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Gainesville players, fans react to state championship win
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Gainesville Red Elephants Damian Grayson, right, and Benquez Dukes hug Coach Bruce Miller after the team arrived back at the school early Saturday after winning the State Class AAAAA football title. - photo by Tom Reed
On Friday night, Gainesville claimed its first football state championship with a 49-13 victory over Ware County. On Saturday, the effects of the win were just starting to sink in. “(The feeling’s) finally sinking in,” coach Bruce Miller said. “Fred Payne said after the game ‘Coach, is this a dream?’ And I said ‘This isn’t a dream, it’s reality.’ What a great feeling.
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