Athletics and Activities Update February 5th February 5, 2018 Girls’ Varsity Basketball Coach Bryan Backes & Henry Smith, Jr. The’Johnnie’ girls’ basketball team had their most challenging week of the season, playing 3 games against the toughest opponents on this year’s schedule. If that wasn’t enough, flu, colds and other ailments made their way to the team. Despite it all the team had a […]
Athletic and Activities Update January 29th January 29, 2018 Girls’ Varsity Basketball Coach Bryan Backes & Henry Smith, Jr. The Johnnies celebrated ‘Senior Night’ on January 18 to honor Senior Captain A’ishah Smith’s 4-year basketball career with Saint John’s Prep. The school spirit was evident with an enthusiastic fan section and the team responded delivering its best game of the year-a thrilling back and […]
Saint John’s Prep is Ready to Celebrate Catholic Schools Week January 22, 2018 Catholic Schools Week January 29-February 2, 2018 Next week is Catholic Schools Week! Among our special events is an all-school Mass on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. in the Saint John’s Abbey Church. Parents, grandparents and siblings are welcome to join us for this special Mass with Fr. Robert Rolfes, Vicar General of […]
Athletics and Activities Update January 22nd January 22, 2018 Girls’ Middle School Basketball Coach Mary Jo Leighton & Pat Bechtold The Middle School girls faced one of their toughest opponents for their first game of the season in Swanville. Our girls played tough and didn’t give up the whole game. They were led in scoring by 8th grader, Jaedyn Nydeen with 7 points, followed up […]
Athletics and Activities Update January 15th January 15, 2018 Nordic Skiing Coach Bob Ellenbecker Prep Results from 2018 PB n’ J Invitational On Friday, January 12th, Prep hosted its home invitational under difficult weather and snow conditions. Because of a lack of snow on campus we were forced to move the race to Riverside Park in St. Cloud. While skiable, the course at Riverside […]
Athletics and Activities Update January 8th January 8, 2018 Nordic Skiing Coach Bob Ellenbecker Thanks to all racers who participated in the big race in Mora on December 21st. It was a lot of fun and an exciting event to participate in! The late start time meant that many of the races were after dark along the beautiful lit trails of the Mora Vasaloppet […]
Athletics and Activities Update December 18th December 18, 2017 Saint John’s Prep Triple A Award Winners Each year the Minnesota State High School League honors students from member schools with the Triple A Award (Arts, Academics, Athletics). This year’s Triple A Award female and male award winners from Saint John’s Prep are Sonja Johnson and Cullin Egge. Sonja is the daughter of Stephanie and Whitney […]
Athletics and Activities Update December 11th December 11, 2017 Robotics Team Coach Steve Larson This past week the Robotics Team met at Apollo High School. This was the first of two meets this year, and really the first opportunity both teams have had to test their robots. Team A (YaBoi) had technical challenges from the start, and were continuously working to better the robot […]
Athletics and Activities Update December 4th December 4, 2017 Girls’ Basketball Coach Bryan Backes Assistant Coach Henry Smith, Jr. The Johnnies opened their season with a come-from-behind 31-28 victory over the Saint Cloud Christian School ‘Warriors’ on Friday night. Captain A’ishah Smith ’18 made 4 crucial second half free throws-while grabbing 6 rebounds, 2 steals and handing 2 assists. Reid Nydeen started the comeback-hitting a […]
Athletics and Activities Update November 27th November 27, 2017 Girls’ Hockey The River Lakes Stars girls’ hockey team opened the season last Tuesday against Buffalo and were defeated 6-4 playing without SJP senior goalie Jordyn Tomaszewski. Jordyn ’18 returned to the line-up Saturday against powerhouse Roseau. In the game Jordyn had 51 saves and kept the team in the game throughout. One spectacular save […]
