what it means to be a point guard. She gets the ball to the right people and constantly put herself in a position to do so. She has a tight dribble and can get into the lane and kick it out or find a post player who is open on the block. She delivers it where they can catch it. She is quick on defense with active hands and gets a lot of steals. This whole team is built for defense with length in the post and quickness at the guard position. They love to pressure the ball and she often starts it with good ball pressure. She can score and she picks her spots well. She had a three, a nice drive to the hoop and a mid-range jumper in sequence. 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