Bridgeland vs. Cy Woods – Top Performers

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The high school volleyball regular season is nearly completed in the state of Texas as we 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 Tuesday, October 18, I went to the Cypress area in Houston to follow the Conference 6A - District 16 encounter between the Bridgeland Bears (35-8) and the Cy Woods Wildcats (18-17), two teams that remain above the playoff line.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Bears, which are guaranteed in the playoffs, had no trouble sweeping (25-10, 25-13, 25-8) the Wildcats and improving their district record to 10-2, good enough for second place now. Cy Woods are fourth with a 6-6 win record and will try to secure their postseason spot in their two remaining matches.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://x.com/grtorres/status/1582520030612578304?s=20u0026t=r1iEyWI6K6z6bd-aBOSBhA","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/grtorres/status/1582520030612578304?s=20&amp;t=r1iEyWI6K6z6bd-aBOSBhA </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"large"} --> <p class="has-large-font-size"><strong>Top Performers</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"id":"block_634f5c977fe3f","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":"Olivia Waggoner","_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":"5'11u0022","_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":"Bridgeland","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"field_62aba4fdecf33","player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"TAV Houston","_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 senior outside hitter remains in excellent form and had another fantastic performance against the Wildcats. Waggoner was on fire and was flawless in everything she did, leading the Bears in kills (17), digs (20) and passes (15) besides also filling the stats box with an ace and a block. She's been as comfortable and consistent as always with her offense and has displayed great improvement with her decision-making, hitting hard when the play called for it, but also using finesse when needed. 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Orlando came in to replace outside hitter [player_tooltip player_id='87547' first='Kennedy' last='Kays'] on the backcourt and significantly strengthened the team's defensive game, sharing the court with libero [player_tooltip player_id='124159' first='Alice' last='Volpe']. She covered a lot of ground on serve-receive, tallying a couple of passes, and also generated six transition plays on defense. 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