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Central and Highland Park split the league title last season and Johnson was right on their heels. How does 21-22 look different? We break down the St. Paul City Conference today. Conference Commentary Top Contenders: Central, Johnson Gedeon Musabyimana…
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Continue ReadingCentral and Highland Park split the league title last season and Johnson was right on their heels. How does 21-22 look different? We break down the St. Paul City Conference today.
Conference Commentary
Top Contenders: Central, Johnson
Gedeon Musabyimana Gedeon Musabyimana 6'2" | PG St. Paul Central | 2022 State MN is the best player in this league and he returns as do several role players for Central. Central will be in the mix again for the league title, and will enter the year as the favorite. Johnson won nine of a dozen games last season and bring back three starters. Another year where the Johnson vs Central games will be for the gold.
Compete with Most: Como Park, Harding
Como Park won only two games last year as they gave up way too many points each game. Como Park does have all their talent back from last year so they should improve but they have to fix their defense to contend. Harding was a well coached veteran team a season ago but they lost their best three players from a 5-8 team so there are some key spots to fill.
Rebuilding: Highland Park, Humboldt, Washington
It’s impossible to know what Highland Park has this year as everything on the court last year was seniors. They will look almost entirely new save a couple guys who played in blowouts last season. Picking where they will finish in this league is tough. They have been a solid team though so we expect them to compete at a reasonable level. Humboldt had a couple really good players last year in Garcia and Williams and they got the team to .500 but they are gone and this team will look different, and face some challenges. Washington’s best players are gone from a team that was winless in the league last year. It’s a rebuild.
21-22 Conference Predictions
- Central
- Johnson
- Highland Park
- Como Park
- Harding
- Humboldt
- Washington
Preseason All St. Paul City Conference
First Team
Gedeon Musabyimana Gedeon Musabyimana 6'2" | PG St. Paul Central | 2022 State MN of Central (sr)
Ishmael David of Johnson (sr)
Christian Jones of Johnson (sr)
Donavan Clinton Donavan Clinton 6'4" | PG St. Paul Como Park | 2022 State MN of Como Park (sr)
Maik Alabi of Humboldt (sr)
Second Team
Amir Plair of Como Park (sr)
Jaylen Cardenas of Central (sr)
Allan Lankford of Central (fr)
Rickhi Graham of Johnson (sr)
Jakobi Bear-Taki of Central (sr)
Tyquan Allen of Washington (jr)
Third Team
Demure Larkins of Humboldt (sr)
Adnaan Mohamed of Harding (sr)
Dae’John Thomas of Johnson (so)
Mason Aarness Mason Aarness 5'11" | SG St. Paul Como Park | 2024 State MN of Como Park (so)
Rhvell Benjamin Rhvell Benjamin 5'10" | PG St. Paul Harding | 2023 MN of Harding (jr)
Donnell Gibson Donnell Gibson 5'6" | PG St. Paul Como Park | 2022 MN of Como Park (sr)