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Students prepare for Falcons' scrimmage on Friday
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Joshiah Bowers, left, and Ryan Casper, Gainesville City Schools physical education support staffers, pull strings to keep the yard lines straight for their paint machines at Bobby Gruhn Field Wednesday in preparation for the Atlanta Falcons’ Friday Night Lights scrimmage. - photo by NAT GURLEY
Bobby Gruhn Field may be turned over to the Atlanta Falcons Friday for their preseason scrimmage, but Gainesville students will have their own mark on the event. “We’re already getting ready, all over the week,” said Gainesville City Schools Superintendent Merrianne Dyer. “We met with the Falcons on Friday to finalize some things, and then to revise some of the (preparation) schedule.”