Midwest Extravaganza: Byron’s First Day Standouts

<!-- wp:paragraph {"style":{"typography":{"textTransform":"none","fontStyle":"italic","fontWeight":"500"},"spacing":{"padding":{"top":"var:preset|spacing|20","right":"var:preset|spacing|20","bottom":"var:preset|spacing|20","left":"var:preset|spacing|20"}}},"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size" style="padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);font-style:italic;font-weight:500;text-transform:none">Day 1 of our final event for the Spring season was definitely one to be at. I spent the entire day at the Elgin Location and was able to see some new talent with well deserved recognition. Below are my standouts!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"style":{"typography":{"textTransform":"uppercase"}},"backgroundColor":"primary","fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-primary-background-color has-background has-medium-font-size" style="text-transform:uppercase">Rankings will be updated June 1st</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- 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":["663389"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":["override_image"],"_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_player_featured_image":440065,"_player_evaluations_0_player_featured_image":"field_62f141137ead9","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"u003cp style=u0022text-align: centeru0022u003eu003cemu003eThe recent St Xavier commit has all the tools to be a number one option on a team. 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