First Look At Duncanville #TheOpening

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Pantherettes are one of those teams that not only have a chance to go deep into the playoffs, but they have a legitimate chance at winning it all, especially after seeing them in action without talented guard [player_tooltip player_id='206964' first='Chloe' last='Mann'] who was away on a visit and recently signed with Cincinnati, here is what I caught </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["516307"],"_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":"Gipson was a #D1Lock when I first caught her heading into middle school, they only question was how high she would go and she has shown on the court progression every season and while taking her game to yet another level in each of those years, her leadership and being vocal on the court speaks volumes. 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