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Gainesville grinds out doubleheader sweep of Hiram to advance

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Gainesville Highshortstop Sims Griffith makes a play for a grounder in the top of game one’s fifth inning against the Hiram Hornets in the opening round of the Class AAAAA state playoffs on Friday afternoon at Ivey-Watson Field. The Red Elephants won 7-4 and 5-1. - photo by NAT GURLEY

0504Baseball 1 — Gainesville Highshortstop Sims Griffith makes a play for a grounder in the top of game one’s fifth inning against the Hiram Hornets in the opening round of the Class AAAAA state playoffs on Friday afternoon at Ivey-Watson Field. The Red Elephants won 7-4 and 5-1. - photo by NAT GURLEY

With a steady rain falling, tough field conditions and cool temperatures, Friday night’s first-round playoff game between the Gainesville Red Elephants and the Hiram Hornets was summed up by Gainesville Coach Jeremy Kemp as, “not fun baseball”. The top-ranked Red Elephants survived the elements and swept the No. 4 seed Hornets Region 5-AAAAA, 7-4 and 5-1, in the first round of the state playoffs Friday night at Ivey-Watson Field.

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