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Gainesville hosts Mundys Mill in third straight quarterfinals appearance
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Gainesville quarterback Deshaun Watson (4) runs the football as Buford defender Joshua Thomas (1) closes in for a tackle during a game on Sept. 6 at City Park Stadium in Gainesville. The Red Elephants host Mundy’s Mill tonight in the Class AAAAA state quarterfinals. - photo by Jared Putnam | The Times
This isn’t uncharted territory for the Gainesville Red Elephants. If anything, the members of Gainesville’s football team expected to be here, practicing the week of Thanksgiving and playing in a high-profile quarterfinal matchup on Black Friday. “Our kids have done it so often now — I can’t think of a Thanksgiving where we didn’t practice — and I think we’ve done it enough that our kids have come to understand that this is the way it is going to be,” Gainesville coach Bruce Miller said.
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