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Knights win 13th straight with victory over Roncalli

Aberdeen Christian’s Malek Wieker, right, puts up a shot as Aberdeen Roncalli’s Keegan Stewart, left, closes out on defense and the Cavaliers’ Zeezrom Mounga (4) looks on during Thursday night’s game at the Aberdeen Civic Arena. Photo by John Davis taken 2/17/2022
Malek Wieker thwarted Aberdeen Roncalli's game plan at the Aberdeen Civic Arena Thursday night. The Aberdeen Christian guard scored 19 first-half points to help lead the Knights to their 13th consecutive win with a 66-33 non-conference boys' basketball victory over the Cavaliers. "It really felt like a region championship game and I live for those big moments," Wieker said of the atmosphere. "When I saw my first one go in, I knew it was going to be one of those nights." The Cavaliers wanted to shut down the left-handed sharp-shooter, but that did not happen. "The first half our entire game plan was, we understand everyone can shoot, but let’s do our best to take Malek out of it, but we did not do that," said Roncalli coach Dan Gallagher. "We were planning on face guarding and I think we got lost in trying to play too much help off of him, which wasn’t the plan going in. It was a coaching error. We didn’t get our guys who were face-guarding him, prepared well enough, j

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