The Piedmont Highlanders are taking a road trip to challenge the Berkeley Yellowjackets at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Piedmont will be strutting in after a victory while Berkeley will be coming in after a loss.
Piedmont's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They came out on top against Encinal by a score of 2-0. The win was some much needed relief for the Highlanders as it spelled an end to their three-game losing streak.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, Berkeley was not quite Bishop O'Dowd's equal in the second half on Wednesday. They fell just short of the Dragons by a score of 2-1. While losing is never fun, the Yellowjackets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 437th, while the Dragons are ranked 40th).
Piedmont's victory bumped their record up to 5-6-2. As for Berkeley, their defeat was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 2-1-2 and their overall record down to 4-7-4.
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