Guards Rule The Day In Regional Semifinals

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The regional semifinals featured some elite teams and top notch talent. There were a number of talented guards that had big nights and helped their teams advance to the regional championship games. Let's look at some of those semifinal guard standouts.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["424149"],"_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":"Royal Oak continued their magical post season run with a 5 point victory against Grosse Pointe North. Freytag has been at her best late season and in the playoffs. 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