Football Preview: Piedmont Hills Pirates vs. Branham Bruins
The Piedmont Hills Pirates will take on the Branham Bruins at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Piedmont Hills is headed into the match having just posted their biggest victory since October 2nd on Tuesday. They blew past Overfelt 34-8. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Pirates considering their six-point performance the matchup before.
Meanwhile, Branham came tearing into Tuesday's game with 13 straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 24.8 points) and they left with even more momentum. They never let the Chargers onto the board and left with a 20-0 win. Considering the Bruins have won nine contests by more than 19 points this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
It was another big night for Carla Granados Perez, who threw for 244 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 49 yards and a touchdown.
Another reason for the win was Branham's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for three sacks. In fact, those sacks all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Sydney Short.
Piedmont Hills is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a massive bump to their 7-8 record this season. As for Branham, they pushed their record up to 14-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home.
Piedmont Hills lost to Branham on the road by a decisive 41-26 margin in their previous matchup back in October. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Granados Perez, who threw for 190 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 43 yards and a touchdown. Now that Piedmont Hills knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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