May Madness – Outsides to Watch

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The club season is starting to wind down around the country with all qualifiers completed and teams now starting their preparations for the 2023 USAV Girls Junior National Championship, which will take place in Chicago, from June 28-July 6.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>There are, however, still some good tournaments going on around the state of Texas and one of them will take place this weekend, when TAV hosts the May Madness in Lewisville. Besides the top teams from the popular home club, other strong clubs from the region, such as Drive Nation, Madfrog and Dallas Premier will also be represented in the 15s, 16s and 17s divisions of the two-day event.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We're taking a look at some of the most promising names that will be in action during the weekend in Lewisville and these are some pin hitters that could have a big weekend:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["235287"],"_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":"The high-flying Crayton will be on the end of several sets with her Madfrog 15's N Green team. If you think an undersized player cannot carry the offense of a team of this caliber, that's because you haven't seen her in action. Crayton is as explosive as it gets and can go up really, really high when she swings. Besides her vertical, she also has a very heavy right arm that she uses to bounce balls and tool blocks. 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