NCISAA State Championships: Forwards to Know

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I was able to catch the NCISAA 2A, 3A, and 4A games on Saturday that were held at North Raleigh Christian.  Six teams came to compete against one another from across the state trying to take home some hardware.  Let's take a look at the forwards from the games that you should know including some new names.</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":860621,"_player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"[player_tooltip player_id='885652' first='Jada' 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