PLAYOFF FOOTBALL ON TELEVISION: Gainesville, Hughes to face off Friday on ANF/PSN in Class 5A quarterfinals

It's been a strange week for the 5A classification but after court hearings, meetings, virtual meetings and deliberation, Gainesville finally has their next postseason game scheduled and will travel to Langston Hughes to face the undefeated Panthers in the quarterfinals.

The game was originally scheduled for November 28th, but was rescheduled following a string of rulings and appeals that have lasted over a week stemming from the fight between Gainesville and Brunswick in the second round.

All players on the Gainesville roster will be available for their matchup against Langston Hughes following the ruling from the Georgia High School Association.

Friday's matchup will be broadcast live on Atlanta News First (Channel 46) and the Peachtree Sports Network (cable and YouTube TV), and streamed live on the Atlanta News First app. From your home, download the free ANF+ app anywhere you stream — FireTV, AppleTV, Roku and YouTubeTV — simply by searching for “Atlanta News First” on those platforms. If you are on the go, you can download Atlanta News First for free in the app store on your Apple or Android device. You can also watch live here on the WANF – Special Events channel.

This Friday, the action will start ahead of the Score Atlanta broadcast of the Gainesville and Langston Hughes matchup at 7:30 p.m. with the Georgia High School Countdown to Kickoff, beginning at 7 p.m. on Atlanta News First (Channel 46) and the Peachtree Sports Network (cable and YouTube TV) and will be streaming on the Atlanta News First website/app. The pregame show, which will feature Rusty Mansell, Brandon Adams and Kaylee Mansell as they will preview the upcoming matchup with each person picking their winning team, along with interviews from each participating head coach. After the clock hits zero, stay tuned after the game for the Georgia High School Postgame Show, which will be broadcast live from the Score Atlanta Studio, with Score Atlanta’s Craig Sager II, Landon Knight and Hayden Gilbert featured on the program.

The postgame show will run from game’s end till 11:30 p.m. this Friday night, with a full breakdown of each game, call-in guests chiming in to voice their opinions, and updates from other top-tier games around the state. The postgame show, like the pregame show, will be broadcast live on Atlanta News First and the Peachtree Sports Network and streamed on Atlanta News First and the NFHS Network.

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