Franklin is 2-8 against Pisgah since April of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Panthers will face off against the Bears at 5:00 p.m. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Franklin is likely headed into the match with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Tuscola on Monday. The Panthers fell just short of the Mountaineers by a score of 1-0. While losing is never fun, Franklin can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 286th, while Tuscola are ranked 112th).
Meanwhile, Pisgah didn't have quite enough to beat East Henderson two weeks ago and fell 2-1. Pisgah haven't had much luck with East Henderson recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
Pisgah's goal came courtesy of Delaney Pifer, who's now up to 18 this season.
This is the second loss in a row for Franklin and nudges their season record down to 4-8-1. As for Pisgah, they now have a losing record of 4-5-1.
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