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<p>The top teams in the Girls Academy League will head to Norco, California, over the next few days for the league's annual winter showcase.</p>
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<p>The SilverLakes Sports Complex will host matches from December 5-9, generating exciting duels between some of the league's best teams and plenty of opportunities for prospects to showcase their talent against elite-level competition.</p>
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<p>The Frontier Conference, which features teams from Texas, Missouri and Louisiana, will be strongly represented in the event, featuring many promising prospects, who will be closely followed by those in attendance. As we approach the start of the event, let's bring up some of those names, now looking into the outside backs:</p>
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<p class="text-gray-700">Sprayberry plays right back for the Rise SC 09 team that will meet Oakwood Soccer Club, Sacramento United and Seattle Reign Academy in the showcase. She's a very solid defensive player, who wins most of the physical battles she gets involved and has a very efficient rate with tackles and challenges. Sprayberry is a player who will rarely make mistakes during matches and who will contribute with intelligent and efficient actions. She can also play left back and in midfield, while keeping the same level of performance. When used as an outside back, she won't likely make many pushes forward, but will help to keep the team's offense flowing with her passing and buildup play.</p>
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<p class="text-gray-700">Klaven's team St. Louis Development Academy 08 will appear in the showcase, having matches scheduled against the St. James Football Club, Las Vegas Sports Academy and Murrieta Soccer Academy. The outside back is one of their pillars, offering a strong two-way game out wide. Klaven is an offensive-minded offensive back, who can help create chances by combining with a winger and overlapping, but she also likes to make diagonal runs to finish or find passes more centrally. She's also solid in their, reading the ball's trajectory and attacking it. Klaven can play excellent defense too, being firm to win duels, and is capable of helping in central defense if needed.</p>
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<p class="text-gray-700">Kehres and her HTX 07/06 team will compete in the Champions Cup and will face IMG Academy, Beadling SC and Utah Celtic in California. A lefty, she can play at either outside back spot and is always very productive, combining solid technical and physical skills. Kehres has a great touch on the ball and uses her right foot extremely well, which gives her a myriad of possibilities when she's in possession. She's very strong at dribbling the ball forward and can also beat opponents in tight spaces with quick moves before she sends accurate crosses into the penalty box. Kehres is also very calm when she has the ball and very rarely wastes possession. Defensively, she plays with great intensity and benefits from her ability to read the game to get to the ball before opponents.</p>
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<p><strong><a href="https://sportsrecruits.com/athlete/gisele_kehres?video=3324620">Highlights</a></strong></p>
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The top teams in the Girls Academy League will head to Norco, California, over the next few days for the league's annual winter showcase.
HEIGHT
5'5"
POS
D
CLASS
2027
State:
Texas
School:
Tompkins
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HEIGHT
5'6"
POS
D
CLASS
2027
School:
Parkway Central
Club:
St. Louis Development Academy
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HEIGHT
5'8"
POS
D
CLASS
2025
School:
Friendswood
Club:
HTX
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