Veterans Memorial hasn't had much luck against Pieper recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Veterans Memorial Patriots will face off against the Pieper Warriors at 7:15 p.m.
Veterans Memorial is likely headed into the matchup with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Boerne on Tuesday. Veterans Memorial took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Boerne. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 310th, while the Greyhounds are ranked 74th).
Meanwhile, Pieper had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.7 goals) and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They never let the Antlers onto the board and left with a 2-0 win.
Pieper pushed their record up to 6-4 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 14 goals over those three games. As for Veterans Memorial, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 7-5-1.
Veterans Memorial might still be hurting after the 8-1 loss they got from Pieper in their previous matchup back in February of 2024. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Veterans Memorial was down 7-0.
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