Camp Hill @ Trinity for the D3 Class 2A Title

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Billy Splain | November 9, 2023

Camp Hill (6-5) @ Trinity (8-3) – 7:00 pm

Let’s get this out of the way: Camp Hill is a very good 6-5 team. Trinity is a very good 8-3 team. Trinity won their mid season meeting 14-13. Camp Hill has two losses by one point, a 7 point loss and losses to Steel High and West Perry. Trinity has three one score losses, two to larger playoff teams and one to Steel High.  Ok, so now that we removed the records, lets talk about the Lion offense. Led by Drew Branstetter, this is an offense capable of moving the ball and putting points on the board. Branstetter has thrown for 2,150 yards and 25 tds. Camp Hill is scoring 26 points per outing, and with receivers like Alex Long and Noah Doi the passing game is always a threat. Kobe Moore does the bulk of the running along with Branstetter for the Lions. Defensively, giving up an average of 21 points won’t be good enough to get the win here. They’ll need to control that Shamrock offense led by quarterback Caleb Wray and PSU recruit Messiah Mickens. Mickens didn’t play last week, and if he’s unable to go this week it could put all the weight on the passing game. Trinity is scoring 34 per outing while giving up 17. They managed to get a 28-3 win last week over Delone Catholic, but Camp Hill is the better of those two teams. Wray has thrown for 1,278 yards and 20 tds. Cole Cappawana and Christian Joy are his favorite targets along with Mickens. If the star back can’t go, look for Joy to carry the load. Lineback Jacob Ness is a problem for offenses with 126 total tackles, 2 sacks and 6 tackles for loss.

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