TN’s Christmas Tournament Roundup (Part 2)

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>With every team in the state playing either one or two Christmas tournaments, it's hard to cover them all. We are trying hard to bring you the tidbits and players you should know after the holiday tourney season. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["818131"],"_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":"Creek Wood is sitting at 11-5 on the year, and beat Upperman in OT right before the break.  They had a really nice showing at the Winter Fest Shootout, and are hoping to find some consistency heading into the second half of the year.  Darden has been their best player all year.  She's a steady two way kid with high IQ, and an instinctual scorer.  I like this team's potential in the second half to make some 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