The New Athens Yellow Jackets will take on the Altamont Indians in a tournament on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (New Athens has three straight victories, Altamont has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
New Athens will head into Saturday's game hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Friday (they won by 27) and on Saturday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged Valle Catholic out 66-64.
Meanwhile, Altamont ended up a good deal behind Tuscola on Friday and lost 60-41. While losing is never fun, the Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 369th, while the Warriors are ranked 117th).
New Athens has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.1 points per game. As for Altamont, their loss dropped their record down to 3-5.
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