Piedmont Soccer Battles Tough Foes

Piedmont Academy’s soccer teams faced on old nemesis last week as they ventured to Eatonton to face Gatewood.

The Lady Cougars took a 5-1 win while the varsity boys fell 9-0. The boys game was filled with several yellow and red cards and the team would lose two key members for the following night’s game against Mt. de Sales.

In the home opener Friday, the Lady Cougars fell 5-1 to the Mt. de Sales Lady Cavaliers while the boys took a 13-0 loss on the chin. Piedmont was without the services of standout players Nick Adamczyk and Nick Dimsdale for the contest. Austin Bass scored the team’s only goal on a penalty kick.

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The Lady Cougars were also without several key members who had prior non-soccer commitments. The coaches played several freshmen in the contest.

“To have so many players out, we were competitive,” coach Jake Landress said of the home opener for the Lady Cougars. “We played well against a very good team.”

Anna Martin scored the lone goal for Piedmont.

In Middle School action, the Lady Cougars tied Gatewood 2-2 last Thursday before falling to Mt. de Sales 6-0.

“They are getting better,” Landress said of the Middle School Lady Cougars.

“We have such a new team this year that it is often tough to keep pace at this point. We are still building our team chemistry. It is just something that will take time.”

Piedmont will travel to Trinity in Dublin Friday, March 15, for matches beginning at 4 p.m.