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Fisher ‘Swiss Army Knife’ for Roncalli football team

Aberdeen Roncalli’s Aiden Fisher, center, tries to run past Deuel’s Reed VanWormer, left, during a game earlier this season at Dacotah Bank Stadium. Photo by John Davis taken 9/6/2024
He is every coach's dream and every opponent's nightmare. Aiden Fisher can hurt foes on offense, defense, and special teams whether using his arm, his legs, his foot, or his football IQ. The Aberdeen Roncalli senior can do and usually does a bit of everything for the Cavaliers. "He’s kind of like the Swiss Army knife of our football team," said Roncalli coach Billy Young. Last season Fisher earned all-state honors as a defensive back. He moved from wide receiver to quarterback because of injury and had planned to go back to receiving this fall, in addition to being the team's kicker and also a kick returner. That all changed after the opening game, when Roncalli failed to score a point in its only loss of the season, prompting a switch to move Fisher back to the quarterback position. "Our first game, it was bad. It was a big change for me going to wide receiver to QB," Fisher said, "because I haven’t spent all summer throwing the ball. I spent all summer trying to ca

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