Rankings Tournament 16s Preview and Poll

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Oklahoma Rankings tournament was invented, as the name suggests, to help with the regional rankings. They wanted to pit the best teams from around the state against one another to help sort out the top teams. It will be held February 25th in Tulsa, at the Titan Facility. If you want to see some of the best play each other, this is the place to be. Lets take a look at a few of the teams and the players you wont want to miss. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2>OK Charge 16UA</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This the undoubtable front runner of the tournament. They sit at 27-0 and have won all four tournaments they have entered thus far. Take in consideration they have either played up an age or in an open division in almost all of their tournaments, and that 27-0 record is even more mid boggling. [player_tooltip player_id='194939' first='Jasmine' last='Liongco'] and [player_tooltip player_id='212407' first='Livia' last='Ward'] are amongst one of the best setting duos I have ever seen on the same team. Then to think those two are throwing the ball to hitters like [player_tooltip player_id='212402' first='Anna' last='Rice'], [player_tooltip player_id='212441' first='Georgia' last='Ahlert'], [player_tooltip player_id='296228' first='Gia' last='McGrew'] and [player_tooltip player_id='284929' first='Charlotte' last='Nelson'], what do you do to stop this offense? </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2>Tulsa Power 16-1</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The majority of this team returned to play together for another season. They were able to make a huge splash last year and finish extremely well at the Junior National Tournament. This team has a backrow that really helps this machine hum. They are in system often and this allows them to function at a high level. Players like [player_tooltip player_id='212410' first='Kyndal' last='Carolina'], [player_tooltip player_id='286287' first='Arriana' last='Brown'], Lauren Harms and [player_tooltip player_id='228761' first='Alison' last='Dotolo'] all do a great job for them. The other factor to consider is how tough this team is from the service line. When a team is this good at the two most impactful skills of the game, they will be hard to beat.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2>UPVBC 16 Elite</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>They have finished top 5 each tournament this season. This team has a multitude of players who can step up and make big plays at any given time. Their pin play is something to take note of. [player_tooltip player_id='296230' first='Emry' last='Brown'], who plays for Bartlesville High School, was an immediate impact for every team she has been on lately. [player_tooltip player_id='194097' first='Grace' last='Marshall'] has already been seeing varsity time this past season for 6A powerhouse, Broken Arrow. They have played in plenty of tough matches early in the season and this will allow them to be ready for them at this tournament. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2>Summary</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Can someone take down the heavy favorite? Will another OKC club team finish higher than UPVBC or TPV? Will any team be able to halt these monster hitters? All will be answered the 25th. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>I will do my absolute best to be here, take lots of action shots, make plenty of social media posts and take lots of notes. Oklahoma is on the up and up, this tournament is a great showcase of just that.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2>Poll</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Lets have some fun with it, choose who you think will take home the title at this year's Rankings Tournament. This is not like our normal polls we have, you must be a subscriber to access this article and poll. There will also be only 1 vote each. We will see how accurate the fan vote is to the final standings once the dust settles. Let your friends and teammates know to use "Jackson30" to save 30% and get access to this article/poll but also the hundreds of other items coming in the next year. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:embed {"url":"https://poll.fm/11510758","type":"rich","providerNameSlug":"crowdsignal","responsive":true} --> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-crowdsignal wp-block-embed-crowdsignal"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://poll.fm/11510758 </div></figure> <!-- /wp:embed -->