PGH Triumph Region Kickoff: 2024 Block Dominators

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Prep Girls Hoops hosted their Triumph Region Kickoff over the weekend in Spartanburg, SC where teams from all over the southeast were able to come and compete against one another.&nbsp; Here are the players who were dominant on the block and in the paint over the weekend.</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":633663,"_player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"Michaela 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