High School Team Feature – Cypress Creek Cougars

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The high school season is going at full pace in the state of Texas and every team in the state has been on the court enough times for us to have a good idea about what to expect from them.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Here at PrepDig, we are committed to covering and promoting as many prospects as possible, from the most popular names to the hidden gems that typically abound at the Lone Star State and during the high school season we're also doing it by featuring the teams they play at.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Every time we're at the gym, we're giving a good look at the teams on the court and we'll try to feature as many as possible here in this space. Today's highlighted team is the Cypress Creek Cougars.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"large"} --> <p class="has-large-font-size"><strong>The Squad</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Cougars entered the season needing to replace two key contributors from past campaigns who graduated in outside hitters Lindsey Kriendler and Kayla Richardson. They have a lot of strength in the middle with Alyssa Dinh, Jaeda Rawls-Fletcher and Mailyn Harris, a top libero in [player_tooltip player_id='87583' first='Gabby' last='Espiricueta'] and a talented setter in Grace Krohn. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://x.com/CCHSCougarVB/status/1557079693131661312?s=20u0026t=AUr7PUNkffJ0K63eOXBb3g","type":"rich","providerNameSlug":"twitter","responsive":true} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://x.com/CCHSCougarVB/status/1557079693131661312?s=20&amp;t=AUr7PUNkffJ0K63eOXBb3g </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"large"} --> <p class="has-large-font-size"><strong>Key Players</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"id":"block_62feb94005e7b","name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["87583"],"_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":"One of the most respected liberos in the Houston area, the 5'1u0022 Espiricueta leads the Cougars from the backcourt. 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