2024 Playoffs: Second Round Standouts (Class 3A)

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Last night was the Second Round of the 2024 Playoffs across the state for certain Classes. In the article below, we highlight five players out of the 3A Class that put on a performance in their team's victory. Each prospect made their presence known right from the tip off and because of that, their team is moving onto Round #3.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Thanks for tuning in and enjoy!</em></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":"Mya Hillers","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"field_62aba4c9ecf2f","player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"2025","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"field_62aba4ddecf30","player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"5'8u0022","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"field_62aba4e8ecf31","player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"12125","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"field_62aba4f0ecf32","player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"Center Point-Urbana","_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":"Center Point-Urbana beat their Round Two opponent last night to propel them to the Region 6 Finale against Wahlert Catholic. 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In this contest, there were 4/5 players for the Panthers that stood out but someone that especially caught my eye was Hailey Henderson. Henderson is interesting to me because of what she might mean to this program down the stretch. We know who the top players from this group are but if Henderson can step up and produce consistently the rest of the way this winter, this team could win a few more games. I think that Benton High School is going to struggle on Saturday night against this Panthers pressure and that is going to lead to a State trip in Des Moines for Monticello. 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