Polk Hoops Shootout: Top Standouts

<!-- wp:paragraph {"style":{"typography":{"fontSize":"17px"}}} --> <p style="font-size:17px"><strong><em>With the high school basketball regular season nearly wrapped up, ten teams throughout the state of Florida met at Lakeland High School for the annual Polk Hoops Shootout on Saturday.</em></strong> <strong><em>Prep Hoops scout Andrew Johnson was in attendance to provide the tournament's top standouts with instant takeaways. </em></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["814549"],"_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":"The state championship linebacker completely took over the game in the fourth quarter and willed the Dreadnaughts to a 16-point comeback win. 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