High School Team Feature – Fort Bend Kempner Cougars

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The high school season is going at full pace in the state of Texas and every team in the state has been on the court enough times for us to have a good idea about what to expect from them.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Here at PrepDig, we are committed to covering and promoting as many prospects as possible, from the most popular names to the hidden gems that typically abound at the Lone Star State and during the high school season we're also doing it by featuring the teams they play at.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Every time we're at the gym, we take the time to give a good look at the teams on the court and we'll try to feature as many as possible here in this space. This time, we'll let you know more about the Fort Bend Kempner Cougars.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"large"} --> <p class="has-large-font-size"><strong>The Squad</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The team from Sugarland has been able to build from their last year's campaign as just two seniors graduated since then. The Cougars have a balanced team with [player_tooltip player_id='209454' first='Ruth' last='Ochelli'] leading the way at the net, [player_tooltip player_id='186678' first='Sophie' last='ILAGAN'] coordinating the backcourt and Mia Clarke impacting the game on both sides of the ball.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://x.com/KempnerVb/status/1563649578649403393?s=20u0026t=5wUVHg6JJm26b9z8XGukXw","type":"rich","providerNameSlug":"twitter","responsive":true} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://x.com/KempnerVb/status/1563649578649403393?s=20&amp;t=5wUVHg6JJm26b9z8XGukXw </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"large"} --> <p class="has-large-font-size"><strong>Key Players</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"id":"block_633dc25d68192","name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["209454"],"_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":"An extremely athletic player, Ochelli has been moved from her original middle blocker spot to the pin this season in an attempt to make of her a more central piece in the Cougars' offense. 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