Playoffs: Cinco Ranch vs. George Ranch – Top Performers

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The high school volleyball playoffs are underway in the state of Texas and the first days of the postseason featured the always exciting bi-district round, which opposed teams from neighbor districts.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>As we continue to bring you the best high school volleyball coverage, we'll be following some of the key matches of the most critical encounters of the postseason and will keep detailing how they played out and who were the top players on the court.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>On Tuesday, November 1, we headed to the Wheeler Fieldhouse in Sugar Land to watch the duel between district 19's Cinco Ranch Cougars and district 20's George Ranch Longhorns. The Cougars beat the Longhorns 3-1 (25-20, 23-25, 25-14, 25-17) to eliminate them in the bi-district round for a second-straight season and will now play the Bellaire Cardinals in the area round.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://x.com/CincoVolleyball/status/1587641371577520133?s=20u0026t=DZSZ2vB5OFJVLbtzXG__jQ","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/CincoVolleyball/status/1587641371577520133?s=20&amp;t=DZSZ2vB5OFJVLbtzXG__jQ </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"fontSize":"large"} --> <p class="has-large-font-size"><strong>Top Performers</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"id":"block_6361ebdb56013","name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["87565"],"_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":"Cinco Ranch's star outside hitter had a great all-around performance, impacting the match in several different ways. She was an offensive force at the net and in the backcourt, was solid with her passing, got several balls up on defense and caused trouble every time she fired her topspin jump serve, producing aces in every set. Her shot selection was outstanding all night and her attitude encouraged her teammates.","_player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"field_62aba51aecf34","player_evaluations":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"align":"","mode":"preview"} /--> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://x.com/grtorres/status/1587616532812677120?s=20u0026t=DZSZ2vB5OFJVLbtzXG__jQ","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/grtorres/status/1587616532812677120?s=20&amp;t=DZSZ2vB5OFJVLbtzXG__jQ </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"id":"block_6361ec6356014","name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["179888"],"_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":"Courtney's younger sister Kassidy also played an excellent match against George Ranch. She was impeccable in terms of making the right choices with her ball distribution, moved her hitters well, fed her middles effectively and did a very good job when the pass was off the net. Kassidy also made good plays on defense and used her big block to slow down George Ranch's offense, most notably on set four, when she stuffed [player_tooltip player_id='182109' first='Sydney' last='Bryant'] in consecutive plays. She scored on a clutch setter dump at the end of set one.","_player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"field_62aba51aecf34","player_evaluations":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"align":"","mode":"preview"} /--> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"id":"block_6361ec7e56015","name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["177534"],"_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":"It took a little while for Loo to get her game going, but from set two on she was back to her usual self, offering an important secondary scoring outlet for Cinco Ranch. She stabilized her passing, limited her offensive errors and made good plays on both sides of the ball. Loo was on fire at the end of set three with back-to-back aces and an impressive dig that generated the winning point.","_player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"field_62aba51aecf34","player_evaluations":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"align":"","mode":"preview"} /--> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"id":"block_6361ec9656016","name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["182109"],"_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":"Bryant had a difficult start to the match as although Cinco Ranch's block couldn't stop her, her swings were going straight into their defenders. She found her rhythm on set two, tooling the block more often and targeting the end line, and was fantastic scoring George Ranch's last four points in that set. Bryant also had good moments passing and playing defense, showing improvement in these areas. 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