Day One Takeaways – New Names at Dee Dodson Spring Classic 2024

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Here are some of our takeaways from Day one in Tulare, watching the<strong> girls high school division</strong> that is fed from the <strong>CIF Central Division</strong> players, we rarely get up to this part of town, but we are gonna make this an annual event we cover to get the girls from this area some more exposure. We had some of girls fill out the Player Profile on our site and added some names to assist with these girls getting some looks and those worthy of being added to the Rankings Addition this coming April 2024.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["877466"],"_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":880496,"_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":"u003cbu003e2024, 5'8, PF, [player_tooltip player_id='877466' first='Sierra' last='Calantas'], Mission Oak HSu003c/bu003eu003cspan style=u0022font-weight: 400u0022u003e - Nice size body and knows how to use it, she posted up in the paint and sealed her opponent as was able to score in the paint with some consistency. 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