5 Kansas City Seniors in the Spotlight

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Senior season. Established players are ready to be the stars. Risers are ready for their moment to shine. There will be a few guys we've never even heard of who will have big years.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>There are a few seniors who will continue to headline the Kansas City scene: [player_tooltip player_id='1378390' first='Grant' last='Stubblefield'] from Blue Valley Northwest, [player_tooltip player_id='1080167' first='Jason' last='Rodriguez'] from KC Harmon, [player_tooltip player_id='1080169' first='Aiden' last='Wing'] from Miege and [player_tooltip player_id='1080165' first='Will' last='Rost'] from Aquinas. But let's look at some other seniors who should be big this year.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Here are five Kansas City seniors who will be in the spotlight (in alphabetical order):</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"id":"block_6363cd162ecfd","name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["1454191"],"_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":"Evans earned some all-state recognition in 3A after racking up some impressive stats from the point guard spot. 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