Under the Radar 2024 Guards

Mindy McCarthy August 23, 2021 @ 03:09 PM

These guards in the class of 2024 have had a spectacular year showing off their talents. They certainly deserve more of a spotlight as they continue their high school careers this year. <img class="size-medium wp-image-313320 alignleft" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/pgh/uploads/2021/08/Audra-Petty-shooting-scaled-crop-1921x1261-1627940058-300x197.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="197" />Audra Petty | Randleman Petty has had a hot streak this summer shooting the ball. She had a game hitting eight three pointers, and that game certainly wasn’t an outlier. She does an excellent job moving without the ball making smart cuts and timing them well to set herself up for a nice shot from all over the court. She’s a menace on defense, too, grabbing steals and handling the ball quickly up the court to score in transition. [player_tooltip player_id="275952" first="Lili" last="Booker"] | Cannon Booker (pictured above) will get you contributions in essentially every statistical category. She can get to the basket scoring the ball, or she can set herself up to shoot from deep. She is quick with the ball consistently grabbing steals and pushing it up the court to score in transition. Her vision of the court is ideal as she finds her open teammates and does a great job moving herself where she needs to go to get them the ball. <img class="size-medium wp-image-275440 alignleft" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/pgh/uploads/2021/04/Dorothy-Mills-scaled-crop-1920x1261-1618879004-300x197.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="197" />[player_tooltip player_id="299437" first="Dot" last="Mills"] | Pisgah You can already tell Mills plays with high energy and an eagerness to continue to learn each time she steps on the court. As one of the main ball handlers for her team this summer, she knows when to speed up the tempo or let her teammates set up a play. She weaves in and out of her opponents with ease, and she’s a tenacious defender grabbing steals to push the other direction. <a href="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/pgh/uploads/2021/08/Kayla-Lee-scaled-crop-1921x1261-1629749317.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-319612 alignleft" src="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/pgh/uploads/2021/08/Kayla-Lee-scaled-crop-1921x1261-1629749317-300x197.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="197" /></a>[player_tooltip player_id="299440" first="Kayla" last="Lee"] | Marvin Ridge Lee is a dominant ball handler, and she can certainly shoot well from behind the arc. Her ability to score has greatly improved over the past year driving hard to the basket against contact, and she does well setting herself up for a jump shot. She’s aggressive on defense picking the pocket of her opponents, and she finds ways to make plays at high speed in transition.