High School team Feature – Tompkins Falcons

<!-- 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. Up next are the Tompkins Falcons from Katy.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"large"} --> <p class="has-large-font-size"><strong>The Squad</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>One of the top teams in the season so far, Tompkins are benefiting from retaining most of their core from last season, with outside hitters Paris Herrman being the most noticeable departure. The Falcons have dynamic and versatile pin hitters in [player_tooltip player_id='87549' first='Cindy' last='Tchouangwa'], Tendai Titley and [player_tooltip player_id='197076' first='Skylar' last='Skrabanek'], a solid libero in Brooklynn Merrell and a pair of excellent setters in Presley Powell and [player_tooltip player_id='124136' first='Erica' last='Dellesky'].</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p> </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://x.com/OTHSVolleyball/status/1564783002617581568?s=20u0026t=3UDLNttWkYxYKkq4_uv5uw","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/OTHSVolleyball/status/1564783002617581568?s=20&amp;t=3UDLNttWkYxYKkq4_uv5uw </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_633f008b7de1a","name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["87549"],"_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 powerful and intimidating hitters in the state, Tchouangwa has been spending more time on the right this season. 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