High School Team Feature – Cy Woods Wildcats

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The high school regular season is nearly over in the state of Texas as the playoffs are set to begin and every team in the state has been on the court more than 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. Today's highlighted team is the Cy Woods Wildcats.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"large"} --> <p class="has-large-font-size"><strong>The Squad</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This was always going to be a challenging season for the Wildcats, who lost their two main scorers, D'Nari Mills and Jackie Velzis, to graduation. One of last year's key players, outside hitter [player_tooltip player_id='87557' first='Emily' last='Schaper'] leads, alongside middle blocker [player_tooltip player_id='269822' first='Madison' last='Presley'], a team that has some interesting freshman talent in [player_tooltip player_id='536463' first='Caroline' last='Walden'] and setter Kaylee Peterson.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://x.com/CyWoodsVB/status/1563666457527189505?s=20u0026t=c9Uh03ZDQSgWGlLZid4yVQ","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/CyWoodsVB/status/1563666457527189505?s=20&amp;t=c9Uh03ZDQSgWGlLZid4yVQ </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_63501544368ce","name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["87557"],"_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 long and skilled outside hitter is a key player for the Wildcats, especially because of her offensive potential. 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