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A year of ups and downs ends with Gainesville on top
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Gainesville coach Bruce Miller holds the Class AAAAA state championship trophy in his office after returning from Atlanta Friday night. - photo by Tom Reed
The Gainesville Red Elephants didn’t enter the state playoffs with the look of a state title contender. No, they entered on a two-game losing streak, including a 46-41 loss to a Loganville team that finished the year 4-6. “We were on a two-game losing streak,” coach Bruce Miller said with a chuckle Monday, just a couple days removed from a definitive win in the Class AAAAA state championship game to deliver Gainesville, and Hall County, its first GHSA state title.
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