PH Top 250 Expo: Team 5 Offensive Standouts

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Lied Activity Center in Bellevue was ripe with ambition Sunday night as the Top 250 Expo created a stage for these athletes to put themselves on the map. I followed around Team 5 to evaluate the talent and came away impressed with the overall skill level of all members. This article will focus on the players that were in their bag and kept the scorekeepers busy.</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":2221873,"_player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"Lenox Haynes","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"field_62aba4c9ecf2f","player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"2026","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"field_62aba4ddecf30","player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"6'2u0022","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"field_62aba4e8ecf31","player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"77244","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"field_62aba4f0ecf32","player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"Omaha Central","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"field_62aba4fdecf33","player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"[program_tooltip program_id='2078398' first='Team' last='Factory']","_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":"u003ca href=u0022https://twitter.com/urilenoxu0022u003ehttps://twitter.com/urilenoxu003c/au003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eOnly a sophomore, Haynes demonstrated he could score at any level in a dynamic way. 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