FRANKLIN—The Franklin girls started out strong against visiting Tri-Rivers District opponent Charles City, but fell short, losing 57-35 on Tuesday.

Leading the scoring for the losers was Aerial Darden with 10 points and nine rebounds. Teammates Lyntroya Bagby added eight points and Breia

Walloe and Quantasia Clemons contributed seven points each.

Walloe also made 16 rebounds.

Raynesha Blow went one for two from the charity stripe and got two rebounds for the Lady Broncos.