NCHSAA Top Performers – Week 10

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>With the end of conference play getting closer and closer, teams and players are really starting to step up their game in preparation for conference and state tournaments. There were some awesome individual performances this week, and we want to take an article to highlight those. Check out five players who made impressions on us with their play this week.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["1610224"],"_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":"Fox is an undisputed candidate for this list as he dropped 50 points in his team's victory over Southern Wayne last week. 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