Two dominant guards in AJ Scheifley and Owen Schlager are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Antietam Mountaineers will challenge the Trinity Shamrocks at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Antietam is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 54.9 points per game this season.
Antietam is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. They managed a 47-42 win over Brandywine Heights Area.
Shawn Raffety
| 02/17/25 vs Brandywine Heights Area | 20 |
| 01/23/25 vs Oley Valley | 18 |
| 12/27/24 @ Garden Spot | 18 |
| 02/01/24 @ Oley Valley | 17 |
| 01/12/24 vs Wyomissing | 17 |
Antietam's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Shawn Raffety led the charge by going 6-for-8 from beyond the arc to rack up 20 points. The dominant performance gave Raffety a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Scheifley, who posted 11 points and seven boards.
Meanwhile, Trinity came up short against Cumberland Valley on Thursday and fell 89-76. While losing is never fun, the Shamrocks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 91st, while the Eagles are ranked seventh).
Antietam will need to focus on slowing down Andre Steele, one of several Trinity players who made an impact when they last played. He went 9-for-16 en route to 22 points and five assists. Steele continues to improve, besting his previous point total in each of the last six games he's played. Schlager was another key player, going 6-for-12 on his way to 15 points and six rebounds.
Trinity's loss dropped their record down to 18-6. As for Antietam, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 14-9 record this season.
Antietam was taken down by Trinity 89-51 in their previous meeting back in February of 2015. Can Antietam avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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