Pisgah and Tuscola are rivals, and have been for over 50 years. I am sure Waynesville Township and Canton High Schools were before the new schools were created. At times the rivalry was pretty lopsided. It started 7-0 in Pisgah's favor the first 7 years. Then in the 80's Tuscola went on a streak and tipped it in their favor. They are in the same county, and it doesn't matter what the sport, there is no love lost between the two. For a number of years Pisgah played Asheville High and lost. They were never rivals. Just because Pisgah has lost to Franklin several times, that does not make them rivals. Franklin wants and needs a rival, but it's not Pisgah and never will be. I've heard Smoky Mountain's Coach Brookshire is a good, smart coach but the level of talent he needs is just not there yet like at Franklin. MaxPreps considers Smoky and Franklin to be rivals. Maybe one of these days the games will live up to that. Every school needs a good rival or two. Pisgah only has one, Tuscola only has one, and that's the way it will always be. You may say "Yeah, but look how many Franklin has won," and I'll say "okay" but stirring the pot on here accomplishes nothing. My post will probably accomplish nothing. But that's okay because Franklin is #NOT OUR RIVAL and they wouldn't be if the series was anywhere close to tied. A series that didn't really exist till 9 years ago...