H-Town Showdown #2 – 17s – Setters

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The traditional club tournament H-Town Showdown had the second of its four scheduled stops of the year last weekend in Houston, with more than 100 teams competing in three age groups at three different venues in the region.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I was at the FAST Complex on Saturday afternoon, following the 17s Division and got to watch the 16 best-seeded teams compete during the way and to see some of the finest volleyball talent in the state of Texas in action.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Several players stood out for their great level of play and I'll take the week to feature some of them, beginning with the setters:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["155125"],"_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":"Division winners HJV 17 Elite were deep in the setter position, with Gilreath splitting her time on the court with [player_tooltip player_id='124110' first='Charli' last='Crowson']. The athletic and talented Gilreath was a joy to watch with her efficient and entertaining playing style and strongly contributed to the team's offense. Gilreath did a great job with her ball distribution and used her athleticism and body control to operate when the pass was too tight or off the net. 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She was very clean on the ball and very precise with her locations all day and complemented her technical skills with a very high volleyball IQ, which allowed her to make great decisions when on the ball. 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