Team Scrimmage: Illinois Defenders (17U)

<!-- wp:heading {"level":4} --> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">This past week I was invited out by Kara Krolicki, the head coach of the very talented top team of the [program_tooltip program_id='715984' first='Illinois' last='Defenders']. This program has been in action for awhile, but has never gotten its just due or respect from evaluators as such as myself. </h4> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":4} --> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Which is something I apologize for.. cause this team has TALENT!!</h4> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:heading {"level":5,"style":{"typography":{"fontStyle":"normal","fontWeight":"700","textTransform":"uppercase"}},"backgroundColor":"primary","fontSize":"medium"} --> <h5 class="wp-block-heading has-primary-background-color has-background has-medium-font-size" style="font-style:normal;font-weight:700;text-transform:uppercase">Rankings update: june 1st</h5> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:separator --> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity" /> <!-- /wp:separator --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["642563"],"_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":"u003cp style=u0022text-align: centeru0022u003eu003cemu003eReardon is the unicorn of this talented group. 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