Paetow vs. Katy – Top Performers

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The high school volleyball season is underway in the state of Texas and we'll try and be in as many matches as we can in order to bring the best coverage of the sport and all the info on the most promising prospects of the Lone Star State to you every week.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The idea is to do things a little bit differently this year, so after every match I attend, I'll be posting a quick article highlighting the players that stood out the most in that particular encounter.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>On Friday, September 9, we were present at the duel between the Paetow Panthers and the Katy Tigers in the Katy area. Playing at home, the Panthers had no trouble downing the visitors in three sets (25-19, 25-18, 25-19) to improve to 22-9 for the season. Katy now stands at 11-14.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"large"} --> <p class="has-large-font-size"><strong>Top Performers</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"id":"block_631bf0d795fa0","name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":["not_in_db"],"_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"Abigail Hardison","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"field_62aba4c9ecf2f","player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"2023","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"field_62aba4ddecf30","player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"5'8u0022","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"field_62aba4e8ecf31","player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"32564","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"field_62aba4f0ecf32","player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"Paetow","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"field_62aba4fdecf33","player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"field_62d20e723441a","player_evaluations_0_player_details":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details":"field_62aba4afecf2e","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"The 5'8u0022 outside hitter played an impeccable match, strongly impacting Paetow's victory. She was on fire with her offense and used her diverse arsenal, which included hitting with power, tipping the ball into open spots and tooling the block, to score points for the Panthers. Hardison was also very solid with her passing and had good serving runs during the first and second sets. She left the court with a triple-double of ten kills, 14 digs and 13 passes and still fired three aces.","_player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"field_62aba51aecf34","player_evaluations":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"align":"","mode":"preview"} /--> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"id":"block_631bf2ef95fa1","name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["203987"],"_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":"The left-handed setter was heavily involved in Paetow's victory in her double duty on the right side. Dumas did a very good job with her setting and was extremely effective with her offense as Katy's blockers and defenders never came anywhere close to stopping her. She also created problems with her serves and got a few good digs during the match. 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