Long Beach Wilson’s Wilder is a shining two-sport star like Bo

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Deion Sanders was fly. Bo Jackson was a steamroller.

Michael Wilder is dynamic for Long Beach Wilson. Wilder -- a legit two-sport star like Deion and Bo -- racks up volleyball kills the same way he piles up basketball points ... in large quanities.

Wilder, who averaged 14.2 points on the hardwood this past season, must be averaging more than that many kills per volleyball game. Every time I see this kid’s name in the highlights, he’s eclipsing the 20-kill mark.

On Friday night, Wilder had 24 kills in a quarterfinals loss to the nation’s top-ranked team, Valencia, and 28 kills in a first-round win over Royal in the Karch Kiraly Tournament of Champions in Santa Barbara.

-- Anthony Stitt

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