Playoff Top Performers – Area Round Day Two

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>If the high school volleyball regular season in the state of Texas was a marathon, the playoffs are a sprint. After beginning on Thursday, the area round continues to unfold this weekend as teams continue to fight for the last regional quarterfinal spots. Some of the teams that advanced on Friday were pushed by strong individual performances from players who made a difference in the most important moment of the season.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Here are five prospects who were instrumental in their teams' victories in the area round on Friday:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"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":"[player_tooltip player_id='254266' first='Lyric' last='Steward']","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"field_62aba4c9ecf2f","player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"2024","_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":"32924","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"field_62aba4f0ecf32","player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"Birdville","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"field_62aba4fdecf33","player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"[program_tooltip program_id='431307' first='Tejas' last='Volleyball Club']","_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 athletic junior middle blocker has been in good form all season, but had her second-best offensive performance of the year in a clutch moment to help the Hawks overcome Northwest in four sets and move forward. The high-jumping Steward was unstoppable in the middle and converted 17 of her 30 swings into points, reaching a  56.7% kill percentage. Steward also had a strong blocking night, leading the team with five stuffs. She also got six digs.","_player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"field_62aba51aecf34","player_evaluations":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"preview","anchor":"acf-block-64bdfb17051ff"} /--> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["153299"],"_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":"Boswell's all-around outside hitter had a tremendous performance to help the Pioneers sweep Franklin and continue to advance in the playoffs. Parrish was a consistent scorer for her team, tallying a match-high 14 kills, but also contributed in other areas of the game. Extremely technical, the outside hitter led the team's serve-receive efforts to produce a team-high 19 passes and was also very active on defense, generating ten digs. 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