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Ryder Klisowsky learned the art of blocking at an early age while navigating around the household dinner table, stove and fridge.

Dinner table, fridge and stove — that’s pretty much the Holy Trinity for any offensive lineman.

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“Well, our family is you eat what you can, when you can, so it was just like a zoo getting there (to the food),” chuckled Klisowsky, who grew up with two siblings — an older sister and younger brother — and their parents in a Watrous household.

Klisowsky is all grown up now. He stands 6-foot-2 and tips the scale at 318 pounds.

His mother, a notorious baker and cook, probably deserves credit for any extra girth, a staple on the offensive line.

Klisowsky recently shared a generous sampling of his mom’s cinnamon buns, so they understand why the beefy offensive guard is who he is.

An all-star blocker, at that.

“The last six weeks, Ryder has just been dominant,” noted Toppers coach Tom Sargeant, himself a big fan of the Klisowsky clan’s baking.