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UIL 26-5A Girls Basketball Preview
San Antonio Veterans Memorial has a 2020 UIL 5A state championship game finish, a 2018 UIL 4A state title game appearance, a 2019 UIL 5A Region IV final result and a trio of 30-plus win seasons in its first three varsity years. The Patriots plan to move closer to the season's ultimate prize by leaning on first-team all-district athlete Marley Rokas, second-team all-district player Reinha Williams and all-district honorable mention Daelah Edwards this year.
Kerrville Tivy nearly extended its UIL state final four streak to three seasons before ending its 2019-2020 campaign with 25 wins and a UIL 5A Region IV final appearance, and has a lot going for it in the 2020-2021 frame with first-team all-district athlete Ashlee Zirkel and second-team all-district player Ashlynn Way expected to lead the Antlers.
Boerne Champion marched to the UIL 5A Region IV Quarterfinal after finishing fourth in the tough UIL 26-5A district and winning 26 games last season and can top that because head coach Marsha Hammond has already led it to 110 victories and there's notable on-court returns in first-team all-district athlete Khiara Flugence, second-team all-district players Hannah Barraza and Addisen King, all-district honorable mention Kristen Borgerding and another important contributor in Emerson Deberry.
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Dripping Springs is another team with multi-round postseason aspirations this season because it advanced to the UIL 5A Region IV bi-district round and won 28 games during the 2019-2020 campaign and have important returners in all-region athlete and UIL 25-5A Offensive MVP Corbyn Davis, first-team all-district player Caroline Gamble, Trinity University commit Ally Beck, second-team all-district contributor Teagan Huslig and all-district honorable mention Ashleigh Aksamit.
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New Braunfels Canyon battled a competitive UIL 26-6A district en route to winning 19 games and finishing fifth in the group last season. Its drop from UIL 6A to UIL 5A and playmakers in second-team all-district athlete Emery Black and district honorable mentions Chayse Goetz and Kyla Malone will keep its playoff window open for the 2020-2021 campaign.
Other contenders are a Seguin squad that won 14 games in the 2019-2020 season and still has notable athletes in second-team all-district players Reese Brittain and Tresalyn Roberts, an Alamo Heights attack led by all-district honorable mentions Mandee Brown and Robin Giles, a second-team all-district player Grace Duray-led Kyle Lehman can take advantage of its drop from UIL 6A to UIL 5A, and a first-year varsity program in Buda Johnson that serves an athletic Hays County community.
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