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Gainesville girls outlast Carrollton in PKs, advance to state semifinals

Lady Red Elephants will face Allatoona in semifinals next week

Gainesville's Jazmin Penado runs after Carrollton's Jessica Edwards on Saturday during the state quarterfinals at City Park Stadium. The Lady Red Elephants won 2-1, and will face Allatoona in the state semifinals next week. - photo by SARA GUEVARA

0513soccer — Gainesville's Jazmin Penado runs after Carrollton's Jessica Edwards on Saturday during the state quarterfinals at City Park Stadium. The Lady Red Elephants won 2-1, and will face Allatoona in the state semifinals next week. - photo by SARA GUEVARA

Eighty minutes of regulation play wasn’t enough to determine a winner in Saturday night’s contest between the Gainesville girls and visiting Carrollton. Neither were the two five-minute overtime periods or six rounds of penalty kicks. Gainesville’s Laramy Head made sure the seventh round of PKs was all that was needed to send the Lady Red Elephants to the Class AAA semifinals.

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