Piedmont is on a five-game streak of home losses also dating back to last season, South Iredell a five-game streak of away losses also dating back to last season, but someone's luck is about to change on Friday. The Piedmont Panthers will host the South Iredell Vikings at 7:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Friday, Piedmont didn't have quite enough to beat Carson and fell 32-29.
Despite the loss, Piedmont saw an underclassman step up: Taylor Hardy made 14 total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, South Iredell fell victim to Statesville and their airtight defense on Friday. They took a 6-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Greyhounds. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 131st, while the Greyhounds are ranked 42nd).
Piedmont now has a losing record at 1-2. As for South Iredell, they now also have a losing record at 1-2.
Piedmont was dealt a bruising 33-6 defeat at the hands of South Iredell in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of South Iredell's Tyler Johnson, who rushed for 137 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries, and also threw for 191 yards and a touchdown. Now that Piedmont knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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