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Gainesville boys soccer advances to quarterfinals with 4-0 win

Red Elephants will host Columbus on Friday

Gainesville High’s Charlie Bryant, center, celebrates with teammates after scoring the Red Elephants’ first goal during the first half of a second round state playoff match at City Park Stadium Tuesday evening.

0509soccer1 — Gainesville High’s Charlie Bryant, center, celebrates with teammates after scoring the Red Elephants’ first goal during the first half of a second round state playoff match at City Park Stadium Tuesday evening.

Gainesville coach Rick Howard said he wanted his team to take control of the game as soon as possible Tuesday night. It didn’t take long. Less than two minutes into the Round 2 state playoff game against Howard at City Park Stadium, Gainesville junior Douglas Mejia found senior Charlie Bryant running free deep in the box and fired a pass that the tall midfielder buried in the net.

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