It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Venice can now relate to. They fell 28-17 to the Franklin Panthers on Friday. The Gondoliers' defeat signaled the end of their five-game winning streak.
Although Venice took the loss, they still got scores from Joshua Aaron and Malachi Brown.
Albert Cardenas had a dynamite game for Franklin, rushing for 84 yards and three touchdowns.
Venice's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-5. As for Franklin, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season.
Venice does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Franklin, their road trip will continue as they head out to face King/Drew at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. King/Drew is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 37.2 points per game this season.
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