Football Game Preview: Porter Ridge Pirates vs. Piedmont Panthers

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Previous Games

10/21/22 - Home	63-6 W
10/22/21 - Away	56-0 W
09/06/19 - Away	42-0 W
08/24/18 - Home	48-6 W
08/25/17 - Away	44-7 W
+ 2 more games

Porter Ridge has gone 6-1 against Piedmont recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Pirates will head out to challenge the Panthers at 7:00 p.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many points in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.

Porter Ridge fought the good fight in their overtime contest against Charlotte Catholic on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They and the Cougars were almost perfectly matched up, but they suffered a 14-13 loss. The matchup marked the Pirates' lowest-scoring game so far this season.

Porter Ridge might have lost, but man, Rai'Shawn Elmore was a machine: he rushed for 63 yards and a pair of touchdowns.

Meanwhile, Piedmont was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They took a hard 23-8 fall against Cuthbertson. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 218th, while the Cavaliers are ranked 106th).

Piedmont's loss dropped their record down to 2-4. As for Porter Ridge, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-2.

Everything came up roses for Porter Ridge against Piedmont when the teams last played back in October of 2022, as the squad secured a 63-6 victory. In that contest, the Pirates amassed a halftime lead of 42-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.