{"id":229835,"date":"2026-04-01T06:44:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T06:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/229835\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T06:44:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T06:44:21","slug":"vote-readers-choice-girls-basketball-player-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/229835\/","title":{"rendered":"VOTE: Readers\u2019 Choice Girls Basketball Player of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/FTW_BellvsSouthlakehgbk15.JPG\"   width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" title=\"Southlake guard Whitney Jense (20) reacts to a play against L.D. Bell during the second half of a UIL girls basketball game between L.D. Bell and Southlake Carroll at Southlake Senior High School in Southlake, Texas, Tuesday Feb. 03, 2026\" alt=\"Southlake guard Whitney Jense (20) reacts to a play against L.D. Bell during the second half of a UIL girls basketball game between L.D. Bell and Southlake Carroll at Southlake Senior High School in Southlake, Texas, Tuesday Feb. 03, 2026\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Southlake guard Whitney Jense (20) reacts to a play against L.D. Bell during the second half of a UIL girls basketball game between L.D. Bell and Southlake Carroll at Southlake Senior High School in Southlake, Texas, Tuesday Feb. 03, 2026<\/p>\n<p>                Bob Booth<\/p>\n<p>            Special to the Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>In the 2025-26 Texas high school girls basketball season, several Fort Worth-area athletes had standout seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Who had the best? You decide. Vote for the 2025-26 Star-Telegram Readers\u2019 Choice Girls Basketball Player of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>The winner will be honored on the Fort Worth All-Area Team, which will be revealed Monday. Voting will end 10 p.m. Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published March 31, 2026 at 4:55 AM.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/276018746\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775025861_797_Charles_Baggarly (1).jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Charles Baggarly\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/276018746\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Charles Baggarly<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>            Charles Baggarly is a high school sports editor and reporter for the Fort Worth Star Telegram. He graduated from TCU in 2023 with a bachelor\u2019s degree in journalism and served as TCU 360\u2019s sports editor. Connect with Charles on Twitter or via email.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Southlake guard Whitney Jense (20) reacts to a play against L.D. Bell during the second half of a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229836,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[88381,116,88382,118,117,38573,33522,88383],"class_list":{"0":"post-229835","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-basketball-player-of-the-year","9":"tag-fort-worth","10":"tag-fort-worth-all-area","11":"tag-fort-worth-headlines","12":"tag-fort-worth-news","13":"tag-girls-basketball","14":"tag-high-school-basketball","15":"tag-readers-choice"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}