High School Team Feature – Katy Tigers

<!-- 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 take a look at the Katy Tigers.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"large"} --> <p class="has-large-font-size"><strong>The Squad</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This season was always going to be a difficult one for the Tigers as they saw some of the top prospects in the entire state graduate in Maddie Waak, Jordan Gamble and Izzy Denton. Leading the team this season are outside hitters [player_tooltip player_id='176649' first='Maddy' last='Chaapel'] and [player_tooltip player_id='206716' first='Addison' last='Chapman'], middle Kennedy Pike and setter [player_tooltip player_id='225208' first='Gabi' last='Young'].</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://x.com/katyvball22/status/1555522084448751618?s=20u0026t=VnMUM5IxiIgsIcd3_EMudQ","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/katyvball22/status/1555522084448751618?s=20&amp;t=VnMUM5IxiIgsIcd3_EMudQ </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_6332f95535ada","name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["176649"],"_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 very complete pin hitter, Chaapel is a key piece in Katy's playing system. 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