A Rivalry Renewed

For the third time in as many years, the Rustin Golden Knights will square off against the Coatesville Red Raiders for the Ches-Mont League title on Tuesday night. 

Both teams went undefeated in league play with Rustin winning the American Division and Coatesville winning the National Division. 

In order to get to the finals, Rustin defeated cross-town rival West Chester Henderson in the semifinals, 65-52, while the Red Raiders eked out a victory over Octorara, 63-59.

Rustin and Coatesville have split the previous two championship battles with Coatesville winning most recently in last year's 103-99 triple overtime game.

The matchups themselves should be interesting as Coatesville tooks to put a lid on Rustin's interior dominence with Cory Blake and Anthony Nash while Rustin must figure out a way to deal with Coatesville's balance.

In the Red Raider's victory over Octorara, Coatesville had four players in double figures.

The Chest-Mont League Championship game will be played Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m. at Coatesville High School.