California Dreamin #HeartOfTexas

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I was playing things I saw from players at the HOT and then it clicked. Why not drop something on players that caught my eye from California. <strong>Sara Barhoum </strong>is from Oregon but she plays [program_tooltip program_id='714011' first='Jason' last='Kidd Select'], so she counts as she made my<strong><em><a href="https://prepgirlshoops.com/2024/04/new-faces-close-out-heartoftexas/"> New Faces</a></em></strong> article</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":"Kendall Dykstra","_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":"5'10u0022","_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":"Whitney","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"field_62aba4fdecf33","player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"Team Kidd 17U S40","_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":"Dykstra is an athletic guard who is also powerful and she shows it attacking the basket off the dribble. 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