Piedmont Community Charter Patriots (Gastonia, NC) backers exited the stadium thrilled Wednesday as they saw their softball squad run past the visiting Bessemer City Yellow Jackets (Bessemer City, NC), 18-7 in a non-league challenge.

The Patriots now own a 1-0 record. They take the field next when they travel to Highland Tech for a non-league challenge on Friday, March 4. Piedmont Community Charter will battle a Rams squad coming off a 10-0 non-league loss to Chase (Forest City, NC). The Rams record now stands at 0-1.

With the loss, Bessemer City falls to 0-1 on the campaign. The Yellow jackets travel to South Point (Belmont, NC) to battle the Red Raiders in a non-league challenge on Friday, March 4. The Red Raiders enter the challenge with a record of 0-1. South Point lost 17-2 in their recent non-league challenge against Lincolnton (Lincolnton, NC)