German American Bank Shootout: Standout Performances

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The German American Bank Shootout took place on Saturday January 6th at Bowling Green High School. It was a great event and there were a lot of talented teams in attendance. I was able to catch the final three girls games and below you will see some of the players that stood out to me during those games. Even though I did not get to watch, I also want to say congratulations to the players of the game from game one: Bullitt East's [player_tooltip player_id='398021' first='Anna' last='Rodgers'] and Webster County's Jaycie Wright. </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":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"Caroline Lucas","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"field_62aba4c9ecf2f","player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"2024","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"field_62aba4ddecf30","player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"null","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"field_62aba4e8ecf31","player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"field_62aba4f0ecf32","player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"Breckinridge County","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"field_62aba4fdecf33","player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"field_62d20e723441a","player_evaluations_0_player_details":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details":"field_62aba4afecf2e","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Lucas scored a game-high 19 points, including scoring her 1,000th career point, as her team sailed to a 62-27 victory. 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