St. John’s Prep 8, BC High 4 – Prep wins 6th straight Catholic Conference title with dominant defensive effort (VIDEO)

DORCHESTER - In a renewal of their epic Catholic Conference rivalry, No. 1 St. John's Prep took down No. 2 BC High on the road Wednesday afternoon, winning 8-4. Prep and BC High have staged some epic playoff battles over the last handful of years, but this one was eagerly anticipated after the first game between these two earlier in the season went to overtime. Prep (16-1) played smothering defense and stifled the usually-electric BCH offense. SJP led 1-0 after one and things were all knotted up at 3-3 heading into halftime. Prep took a 6-4 lead into the fourth and shut things down in the final 12 minutes. This was SJP's