Club Team Feature – Texas Tornados 17 Adidas

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The club season is already underway in the state of Texas and hundreds of teams have already been in action and done great things over the first weeks of play in the Lone Star State.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Everyone is taking a little break for the holidays and will get back to full power on the first weekend of the month, so we're taking the week to feature some of the 17s teams from the Houston area that we believe have the potential to make really good things over the next few months.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"medium"} --> <p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong>[program_tooltip program_id='431337' first='Texas' last='Tornados'] 17 Adidas</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The top 17s team from the [program_tooltip program_id='431337' first='Texas' last='Tornados'] Club had ups and downs at the start of the season, ranking 19th in the FAST Warm Up with a campaign of three wins and two losses. With talented players such as [player_tooltip player_id='208197' first='Kennedy' last='Jones'], [player_tooltip player_id='239063' first='Taylor' last='Williams'], Temi Sam-Olibale, [player_tooltip player_id='269822' first='Madison' last='Presley'], Emily Killam and [player_tooltip player_id='198017' first='Brinleigh' last='Davis'], they have everything to produce better performances and results as the season progresses.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["208197"],"_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":"Jones is another of those cases of extremely athletic pin hitters who stand out offensively but also do an excellent job in improving every area of their game. 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