Texas HS Match to Watch: Ridge Point vs. Bridgeland

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The high school volleyball season is officially on in the state of Texas and during the next four months, hundreds of matches will be played across the Lone Star State until we know the new state champions.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Prep Dig will be covering multiple matches every week and featuring the players that stand out the most for their performances over the course of the season, but we'll also preview some matches that have the potential to be very interesting ones. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The non-district matches are typically used for teams to find their best chemistry and fine-tune their games ahead of the start of district play, but some encounters will be very exciting ones. Here's one of them:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Ridge Point vs. Bridgeland - August 15, 5:30 PM - @ Ridge Point HS</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Players to Watch:</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["212725"],"_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":"One of the top players in the class of 2025 in the entire state, Rogers is a powerful and very complete outside hitter. The offense is probably what stands out the most in her game as she gets off the floor really well, has a heavy right arm and excellent shot selection to put the ball down. There's much more she does for her teams, though, including passing at a very high level and making important defensive plays on the back. 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A player with amazing physical tools, she's smoother on the court than many would expect and does an excellent job in terms of continuing to improve her game. She's a player that doesn't feel the moments of pressure and had a stellar club season with Houston Skyline. 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She was very strong during the club season and becomes more and effective as she continues to learn how to best use her incredible athleticism. Johnson is very long, gets off the floor well and has a quick arm on offense. Her reading of the game has also improved and with that her blocking has gotten better, especially because her timing is better now.","_player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"field_62aba51aecf34","player_evaluations":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-64da8c3739afc"} /--> <!-- wp:acf/hudl {"name":"acf/hudl","data":{"embed_code":"u003ciframe src='https://www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/15464394/64d96d1ebed70707c83e92a0' width='640' height='360' frameborder='0' allowfullscreenu003eu003c/iframeu003e","_embed_code":"field_62daf7995fd8c"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-64da8c3739b19"} /--> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["124159"],"_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":"A stellar libero for Bridgeland in each of her first three years of high school volleyball, Volpe will continue to be the team's defensive rock this season. 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