St. John's Prep is 1-9 against Upsala since December of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The St. John's Prep Johnnies will be playing in front of their home fans against the Upsala Cardinals at 7:15 p.m. St. John's Prep will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Minnesota Rankings (they are ranked 418th, while Upsala is ranked 175th).
Last Tuesday, St. John's Prep was beaten by Osakis 81-29.
Meanwhile, Upsala put the finishing touches on their ninth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. They blew past Swanville, posting a 74-46 win on the road. The win made it back-to-back wins for Upsala.
Jack Primus was his usual excellent self, shooting 4-for-10 from long range and dropping a double-double on 26 points and ten rebounds. Primus is crushing the steal category: he's posted at least two every time he's taken the court this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Noah Boeckermann, who scored 12 points along with seven rebounds and five assists.
St. John's Prep's loss was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 3-11. As for Upsala, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season.
St. John's Prep might still be hurting after the 56-35 defeat they got from Upsala in their previous meeting back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Primus, who dropped a double-double on 27 points and 11 rebounds. Now that St. John's Prep knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
