READING — Chambersburg played at the No. 1 seed in the District 3 Class 6A boys basketball playoffs at Geigle Complex on Friday night.

And the No. 8-seeded Trojans battled to the end before absorbing a 69-58 quarterfinal defeat by Reading.

Talon Brewer

“I was really proud of our team’s effort tonight,” Chambersburg coach Shawn Shreffler said. “They showed up in a tough environment against, arguably, the best team in the state and went toe-to-toe with them.”

The Trojans (14-10) will now play in the consolation round on Tuesday at York High at 7 p.m. The No. 4 seed Bearcats (18-5) were knocked off by Waynesboro 60-45 on Friday. Reading (25-1) hosts Waynesboro (21-3) on Tuesday at 7.

In the end, Chambersburg could not find a way to stop the Red Knights’ Ruben Rodriguez. The Reading star averages 21 points per game, but he had 17 in the first quarter alone and ended up with a staggering 42 points.

“He was extremely efficient, shooting only 19 times,” Shreffler said.

Rodriguez, a 6-2 guard who will play at Rider next year, added 10 points each in the second and fourth quarters and was held to 5 in the third. He hit a trio of 3-pointers and knocked down 11 of 16 free throws.

For the game, Reading was 21 of 28 at the foul line and the Trojans hurt themselves by hitting only 7 of 17.

Shreffler said, “Despite being in significate foul trouble throughout the game, a variety of guys stepped up and filled their roles unbelievably well, which allowed our team to continue competing at a very high level.”

Jacob Bassham led Chambersburg with 17 points and Sedrick Vessah scored 10. J.J. Kelly was held to just 8 points, but Colton Cornwell helped out with 8 and Talon Brewer scored 6.

For the Red Knights, Aris Rodriguez scored 10 points.

Reading 69, Chambersburg 58
CHAMBERSBURG
Jacob Bassham 7 3-8 17, Carter Fogal 0 1-2 1, Stanley Lozius 0 0-0 0, Colton Cornwell 3 0-0 8, J.J. Kelly 3 2-3 8, Aden Swatsburg 1 1-2 3, Sedrick Vessah 4 0-2 10, Talon Brewer 3 0-0 6, Treyton Sarvis 1 0-0 3, Jermere Jones 0 0-1 0. Totals 22 7-17 58.
READING
Amier Buldine 0 2-4 2, Yadiel Cruz 0 2-2 2, Ruben Rodriguez 14 11-16 42, Myles Grey 1 2-2 5, Aris Rodriguez 4 2-2 10, Jedaya Ortega 1 2-2 4, Moro Osumanu 2 0-0 4. Totals 22 21-28 69.
Chambersburg         17    18      9    14    —    58   
Reading                      22    16    14    17    —    69
3-point shots — Chbg 7 (Bassham 2, Cornwell 2, Vessah 2, Sarvis); Read 4 (R.Rodriguez 3, Grey).