State tournament standouts – Round 1-Part 1

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We are off and running, with the state tournament action beginning state wide. There were some excellent games in the regional round of the brackets. Here are some of the top performers from those games.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["367306"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"In a tough first-round win over Lincoln, Gardner led all scorers with 30 points. This sends Mead into the quarterfinals. This game was a rematch of last year's state tournament, with Mead winning that one too. 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She scored 19 points and was the 2nd leading scorer for Mead. A possible rankings riser when they are updated. We see you.","_player_evaluations_1_evaluation":"field_62aba51aecf34","player_evaluations_2_player":["317600"],"_player_evaluations_2_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_2_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_2_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_2_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_2_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_2_evaluation":"Bellarmine Prep somehow ended up with an 11 seed and got 30 pounds from the sensational Sophomores guard in their first-round win. This backcourt is one of the best in the state. 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Catherine Ellard also had 15 for 5 seed Kings in the first-round win over 4 seed Montesano.","_player_evaluations_7_evaluation":"field_62aba51aecf34","player_evaluations_8_player":["527415"],"_player_evaluations_8_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_8_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_8_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_8_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_8_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_8_evaluation":"Arlington came up big with a win over Lakeside. Another prediction gone wrong for me. Morrow is a big reason why. She had 25 points to lead her team. She has been scoring well lately as a secondary scoring option behind [player_tooltip player_id='115421' first='Jenna' last='Villa']. She also scored a season-high 37 points in a district game.","_player_evaluations_8_evaluation":"field_62aba51aecf34","player_evaluations_9_player":["580776"],"_player_evaluations_9_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_9_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_9_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_9_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_9_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_9_evaluation":"She has been scorching the nets all season. It was no different as she scored 25 in an opening-round loss to Tahoma. The only difference was that Davis lost for only the 2nd time this year.","_player_evaluations_9_evaluation":"field_62aba51aecf34","player_evaluations":10,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"edit","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-63fb8f7651cf2"} /-->