Windy City Qualifier – Texas Outsides to Watch

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The qualifying season continues at full pace as teams from all around the country attempt to secure their spots in the 2023 USA Girls Junior National Championship. Texas club teams are no exceptions, as they are flying all across the nation to play in those events and book their tickets to Chicago from June 28-July6.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This coming weekend will present several opportunities with National Qualifiers taking place in different locations and among them is the traditional Adidas Windy City National Qualifier, which will be held at McCormick Place, in Chicago, from Friday to Sunday.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Several teams from the Lone Star State will make the trip up North and we'll preview the tournament by featuring some of the players who will have key roles with their teams. These outside hitters will have a huge influence on their teams' performances in Chicago:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["321291"],"_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":"Wilburn's sky-high offensive potential makes of her a key piece for her Austin Skyline 15 Royal team that will compete in the 15 Open division. She has excellent length, tremendous power and makes excellent calls with her shot selection, being a very efficient and productive attacking player. Not many prospects her age are able to hit from the middle back as well as she does and that's because Wilburn angles her swing extremely well, sending the ball out of the reach of defenders.  Another thing that stands out in her game is the ability to adjust to different sets, always using her reach to her favor, and remain consistent.","_player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"field_62aba51aecf34","player_evaluations":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-6427735d9a981"} /--> <!-- wp:acf/hudl {"name":"acf/hudl","data":{"embed_code":"u003ciframe src='https://www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/17221206/63fe9302b3c8130d08c64881' width='640' height='360' frameborder='0' allowfullscreenu003eu003c/iframeu003e","_embed_code":"field_62daf7995fd8c"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-6427735d9a9cd"} /--> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["254277"],"_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":"Guevara is a very productive player with her Skyline 16 Black team that will be in action in the 16 USA division in Chicago. 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