Longtime Wrestling Rivalry

By Doug Gulasy
Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, 10:21 p.m.

Ron Frank and Chuck Tursky spent close to 30 years coaching against each other before circumstances ultimately separated them.
The WPIAL Class AAA first-round playoff match between No. 5 Kiski Area and No. 12 Fox Chapel, scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday at Latrobe, is a reunion of sorts for the longtime wrestling coaches. It marks the first meeting between the former section rivals — and two of the WPIAL’s all-time winningest coaches — since 2009.
“For like 33 years, we’ve been coaching against each other,” said Tursky, in his 37th year, including the last 29 at Kiski Area. “We know each other very well.”
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