UIL 6A-Friday’s Second Round Standouts pt 1

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>And then there were eight. That is Elite 8 in all of the UIL regions, from 6A on down, and sadly our monopoly of a paper hasn't done a good job with the scheduling, well period on the girl's side in almost<strong> 20 years</strong>, I have <strong>TRULY</strong> been out here that long and it's verifiable yet I truly appreciate those who are helping grown the game, like <strong>[program_tooltip program_id='712538' first='Houston' last='Dream'] coach and director Trey Phillips </strong>and let me applaud him for taking the time to keep up with who's playing and where they'll be</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I had a chance to watch 4 games, aka a quadruple header, from the 6A group and I'll mix up some stories starting with this one</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["850276"],"_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":"Jordan was out when I saw them play against Summer Creek yet she's back and showing why I always say u0022the game starts at the 1u0022 and her magically running the show has them as one of the favorites to win the region, yet so is their next opponent, Pearland. 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