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HS football previews: Week 9
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Clarke Central at Gainesville When: 7:30 tonight Where: City Park Stadium, Gainesville Coaches: Clarke Central, Leroy Ryals; Gainesville, Bruce Miller Records: Clarke Central (3-3, 3-1 Region 8-AAAAA); Gainesville (6-1, 5-0) Key players: Clarke Central, QB Cameron Johnson (6-3, 174 Jr.), RB Rodney Willingham (5-7, 157 Sr.), DB Dreko Statham (6-0, 169 Sr.). Gainesville, QB Deshaun Watson (6-3, 195 Jr.); LB Devan Stringer (5-11, 180 Jr.); WR Rodney Lackey (5-10, 160 Jr.). Outlook: The Red Elephants have already defeated one of last season’s 8-AAAA co-champions in Heritage, but Clarke Central doesn’t look to be an easy hurdle despite its overtime loss to Heritage last week. Like Gainesville, Clarke Central opened the season with a pair of tough nonregion games, accounting for its pedestrian overall record. In region play, the Gladiators outscored their first three opponents 112-18 before falling to Heritage 23-20 in overtime last week when five Clarke Central starters had to sit out a suspension.
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