Varina is 0-10 against Atlee since May of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Varina Blue Devils will head out on the road to challenge the Atlee Raiders at 7:30 p.m. Varina will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Virginia Rankings (they are ranked 282nd, while Atlee is ranked 31st).
Varina is is headed into Tuesday's matchup looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their sixth straight game on Friday. They lost 4-1 to Highland Springs. That's two games in a row now that Varina has lost by exactly three goals.
Meanwhile, Atlee had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.5 goals), and they went ahead and made it nine on Friday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Mustangs a 3-0 shutout. Considering Atlee has won nine matches by more than two goals this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Varina's loss dropped their record down to 1-15. As for Atlee, they pushed their record up to 11-1-1 with that win, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Varina suffered a grim 8-0 defeat to Atlee when the teams last played back in April. Can Varina avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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