Gateway Slamuary Invitational: First Team

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Saturday marked the third and final day of Gateway High School's Slamuary Invitational in Fort Myers, Florida. Prep Hoops Scout Riley is here to recap the first, second and third teams full of the top performers from all three days. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["1225980"],"_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":"u003cspan style=u0022font-weight: 400u0022u003eEven with the tenacious Cypress Lake defense, there were moments Gogic connected on shots that I just couldn't wrap my head around. 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