Piedmont was the 4-1 winner over Ballantyne Ridge when they last played one another back in August of 2024, but their luck changed this time around. The Panthers came up short against Wolves on Thursday, falling 5-1. While losing is never fun, Piedmont can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 273rd, while Ballantyne Ridge are ranked 72nd).
Piedmont used a slightly different lineup for their bout with Ballantyne Ridge. Yonnatan Otero played for 60 minutes having averaged 38.7 this season and Zachary O'Quinn got 80 vs. an average of 50.4. Otero made the most of the opportunity, putting up one assist and one steal A few more games like that and he might be seeing even more time going forward.
This is the second loss in a row for Piedmont and nudges their season record down to 2-3-3. As for Ballantyne Ridge, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 5-2-2.
Piedmont didn't take long to hit the pitch again: they've already played their next game, a 9-0 defeat against Charlotte Catholic on the 15th. As for Ballantyne Ridge, they also wasted no time getting back out on the pitch and have already played their next match, a 4-0 loss against Ardrey Kell on the 16th.
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