Section 7: Saturday’s Notable Performers

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Saturday's Section 7 action featured a loaded day of games between some of the nation's top teams including Perry (AZ) vs Alta (UT), Harvard Westlake (CA) vs Mater Dei (CA), and Columbus (FL) vs Corona Centennial (CA). The top brackets of the event, Slam and Powerade, held their quarterfinal games Saturday morning and teams played for their chance to make the final on Saturday night. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["1110567"],"_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":"Austin played well on both ends on Saturday in Cascade Christian's games against Cesar Chavez and Apollo. 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