While Palisades didn't have the best season last year (they finished 5-13), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. Everything went their way against the Berry Cardinals on Tuesday as the Palisades Pumas made off with a 6-1 win. Given the Pumas' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 120th, while the Cardinals are ranked 407th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Palisades' offense was hitting Berry from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Derrick Berrios led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Palisades is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-2 record this season. As for Berry, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-8.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Palisades will square off against Myers Park at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams will come into the game having just posted big wins, so someone is set to suffer a big change in fortunes. As for Berry, they are taking a road trip to challenge South Mecklenburg at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
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