Franklin Lady Rebels Hold Onto 1-0 Win over Oakland


Battling the sticky heat on Thursday night, the Franklin High School Lady Rebels overcame a tough defensive matchup against the Oakland Lady Patriots and held on to win 1-0 at Cheek Park.

After being tied 0-0 at the half, Franklin’s junior midfielder Callie McKinney found herself in the sweet spot to give the Lady Rebels the game-winning goal, assisted by senior forward Delaney Griffin just ten minutes into the second half.

Oakland had several tries to score the equalizer late but Franklin held tough and got away at the end.

The Lady Rebels’ next game is against Summit High School on the road Tuesday, August 26 at 7 pm.

We will have FULL highlights from this game on our Sports Source Monday Morning Highlight Show.