Gainesville Athletics Hall of Fame: Cris Carpenter, a cornerstone in Gainesville High's success in the early 1980s - Gainesville Times

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Gainesville Athletics Hall of Fame: Cris Carpenter, a cornerstone in Gainesville High's success in the early 1980s

This week, The Times will feature each member of the inaugural Gainesville Athletic Hall of Fame induction class, online and in print

Cris Carpenter was a three-sport star athlete at Gainesville High School and one of eight inaugural Gainesville Athletics Hall of Fame inductees.

04202019 CARPENTER 001.jpg — Cris Carpenter was a three-sport star athlete at Gainesville High School and one of eight inaugural Gainesville Athletics Hall of Fame inductees.

Humble beginnings can be an ostracized theme in sports. Even so, not many former professional athletes who grew up in a small town dream of rekindling their high school fortune; it’s all about the professional spectacle. But Gainesville High has been the life of Cris Carpenter — past, present and future.

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