SEFNCO Showcase Notables

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The SEFNCO Showcase at Tahoma High School produced some great games and plenty of notable performances. You can check out my <em>Top Performers </em><a href="https://prephoops.com/2023/12/sefnco-showcase-top-performers/">here</a>, but this article will highlight some of the other standout players from the day. I'll go team by team and let you know who the key players were from the day.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><em>Graham Kapowsin</em></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["1685507"],"_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":"Gillespie is an electric player who can score the rock in a lot of ways and Saturday he got it going from deep, starting the second half out 4/4 from 3PT. He was drilling off the catch, mixing in a little hesitation dribble, hitting from the corner, the wing, it didn't matter. 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He's a quick guard and has really nice slashing ability, plus he can pepper in some threes to mix it up.","_player_evaluations_1_evaluation":"field_62aba51aecf34","player_evaluations_2_player":["1450944"],"_player_evaluations_2_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_2_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_2_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_2_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_2_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_2_evaluation":"He's a strong guard with a good center of gravity. 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He's pretty quick and had some nice moves with the dribble, and could be a kid that makes a nice jump over the next year.","_player_evaluations_1_evaluation":"field_62aba51aecf34","player_evaluations":2,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"edit","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-6580dd24c70d9"} /--> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><em>Tahoma</em></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["2153068"],"_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":"Stonerock's usually a main figure for Tahoma and Saturday was no exception. 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