Piedmont runs off Cardinal Newman with 19-0 late-game sprint, bursting into NCS Open semifinals

PIEDMONT — You can see a lot from the top of a hill. 

You can see the miles down below and the routes to get there. And you can plot a course to reach your destination.

So it was fitting that as No. 3 Piedmont took control of its NCS Open Division quarterfinal game against No. 6 Cardinal Newman at home in the Oakland Hills, it was the Highlanders that carefully plotted a course to victory across the first three quarters.

Then in the fourth, they pounced, unleashing a downhill...