Gardendale is 2-8 against Clay-Chalkville since December of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Gardendale Rockets will face off against the Clay-Chalkville Cougars at 7:30 p.m. One thing working in Gardendale's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last six matchups.
Last Tuesday, Gardendale didn't have quite enough to beat Pinson Valley and fell 70-68. While losing is never fun, the Rockets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama basketball rankings (they are ranked 211th, while the Indians are ranked 29th).
Meanwhile, Clay-Chalkville came up short against Mountain Brook on Tuesday and fell 59-47.
Gardendale's loss dropped their record down to 7-12. As for Clay-Chalkville, their defeat dropped their record down to 15-7.
Gardendale and Clay-Chalkville were neck-and-neck in their previous meeting back in January of 2022, but Gardendale came up empty-handed after a 42-41 loss. Can Gardendale avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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