Mahtomedi and South St. Paul are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2020, but not for long. The Mahtomedi Zephyrs will be playing at home against the South St. Paul Packers at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with four consecutive losses for Mahtomedi and three for South St. Paul.
Last Friday, Mahtomedi ended up a good deal behind Tartan and lost 69-54. While losing is never fun, the Zephyrs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 247th, while the Titans are ranked 21st).
Meanwhile, South St. Paul was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Friday as they fell 67-61 to St. Thomas Academy. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Monday (60), the Packers still had to take the loss.
South St. Paul's loss dropped their record down to 5-5. As for Mahtomedi, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-6.
Mahtomedi strolled past South St. Paul when the teams last played back in February of 2024 by a score of 61-46. Will Mahtomedi repeat their success, or does South St. Paul have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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