PIEDMONT — Putnam City North’s softball opener didn’t go as planned in a 9-1 loss to Piedmont Monday (Aug. 12).

The Panthers and Wildcats were scheduled to play a doubleheader at North Monday, but storms moved the game to Piedmont, which has a turf field, for a single contest.

Piedmont (1-0) jumped out to a 6-0 lead after scoring three runs in both the first and second innings.

North (0-1) picked up a run in the third inning.

Junior Presley Standridge singled to center field to lead off the inning. Sophomore Kaden Staden followed two batters later with a groundout, moving Standridge to second base.

Junior Savannah Martinez singled to center, scoring Standridge.

Standridge went 2-for-3 for the contest.

The North bats struggled against Piedmont freshman pitcher Malli Zeaman, who struck out eight batters while walking just one.

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The Lady Panthers host Choctaw (0-0) in a 6A-1 doubleheader. First pitch is at 4:30 p.m.

The Yellowjackets were 31-6 a season ago.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Putnam City North (0-1)	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	1
Piedmont (1-0)	3	3	0	0	1	2	9	8	1