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Fishing provides purpose to local high school students

4 local schools competed in state meet Saturday on Lake Lanier

East Hall seniors Quentin Sears and Kolby Ray hold up fish at the weigh-in of the 2014 Georgia State High School Fishing Championship, Saturday, at Laurel Park. It is the third event East Hall has competed in this season. Sears and Ray caught over 11 pounds worth of bass. The top-five finishers in the tournament qualified for the Southeastern Championship Regional Event. - photo by CHARLES PHELPS

0504Fishing1 — East Hall seniors Quentin Sears and Kolby Ray hold up fish at the weigh-in of the 2014 Georgia State High School Fishing Championship, Saturday, at Laurel Park. It is the third event East Hall has competed in this season. Sears and Ray caught over 11 pounds worth of bass. The top-five finishers in the tournament qualified for the Southeastern Championship Regional Event. - photo by CHARLES PHELPS

Lane Miller was failing five of his seven classes this year. “He pulled them up in about two weeks, when I got onto him,” teacher Kevin Merck said. Now, Miller’s passing every single class.

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