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'It’s about pride of the West side.' Coronado, Franklin set to clash for El Paso bragging rights

Oct 17, 2019, 4:45 AM

El Paso Coronado and El Paso Franklin will kick off their annual Westside Bowl on Thursday. It's one of the premiere rivalries in all of Texas high school football.

'It’s about pride of the West side.' Coronado, Franklin set to clash for El Paso bragging rights

El Paso Coronado coach Bob Anderson has a unique perspective on El Paso’s Westside Bowl, the annual meeting between rivals Coronado and Franklin. While he’s been Coronado’s head coach since 2012, he’s been in El Paso ISD so long that he was part of the staff that opened Frankin in the early 1990s.

“I think I’m the only one left in the area who has his name on that trophy,” he said.

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