High School Team Feature – Magnolia Bulldogs

<!-- 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 take the time to give a good look at the teams on the court and we'll try to feature as many as possible here in this space. Today we'll focus on the Magnolia Bulldogs.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"large"} --> <p class="has-large-font-size"><strong>The Squad</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Magnolia entered the season looking to find more scoring options after the graduations of Brynn Botkin and Sydney Gentry. The trio of [player_tooltip player_id='141244' first='Alex' last='Bull'], [player_tooltip player_id='207393' first='Chloe' last='Richards'] and [player_tooltip player_id='447335' first='Haley' last='Herndon'] picked up the offensive slack, while Kira Braun has established herself as a top setter in the district.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://x.com/MagnoliaVBALL/status/1563236235136868352?s=20u0026t=J8PHB50nNrG1vadkd18vzw","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/MagnoliaVBALL/status/1563236235136868352?s=20&amp;t=J8PHB50nNrG1vadkd18vzw </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_6329c5adfb719","name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["141244"],"_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":"A middle with excellent physical tools and tremendous mobility, Bull leads the way for the Bulldogs at the net. She transferred from Oak Ridge before the start of last season and has proved to be an extremely valuable addition to the team with her ability to impact the game on both sides of the ball. 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