Boys playoffs: Big Red rolls into 1st Elite 8 since 2019

GAINESVILLE, Ga. — If Gainesville kicked out the elephant in the room last week with a big win over Chamblee in the first round of the Class 5A tournament, on Saturday they barred him from the property.

The No. 1-ranked Red Elephants demolished Evans, 83-33, in the second round at Davis-Hill gym.

It was as much a statement for themselves as it was for the rest of the classification. After a quick exit to the 2025 playoffs, Gainesville has made a point of showing that that was the fluke, not the norm.

“We kicked that elephant out of the room last week and I thought we were much-improved from the first round to the second (today),” Gainesville coach Charlemayne Gibbons said…

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