Week 4: Notable Individual Player Observations (Part 1)

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If you've never watched her play, do yourself a favor and and make time to watch her!  She's a stat stuffer coming back from injuries, and is really finally rounding back into form.  Johnson had a 20 point, 22 rebound game in a win over Knox Central this week.  Also had 4 points, 13 rebounds, and 5 steals in a win over Powell.","_player_evaluations_1_evaluation":"field_62aba51aecf34","player_evaluations_2_player":["583370"],"_player_evaluations_2_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_2_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_2_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_2_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_2_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_2_evaluation":"Walden's season has been simply impressive, and continues to become more so.  She'd been averaging over 4 made 3's per game all season, and this past weekend went off:  34 points, 10 made 3's.  Walden is simply one of the best '27 scorers in the state, and as hard as she works, look for her to continue to make big noise.  This week she had games of 25 points and 34 points.  And then she followed that up with a 13 assist game (breaking the TKA school individual record).   She is literally breaking records left and right.  Oh yeah...and she's just a freshman.","_player_evaluations_2_evaluation":"field_62aba51aecf34","player_evaluations":3,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"edit","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-65772c1f3fda1"} /--> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["409015"],"_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":"Krumweide had 26 points and 14 rebounds in a 55-36 win over Summit HS. 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