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Christian controls lane en route to win over Wolverines

Aberdeen Christian’s Luke Kaiser, left, goes up with a shot past the reach of Herreid-Selby Area’s Xavier Ritter, right, Jared Weisbeck (behind Ritter) and Keegan Russell (behind Weisbeck) during Tuesday night’s game at the Aberdeen Christian School gym. At far left for the Knights is Ellis Russell. Photo by John Davis taken 1/28/2025
Aberdeen Christian got the ball inside and left Herreid-Selby Area on the outside looking in Tuesday night. The Knights used their size to obtain high-percentage shots to fuel a 62-42 non-conference boys' basketball victory at the Christian School Gym. "It was mostly our posts," said Christian's Luke Kaiser. "They would get doubled so they would get everyone good looks, so it was mainly our posts. They did a good job of getting us open shots." The sophomore took a cue from the coaching staff about driving to the basket. "Our coaching wants us to get to the rim hard and not settle for threes," Kaiser said, "and getting the layups that we can get." Kaiser finished the night shooting 9-of-14 from the field on the way to a career-high 18 points. "He kind of started us out. He kind of went bananas there for a little bit in the first quarter," said Christian coach Matt Rohrbach. "The funny part is he was sick, so we weren’t sure what we were going to get from him. ... Heâ

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