IE Cherokee Invitational: 2026 Standouts

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Insider Exposure hosted their Cherokee Invitational last week where high school teams from across the southeast came to compete before the holidays.  We've looked at a lot of upperclassmen from the event over the past week.  Let's see what sophomores stood out at the tournament. </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":828467,"_player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"[player_tooltip player_id='828534' first='Aleksandra' 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