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Roncalli in search of another state championship

Aberdeen Roncalli’s Morgan Fiedler, left, drives to the basket as Bison’s Alexia Donovan, right, defends during Thursday night’s SoDak 16 game in the Ipswich High School gym. Photo by John Davis taken 3/3/2022
Aberdeen Roncalli is headed back to the site of its greatest girls' basketball accomplishment. While the field will be much different this time with a new class of teams, the Cavaliers are hoping the result will be the same at the Watertown Civic Arena this week. Roncalli, which won the Class A state championship last season, is the top seed at this year's Class B state tourney. The Cavaliers have been rated number one all season and coach Derek Larson said the expectations are much different than they were a year ago when Roncalli went in as the fourth seed. "Number one I don’t think anyone even had us winning the first game last year and then winning second game, and then winning the third game. I think that’s probably the major difference," Larson said. "Last year we went in as the fourth seed. People thought we were going to lose to Sioux Falls Christian. Now we’re the one seed. It's definitely a little bit different, us being the one seed for the first time. But weâ

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