5 Players to Watch in the SCTC Holiday Classic

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Another exciting holiday tournament taking place over the next few days, the SCTC Holiday Classic is being played at Stayton High School in the town of Stayton, OR. It features some of Oregon's best teams from the 4A and 5A levels along with some of the best players. Here are a few of them.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["345111"],"_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":"A senior leader on an extremely dangerous Crater squad, [player_tooltip player_id='345111' first='Abigail' last='Winslow'] is another one of those do-it-all type of players. She is often up near the top of scoring production for the Comets, but she also throws in a handful of assists, a handful of rebounds, and a handful of steals in nearly every game. Winslow excels as a lockdown defender, helping to create tips or steals in Crater's press and then also in getting out in transition where she is an incredible finisher at high speeds with a hand in her face. She's had games like her 20 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, and 5 steals against South Eugene; her 15 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals versus Lebanon; or her 12 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, and 6 steals in their game against Ridgeview in the first game of the tournament. Crater is currently 9-1 u002du002d with their only loss to a very good 6A Willamette squad u002du002d and ranked #1 in the state in 5A, and [player_tooltip player_id='345111' first='Abigail' last='Winslow'] is a big reason why. They already have big wins over Ridgeview and Marshfield in the SCTC Holiday Classic, and they take on Baker tonight (12/29) at 6pm in their final game.","_player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"field_62aba51aecf34","player_evaluations_1_not_in_database":["not_in_db"],"_player_evaluations_1_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_1_player_details_selected_featured_image":"","_player_evaluations_1_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_1_player_details_player_name":"[player_tooltip player_id='834134' first='Keely' last='Hall']","_player_evaluations_1_player_details_player_name":"field_62aba4c9ecf2f","player_evaluations_1_player_details_graduating_class":"2024","_player_evaluations_1_player_details_graduating_class":"field_62aba4ddecf30","player_evaluations_1_player_details_height":"null","_player_evaluations_1_player_details_height":"field_62aba4e8ecf31","player_evaluations_1_player_details_position":"12122","_player_evaluations_1_player_details_position":"field_62aba4f0ecf32","player_evaluations_1_player_details_school":"Klamath Union","_player_evaluations_1_player_details_school":"field_62aba4fdecf33","player_evaluations_1_player_details_club_team":"","_player_evaluations_1_player_details_club_team":"field_62d20e723441a","player_evaluations_1_player_details":"","_player_evaluations_1_player_details":"field_62aba4afecf2e","player_evaluations_1_evaluation":"[player_tooltip player_id='834134' first='Keely' last='Hall'] has been playing like one of the best players in the state at the 4A level. 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