PGH Peach Games – 15U GameChangers

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>When thinking about it, there was a reason why three venues were needed this past weekend in Georgia for this year's rendition of Peach Games – because there was no way one singular venue could have held all the talent that was on hand.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>One of four Prep Girls Hoops Circuit events taking place around the country, the three-day basketball get-together welcomed teams mostly from the southeast as well as one hailing all the way from Wisconsin. The Badger State along with Texas and Wisconsin also hosted events.&nbsp;</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Following the unveiling of our 15U first and second teams, we now turn attention to our Gamechangers who also made a difference for their teams this past weekend.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["515067"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":["override_image"],"_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_player_featured_image":651366,"_player_evaluations_0_player_featured_image":"field_62f141137ead9","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Standing at a tall stature of 5-foot-11, Desjarlais gives Blue Heat Basketball Academy 2026 out of Florida an imposing presence near the rim. 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