Winnetonka Tournament Class of 2025 Standouts

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Prep Girls Hoops Missouri takes a look at the Class of 2025 standouts that we watched at the Winnetonka Tournament.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='296935' first='Avery' last='Rausch'] (Lee's Summit): A versatile 5'11'' wing player who led the Tigers to a berth in the championship game. She scored 19 in the finals against Grain Valley. She attacks the basket well and she used her strength to finish in the lane. She has a nice stop-and-go move to get to the basket and she has 3-point range. She used her height and length well to get deflections on defense.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='515445' first='LaNicia' last='Parker'] (Winnetonka): A 5'9" wing player who plays the game with a lot of bounce and a spring in her step. She is very effective on the top of a full court press defense as she can cover a lot of ground to get deflections and steals and being disruptive in general. She is a good slashing threat on offense and she's hard to keep off the offensive boards with her quick jumping around the basket.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Pyper Hartigan (Grain Valley): An excellent 5'3" point guard who scored a game-high 21 points in the victory over Lee's Summit in the championship game. She advances the ball well and did a good job of running the team with her ability to distribute the basketball. She really picked up her scoring in the second half as she knocked down timely 3-pointers, making four of them in the game.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='340341' first='Camryn' last='Kelly'] (Grain Valley): The 5'7" guard scored 16 points in the victory over Liberty in the championship game. She had things working from 3-point range as she knocked down three triples, two of which came from the corner. She also had some nice finishes in the lane off of her good cutting ability. She did a good job of getting deflections at the top of the full court press on defense.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Delaney Harbucker (Oak Park): A 5'9" guard who was the most impressive passer that I watched in those tournament games. She was threading the needle with some nice dimes through traffic and she also had a few excellent one-touch passes that led to easy baskets. Her feel for the game was very good. She was very effective on the drive and she made good use of pump fakes inside.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='865996' first='Lily' last='Everly'] (Oak Park): A 6'2" forward who has been putting in a lot of work inside during the early part of the season. She does an excellent job of getting position in the post and she doesn't mind moving people around. In addition to her scoring, she rebounds well and she throws a nice outlet pass to start the break. She is currently averaging a double-double this season.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Sarai Clark (Raymore-Peculiar): A 5'9" forward who plays a strong power game around the basket. She sits down in the low post to establish excellent position. She drives it well from the elbow and she will seek the contact. She is a strong rebounder who will get out of her area to corral boards.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1160543' first='Tia' last='Nance'] (St. Joe Lafayette): A very solid guard who is physically strong with solid handles. She can stop on the dime to hit the pull up jumper and she can also hit the turnaround in the lane. She is a tenacious on-ball defender who is capable of hounding an opposing ball handler the full length of the court.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->