Week 2 Lowcountry Game Balls

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><span id="docs-internal-guid-22446273-7fff-ab5f-fd44-b2d393068bef"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline">Each week of the regular season, we'll recognize the best ballers in the Lowcountry who took their game to another level. It's time to give out our game balls for Week 2 of the 2023 season.</span></p></span></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><span id="docs-internal-guid-22446273-7fff-ab5f-fd44-b2d393068bef"><div><span style="font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline"></span></div></span></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["239076"],"_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":"u003cspan style=u0022font-weight: 400u0022u003eThe Hampton County Hurricanes hosted the program's first ever home game on Friday, and running back u003c/spanu003eu003cbu003eZion Dobsonu003c/bu003eu003cspan style=u0022font-weight: 400u0022u003e made it a memorable one. 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