Players to Watch: Philadephia Catholic League Girls Final

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>It's Philadelphia Catholic League finals day! The girls will kick off a soccer doubleheader at the Northeast Supersite as top seed Archbishop Wood takes on Nazareth Academy. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Nazareth Academy is new to the conference this year and after a slow start made a run to the final with an upset victory over Archbishop Wood on Tuesday.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Here's a look at players to watch in Saturday's final.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["45376"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":["override_image"],"_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_player_featured_image":152482,"_player_evaluations_0_player_featured_image":"field_62f141137ead9","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"DeGeorge is at the heart of everything the Wood attack does. 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