HALL COUNTY, GA — The Georgia High School Association says it will appeal the ruling made by a Hall County judge to lift the suspensions of more than 30 Gainesville high school football players who were involved in an on-field fight during a game last week.
The football players will now be allowed to take the field for their playoff game against Langston Hughes high school on Friday.
Gainesville High School Athletic Director Adam Lindsey says he is “overjoyed for our kids.”
The Gainesville High School football team previously turned to the courts in a last-minute bid to try to reinstate dozens of players suspended by the Georgia High School Association (GHSA) after the fight.
The school system had filed for a preliminary injunction in Hall County superior court after the GHSA only lifted the suspensions of four players, leaving 35 ineligible for this Friday’s playoff game against No. 2 ranked Langston-Hughes High School.
Gainesville’s coach maintains that their opponents, Brunswick High School, initiated the fight last weekend, ripping off helmets and throwing punches.
Lindsey believes the players were unfairly sidelined for their involvement in a brawl against Brunswick.
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