Windy City Qualifier – Texas Right Sides to Watch

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The qualifying season continues at full pace as teams from all around the country attempt to secure their spots in the 2023 USA Girls Junior National Championship. Texas club teams are no exceptions, as they are flying all across the nation to play in those events and book their tickets to Chicago from June 28-July6.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>This coming weekend will present several opportunities with National Qualifiers taking place in different locations and among them is the traditional Adidas Windy City National Qualifier, which will be held at McCormick Place, in Chicago, from Friday to Sunday.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Several teams from the Lone Star State made the trip up North and we'll preview the tournament by featuring some of the players who will have key roles with their teams. These right side hitters could have big roles with their teams:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["269826"],"_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":"A long and potent right side hitter, Hickman will be in action with HJV 15 Elite in the 15 Open division. A lefty, she uses her length extremely well on offense, making contact with the ball at a very high point and hitting over the top of blockers or tooling them. Despite being very young, Hickman is impressively consistent and makes very few mistakes when she goes up to swing. Her blocking is also a big part of her game as it's big, technical and has excellent timing. 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