The Arcanum Trojans and the Preble Shawnee Arrows will face off at 7:30 p.m. on December 15th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Arcanum will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Ohio Rankings (they are ranked 156th, while Preble Shawnee is ranked eighth).
Last Saturday, Arcanum came up short against Brookville and fell 55-46.
The losing side was boosted by Landon Flatter, who scored 15 points. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Flatter has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Brady Lock, who scored eight points.
Meanwhile, Preble Shawnee had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 12.5 points), and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. They breezed by Franklin at home to the tune of 62-31.
Arcanum's loss dropped their record down to 2-1. As for Preble Shawnee, they pushed their record up to 3-0 with that win, which was their third straight at home dating back to last season.
Arcanum came up short against Preble Shawnee when the teams last played back in December of 2022, falling 47-40. Can Arcanum avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.