Altavista is 2-8 against Chatham since February of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Altavista Colonels will host the Chatham Cavaliers at 7:00 p.m. The two teams are strolling into their matchups after big wins in their previous games.
Altavista had to skate by with only a three-point margin when they last took the court, which might have inspired the 21-point drubbing they dealt Nelson County on Friday. Everything went Altavista's way against Nelson County as Altavista made off with a 43-22 win. The victory continues a trend for the Colonels in their matchups with the Governors: they've now won four in a row.
Meanwhile, Chatham had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10.3 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Monday. They claimed a resounding 60-27 win over the Wildcats. Given the Cavaliers' advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 150th, while the Wildcats are ranked 399th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Chatham's victory bumped their record up to 17-4. As for Altavista, their win bumped their record up to 6-16.
Altavista was dealt a bruising 66-38 defeat at the hands of Chatham when the teams last played back in January. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Altavista was down 40-16.
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