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Central turns back Yankton for first boys’ victory

Aberdeen Central’s Jacob Weishaar, left, tries to get around Yankton’s Bryce Kral, right, during Saturday’s game at the Golden Eagles Arena. Photo by John Davis taken 1/4/2025
With the game on the line, Aberdeen Central rose the challenge, made plays and secured its first win of the season Saturday afternoon. The Golden Eagles made 6 of 8 free throws in the final two minutes, while allowing just one point to finish off a 57-49 win over Yankton in Eastern South Dakota Conference boys' basketball action at Golden Eagles Arena. "It’s good to get a win at home," said Central coach Brent Norberg. "We had a chance to kind of blow it open there a little bit and didn’t do it and let them back in, but the nice thing is we made plays down the stretch once that happened." The Golden Eagles led 46-34 with six minutes left before the Bucks eventually whittled the margin down to 50-48 with two minutes remaining. From there, Jacob Weishaar and Luke Swanson both made two free throws and Colby Dauwen added another free throw and a game-ending layup as Central weathered the storm. "They cut it to two and we just made some plays that we had to make," Norberg

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