The Piedmont Wildcats will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Putnam City Pirates at 7:00 p.m.
Piedmont is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Stillwater on Thursday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Piedmont took a blow against Stillwater, falling 49-7. The matchup marked the Wildcats' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Meanwhile, Putnam City didn't have too much trouble with Southmoore on Friday as they won 28-14. With that victory, the Pirates brought their scoring average up to 25.9 points per game.
The critical scores for Putnam City came from Rodgerick Sloan, Savion James, Marqucio Woody, and Visanio Boyd, Jr..
Putnam City didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Keandre Huffman and Elijah Asberry. Putnam City got some further help from Brayden Knox: he picked up five sacks, forced a fumble, and made 18 total tackles (9.0 for loss).
This is the second loss in a row for Piedmont and nudges their season record down to 5-4. As for Putnam City, they pushed their record up to 6-3 with the win, which was their third straight on the road.
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