2022 Week 1: Upperclassmen Guards

Mindy McCarthy January 8, 2022 @ 05:24 PM

Week 1 of 2022 has already been fun to watch at the high school level. Here are some of the guards in the senior and junior classes already starting off on the right foot this year. [player_tooltip player_id="260167" first="Eva" last="Butler"] (Providence, G, 2022) was dominant on the defensive side of the ball grabbing steals and blocking shots. Her offensive game is expanding knocking down shots from deep and driving to both sides of the hoop. She was scoring three points the old fashioned way, too. Her offensive rebounds late in the game against Independence helped to seal the comeback victory for the Panthers. [player_tooltip player_id="116912" first="Zoe" last="Henderson"] (Julius Chambers, G, 2023) continues to show how she can do it all. She had some nice drives to the paint putting up floaters for some points. She does well battling through contact, and she sees the court finding her open teammates for their own points. [player_tooltip player_id="254583" first="Nevaeh" last="Farmer"] (North Meck, G, 2023) is such an efficient point guard finding ways to get smart passes into her teammates for their own points. She uses her speed to push the ball up the court, and she can run the floor catching passes in transition herself to score some points. She’s a tough defender making sure to block the path and ball for her opponents. Dearia Page (North Meck, G, 2023) showed off her ability to hit jump shots after pulling up on drives to the basket. She’s a tough defender knocking the ball away from her opponents to push it up the court. It seems that you can watch her grab steals on repeat each game that she plays, and she knows the best way to score off of these turnovers.