State Tournament: Players to Watch – Division 4A

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The biggest moment of high school volleyball season has arrived in the state of Texas as this week, from Wednesday to Saturday, the best teams in the Lone Star State will fight for the state titles in Garland.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Four teams in each division will be on the court at the Curtis Culwell Center over the next few days and each of the 24 programs competing for the honor of ruling Texas features several players with extraordinary potential.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>As we warm up for the State Tournament, let's go over the top players in each division. Division 4A, which has Celina, Davenport, Randall and Salado as the title contenders, is up next.</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":["252886"],"_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":"Gove guided Randall to a State Tournament title last year and will be back in perhaps an even more prominent role with the team this week. She has tremendous firepower on the left and the Lady Pirates do not hesitate before turning to her, especially when out of system. Gove is also a very strong blocker, who uses her size well and has excellent timing and technique to shut opponents down. 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