Wrestling

Grudge Match 2020: Franklin outlasts Carlisle in resumption of local rivalry on the mat

By Rick Cassano

Posted on January 10, 2020

Franklin High School's Tyler Woods (left) battles Carlisle's Justin Ritchie at 132 pounds Jan. 8, 2020, during the Grudge Match wrestling dual at Carlisle. Franklin won 38-29. RICK CASSANO/STAFF

CARLISLE — It was a new chapter in local prep wrestling history, filled with smoke and loud music and some pyrotechnics to boot.

The Grudge Match — the Franklin-Carlisle dual that ran from 1996 to 2013 — sprang back to life Wednesday night at Carlisle, with Franklin earning a 38-29 victory in front of a

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