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Gainesville, Lanier to battle for 8-AAAAA supremacy
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Gainesville running back Michael Byrd escapes from a group of Salem defensive linemen on Friday at City Park Stadium. The Red Elephants travel to Sugar Hall tonight to face the Lanier Longhorns in a matchup of the top two teams in Region 8-AAAAA. - photo by Jared Putnam
Any way you look at it, similarities between the Gainesville and Lanier football programs are hard to find. Gainesville boasts decades upon decades of tradition and history, highlighted by a bevy of region titles and a state championship. Lanier, on the other hand, didn’t even open until 2010 and the football program didn’t begin region play until 2012.
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