Scouting Report: Dubuque Hempstead-City High

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>IOWA CITY, Iowa - </strong>Iowa City High and Dubuque Hempstead met up for a Mississippi Valley Conference Valley Division match Tuesday night. The Little Hawks prevailed, 3-1. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It was my first look at Hempstead in '23. I wrote a <a href="https://prepdig.com/2023/08/scouting-report-iowa-city-high/">scouting report on City</a> from last week's match at Kennedy. With that being the case, I focused more on the Mustangs in this one. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":["not_in_db"],"_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":454333,"_player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"Addison Wright ","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"field_62aba4c9ecf2f","player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"2025","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"field_62aba4ddecf30","player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"5'8u0022","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"field_62aba4e8ecf31","player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"32564","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"field_62aba4f0ecf32","player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"Dubuque Hempstead","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"field_62aba4fdecf33","player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"field_62d20e723441a","player_evaluations_0_player_details":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details":"field_62aba4afecf2e","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Wright stood out early and often in this match. 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