IE Cherokee Invitational: Day 1 2024 Top Performers

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Insider Exposure kicked off their Cherokee Invitational on Wednesday where teams from across the southeast came to compete right before the holidays.  I was able to catch day 1 of the action, and here are my picks for top performers in the class of 2024.  </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["252864"],"_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":"u003cp class=u0022p1u0022u003eMila Holloway continues to lead the offense for Legacy handling the ball and attacking the basket being shifty with her moves to get to the rim.u003cspan class=u0022Apple-converted-spaceu0022u003e  u003c/spanu003eShe'll get inside 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