5 Breakout Candidates from Western Kansas

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>One of the best things about spring and summer ball is you get to see kids from all over the state come together and compete. Not only does it allow you to see Western Kansas stars like [player_tooltip player_id='1080198' first='Jaxson' last='Brandl'], [player_tooltip player_id='1080203' first='Ryle' last='Riddlesperger'] and [player_tooltip player_id='1146295' first='Hunter' last='Vaughn'].</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>After a full summer of seeing players from across the state, now is a good time to ask “Who's next?'</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Here are five “breakout candidates” from Western Kansas:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"id":"block_635eceaf1321c","name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["1588415"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":["override_image"],"_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_player_featured_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_featured_image":"field_62f141137ead9","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"There aren't many players we're more interested to see this year than Cure. 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