I took Altavista in the pickem to win this. Not being disrespectful to Sussex, but I told you guys the same night Altavista scored a ton of points on Appomattox, that this team will play in the semi's and have a decent chance at beating Essex. I heard the comments about Appo being down this year and all of that. Appo is still very solid and you don't score that many points on Appo, even in 2023, and not be a very, very good Class 1 football team.
I think Essex wil win over Altavista, but definitely not a sure win. Altavista can beat Essex. I said this the night Altavista beat Appomattox that bad.......that Altavista is actually good enough to win a state title. I'm not predicting them to win a state title, but they have enough talent to do so and people have seemingly just talked about Essex, Sussex, Honaker, Grayson, George Wythe all year with very little mention of Altavista. The game tonight was not an upset. It was a 50-50 game before kickoff.