Week 2 Top Performers: Late additions

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Thanks to a surge of players, coaches, parents and media providing stats and box scores we are able to add some outstanding performances in week two and highlight several players in all classes across WV. </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":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"[player_tooltip player_id='2303395' first='Payton' 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