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Much of the focus leading into the game centered on Gainesville and the challenges the program had faced over the past three weeks, including a widely publicized brawl and legal rulings that allowed suspended players to take the field.
Gainesville High School is headed to Mercedes-Benz Stadium after defeating Rome 37-6 on Thursday night in the Class 5A semifinals.
The GHSA had originally suspended 41 Brunswick players, including two who were ejected based on the officials' game report.
"Serving as the head football coach at Brunswick High School has truly been one of the greatest honors of my life," Head Coach Garrett Grady said in his resignation letter.
Two weeks after a viral on-field brawl led to nearly 80 suspensions, a judge reversed the penalties, allowing Gainesville and Langston Hughes to resume their playoff matchup.
New dates have been finalized for the Georgia high school football championships after a fight during a playoff game ended with suspensions and a legal battle.
A week after a brawl led to nearly 80 player suspensions and halted the 5A playoff bracket, Gainesville High athletes tell CBS Atlanta how uncertainty, heartbreak, and hope are shaping their fight to keep the season alive.
A judge has reinstated dozens of Gainesville High School football players who had been suspended following a fight that ended last week's playoff game.
A high school football game between Brunswick High and Gainesville High was cut short Friday night after a fight broke out in the third quarter, leaving nearly 80 players from both teams facing disciplinary action.
Four Gainesville High School football players will be allowed to play in the team's upcoming Class 5A quarterfinal matchup against Langston Hughes, after the Georgia High School Association overturned their suspensions following last week's on-field brawl.
The Georgia High School Association announced Monday that 39 Gainesville players have been suspended from this week's quarterfinal matchup.
After a 29-game losing streak and one year after a tragic shooting, the Apalachee High Wildcats are looking for a new coach.
In nearly 20 years, Pope High School's Matt Hobby Classic has raised more than $450,000 for childhood cancer research.
A new head coach helped inspire the Wildcats to victory after a nearly 30-game losing streak.
For 30 years, Christmas Day has meant a full house at the Marietta Diner.
Officials say the shooting happened at an apartment complex on Middleton Road on the night of Christmas Eve.
King Charles III led his family to church on foot ahead of his annual Christmas Day speech that is expected to focus on pilgrimage.
Suze Lopez, a 41-year-old nurse who lives in Bakersfield, California, didn't know she was pregnant with her second child until days before giving birth.
In his first Christmas homily, Pope Leo lamented conditions for Palestinians in Gaza and urged Ukraine and Russia to engage in direct talks to end their wr.