RAPID CITY - Aberdeen Central rallied from a deficit early, got the stops it needed late and is headed back to the Class AA State Boys' Basketball Tournament. The Golden Eagles fought off Rapid City Central to claim a 57-52 victory in SoDak 16 action Saturday afternoon.
"We talked about today’s game, there was going to be some ups, there was going to be some downs. How you dealt with those is going to determine if you were going to win the game," said Central coach Brent Norberg. "I thought when we were down we kept defending and when we were rolling on offense, we kept defending. We were just consistent that way, so we were able to withstand the lows and we were able to ride the highs a little longer."
The lows came early when the Eagles fell behind by eight points in the opening quarter. Norberg said once his team calmed down, it played much better.
" I thought we played a little nervous early, then once we got that out of our system, we had probably 4-5 turnovers ear
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