Nelson County is 10-0 against Altavista since May of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Nelson County Governors will head out on the road to challenge the Altavista Colonels at 6:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Nelson County has 11 straight victories, Altavista has 12 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Nelson County can now show off seven landslide victories after their most recent match on Wednesday. They blew past Galileo 8-0. Give Nelson County's defense some credit: that's the team's fifth straight shutout.
Their offense was hitting Galileo from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Nathan Manthey led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Altavista came up short against Dan River on Wednesday and fell 3-1.
Nelson County pushed their record up to 11-0 with that win, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Altavista, their loss dropped their record down to 0-13-1.
Everything went Nelson County's way against Altavista when the teams last played back in April as Nelson County made off with an 8-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Nelson County since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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