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It was Langston Hughes versus South Paulding, the Panthers pulled it out.
Sixty eight, to fourteen to clinch, the region.
56 a title for the second year in a row outstanding performance by quarterback.
Aaron are Nolan and our cotton commission player of the game, jakeel Middlebrook will be talking more about All this with my partner, John Nelson later in the show 25.
Other regions were clenched tonight and we have got a huge rivalry game to talk about first.
It was the swamp war in folkestone, clinch, County versus Charlton County and we have head coach Rush, Marie on Russ, Marie on to talk to us all about this one.
They 133 228 to go 6 & 2 3 & 0 in region play and coach the Rivalry was tied 32 32 1.
So now Now, you take the 31 to 32 one lead.
How does it feel?
I feels right inside.
This county is feels wonderful for sure.
So Russ, it's John, let me ask you this for someone who north of the NAT line has never seen swamp War.
How would you describe this rivalry to those people who have never seen this game in person?
Well you know I mean most computers have what 12,000 you know roughly.
So you know you get on you get all 24,000 people you know, either here at the game or tight we got the internet so we're all screamed.
You know, both listen.
Is this big it's all week and you know, I respect the heck out of Coach ties to those guys and they do the same and that's what makes it special.
You know, we've been kind of down and out last two or three years.
And we've been able to sneak up on them.
So this, you know, this game, it doesn't matter how your team is, you go into it, you can hook ready to go, you know, and you know, there's no way other way to describe it, you know, it's something else for sure.
Coach.
You have to quickly turn the page to Lanier County next week.
What's on the line?
And what do you need to work on this week?
Leading up to that one.
Well, we got eliminate big plays for sure.
We just gotta, you know, I'm not whole my philosophies win today.
You know, we try to every practice and games.
We would try to win today.
And what we got to do is now win the play and we win the play, maybe we'll win the series Brewing.
The quarter, we win the half, we win the game.
You know, we got eliminates that stuff you know Coke coach Williams over there at all.
Now linear they throw the ball around.
They're capable haven't have some great big fantastic place but my our team knows that we got a chance to win the ridge.
Then and you let something it that we haven't done here at it since 2009.
And you know, I wouldn't even have thought.
Three years ago, we'd be stiff.
It is something like this, where one A9 Owen Owen 5 in the region and now so tickled to death of these kids.
I love them to death.
They work extremely hard to get to this point for sure.
Coach Murray.
Thank you so much for your time and good luck next week.
Trying to clinch that region, Yeah, thank you win today.
John for people who don't know, explain how big of a rivalry.
This is the swamp War.
Well and I think that the Russ had a good handle on it and the best way that I can describe it as this way.
Take your rivalry, whatever your whatever your high school is take your rivalry and compress it into two towns that total up about 24,000 folks, and jam that into a stadium that might see five or six thousand depending on the fire marshal.
Say, so what you're doing is you're taking 24,000 jamming it into a space.
That is 1/4 of that and you have that much interest and you mentioned the, the win-loss record in this series and yes, there is some debate as to what those numbers actually are.
In the numbers that you took.
I imagined her from the football Astoria coal Association but that's what you're talking about here.
It mean it is tremendous single a football with, you know, clinch County with their titles that they've had with Don Tyson Senor Don Tyson.
And Junior Jim Dickerson and the the pedigree that you've seen from Charlton County at the swamp with Rich, McWhorter, Russ Marie, the longtime assistant now having taken over it is back and forth and it's about as even as it gets just shoved into a very small amount of space.
Thank you, John.
We have another region Clincher here to talk to us.
Clay Stevenson head, coach of Calhoun.
Got a 3216 win overcast to win, region.
75 a coach you go seven and Before and one, this one was at home.
Tell me about your game and how does it feel feels great.
Super proud of our kids and our coaches and the school was we've been through a lot this year.
We've had some losses and injuries and some sicknesses and losing three home games at coming back to win the last two, to win the region for the first time since 2000 18, that, it feels really good.
Coach.
It's John, let me ask you this.
You had mentioned the all of those games that front-loaded the schedule, that we're on the road to test you and your non-region.
Play to get you ready for region play, obviously, to be able to clinch it at a place, like the Reeve incredibly important and this kind of goes back to the question that we had in dealing with swamp.
Or for someone who's never been to the Reeve.
It is a very, very tight environment and it's one of the best home field advantage has.
I think not just in Northwest Georgia but in the state of Georgia break down what it means to be able to At the reef and the home-field advantage that it brings.
Yeah.
I'll tell you what, we learned a lot about your first part.
We learned a lot about our team on those those Road games.
We had some really tough winds that we were down.
You know a couple scores twice on the road and came back and went one and we just kept building building building.
And finally, you know, we're looking at the schedule, we knew we had our last two home games here and to get to get the Walker out of the field house.
And see, feel re Stadium over there is an awesome experience.
And to me, it helped us For sure these last two games with the home field advantage, helped us help us get the win coach.
I can't believe I'm saying this, but your season is over looking back on this, with your regular season.
Regular season is over looking back on this one.
How would you describe it?
Yeah, you scared me for a minute.
I thought it as a total butt.
But super proud of our kids as well where we are, as a team, We've Come Together in jail.
Like I said, we battle lot this year so well where we are and now we got a week off to rest and look forward to seeing what kind of run we can make in playoffs.
Not trying to give you gray.
Hairs coach Stephenson.
Thank you so much for your time and we hope to catch up with you later on in the playoffs.
Absolutely.
Thank you.
Thank you.
All right, John.
So what, how would you assess in the midst of hairs?
What are you doing?
So sorry regular-season.
That's why I said, I couldn't believe.
I was saying it.
Regular seasons over John thought.
Yeah.
I mean Calhoun finishes the regular season at seven and three and we had Calhoun and Cartersville one of the games of the year on football Fridays earlier this season.
So Cartersville got the win tonight over Dalton, they finish up at 4 & 1 & 9 & 1 as well.
This is the end of the regular season for that region.
And right now, with everything that you've gone through that, Ten Weeks print, the ten games, and that you've gotten to this point.
Those teams that are making the playoffs, you're going to want this bye week right now.
So, clay gets the Cartersville gets the to Dalton the the as it 3 & 2, they finished their regular season at five and five and then you're getting into Cason Hiram as well chasing after the 3 and the 4 and chasing after the for so Calhoun Cartersville.
Dalton one, two, and three, three great towns chasing after the playoffs.
Now, thanks Sean.
We've got a long way to go, more region clinchers more coaches calling in.
We're going to step aside for a quick break.
We'll be back with you in just a few minutes.
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We had Big region winning game tonight region 56, a huge beat South Paulding, sixty eight to 14 but 25 other games decided region titles.
Let's take a look around the state on Georgia.
EMC scoreboard.
It was a four-way tie for the lead in Region 2 5 a down in Gray.
Two of those teams played tonight, not anymore.
We're Robbins beat Jones County 54, 2:30, at North Dekalb Stadium, Chamblee clinched region, 545 a, with a 42 38 win over the caterer that It was a wild last minute game and Wildcat Country Colquitt is now likely the winner of region 17 a with a 5:36 went over Valdosta, Thomas County Central is now 9 and 0 under new head coach Justin Rogers and are the only region 1618 without a loss.
The yellow jackets beat Lee County 39 to 20 and in the burial 3039, 220.
And at the burial grounds in Dahlonega, these Mountain schools have met 43 times This is by far, the biggest game Dawson County.
Beat Lumpkin, County 9:32 to clinch.
The region 73 a title.
And we have a coach calling in Darren Alfred slye head coach clinches the region 6 single a division to with a win over Marion County code.
Just one was at home in Elavil.
You go 7225 in do in region.
Play 56 to nothing.
Tell me about your defense tonight.
Defense played great tonight.
Our defensive coordinator temp TV does an awesome job every week he gets the defense ready to go and I'm you know I'm not called the effort that we had a night.
I thought our kids played hard the entire night from the start of the game to the finish the game and I was excited about the outcome of the game.
We really did a good job stopping the run and then they didn't happen a couple yards past as I was excited about them, overall defensive effort.
Coach John.
Let me ask you this with what Sly county has been able to do the last handful of Seasons with you and the staff.
That's they're making the runs into the playoffs winning second round games getting past each and every hurdle.
What has it been like for you and this staff?
And for the town of Elavil to see the growth of this program to where it is winning region championships and wanting to make deep runs into the playoffs.
We're really excited about the what's happened here at school?
You know, we have a bunch of really, really good kids.
I've got very good coaches here that do a great job on both sides of the football, they teach the kids and they love the kids, we try to put the kids first you know in the program and they get in here and we started the weight program and we've been very successful in the weight room and the kids are willing to work.
They're willing to do what they need to do and our community supports is really good.
Anything we ask usually Community, they, they're willing to provide do things that we need to be successful.
So, it's definitely a team effort.
All all the people, the community, the players, the coaches, all of us together are excited and we're trying to get, you know, to that next level.
Like you were talking about going to go further than the second third round.
We want to try to go as far as we can.
Coach one more game left of the regular season versus Greenville.
What are you going to do to prepare for playoffs against them?
Well Ray Bill is they got a lot of Talent on both sides football.
They have some athletes that can run any time you play someone like that, you know, it it always puts pressure on you to play your samples.
Well or not, don't overrun, make sure we have to make sure we tackle well against those guys.
We're going to take it as a, you know, it's a region game.
We have won the region but we're going to go out there and we don't take steps backwards.
We want to make sure we you know, keep getting better offensive ly the last few weeks Office Solution.
Like we're starting to get our I don't that sound football also and we want to continue to try to get better in every phase of the game as we play them next week.
Coach, thank you so much for your time calling in and good luck down the stretch.
Thank you for having us.
Hey John, I've got a couple of Corrections on my own scoreboard here, I'm sure you caught them Decatur.
Actually be Chamblee 42-38 in the wild one and Thomas County Central beat, Lee County.
39 230, not 20, so my bad trying to keep up with all these scores John, what have you?
Scene around the state tonight.
Well, let's see, let me see if I can fan out my pages here.
I know I can all actually what I might, what I may do is, I may just flip them here.
All right, so that's one of the pages you don't have to do any zooming and it's just going to be.
So I'm going to turn to page four.
So page for is the one that's got the most markings on it and this is what I've been doing all night in addition to scores it.
Literally it's like updating wins and losses records.
Trying to figure out who's doing what?
And by the way, this was the region 16a page that you were getting To to where you know Thomas County Central right now at for know we had chat alligator on the show last week with Northside Warner Robins at three and one they play next week.
Winner of that one gets the region so that on sets up, your one in your to, and back to your conversation that we had with, with Coach all for the slide County, it was a, it was a rivalry game tonight because this is a program, really, that's not even 25 years old and they're advancing the way that they are.
They used to be a part of what was called Tri-County, hi Sly Miriam and Webster.
They all combine because their enrollments were so small.
They combine to Tri-County slide County in the late 90s broke off and they were the smallest School in single a, at the time to have a football team was one of the stories that we did at GPB at the time.
And so, they've gone from that, and the rusty tündi era who grew up there in Elavil, and made it all the way through to where they are.
Right now, what we've had the last couple of Seasons with Darren offered making runs into the playoffs and single a John we have a postgame show veteran calling in Cedar.
Grove head coach John Adams and Cedar Grove was off this week but they're six and two 2 and 0 and leading region 53.
A now coach, you have so much talent on your team.
Much like our TV game tonight, which was Hughes versus South Paulding.
How do you keep them focused?
Quarterback, Elliott Coulson wide receiver, Barry Jackson, so many other players on offense and defense.
How do you keep the team focused?
Hey guys.
Hey Hannah the way we stay focused as just competing each and every day we try to, you know, compete and and sit Pratt needs up where we got a situational practices.
Just guys going after each other, you know, in and day in and day out.
So I think they understand if, you know, we can have a good practice.
If they can beat guys in practice, they are all 19, they'll be successful on Friday.
So coach, let me ask you this.
It's John when it comes to watching everyone else.
Play what is it like for a coach on a Friday night?
When are you scoreboard watching?
Are you trying to just tune it out for a week knowing that the expectations there at Cedar?
Grove are always, very, very high.
Do you is this a decompress week for you?
Are you looking at other games?
What are you doing on a week like this?
To be honest, man, I just just called the dish towel, Eagles, Landing game with Coast battle.
My daughter, Ashley had her first band experience.
So, you know, I just kind of went out there and watch them, you know, got opportunity to be a fan for one night.
Code, you didn't even play tonight and you're already horse.
What have you guys been doing to prepare?
And and where are you?
Where are you calling in from?
Oh God, I'm at home.
Now like I said, I just picked up my daughter, you know, did we actually practice a little bit this week trying to get better?
I'm trying to work on special teams and do the little things, right?
Well, we can tell that you've been practicing this week.
You got Carver at home next week, four championships, seven years, the most recent last year.
Congratulations, on all the success coach and good luck next Friday, Thank you, Hannah.
Y'all have a good night.
Thanks, coach John.
Very clear.
That they have been practicing this week.
Yeah I can't see.
Or was he a band parent who was cheering on his band?
I know.
Daughters band.
So Region.
5, that's the region 53.
A tell me what's going on in that one Region.
5, 3 AC Cedar Grove right now on top at 2 & 0 & 6 & 2.
In the overall Sandy Creek and Carver right now, they're at 1 in 17 and 2 & 6 & 2 in the overall Douglas, right?
Astro fan is 0 & 2 & 3 & 6.
And so that's what you're staring at with this many region em ini.
So obviously next week's going to determine your one, your two or three and then four and there might be math involved.
So yeah, this one is one of those that's going to come down to the wire next week.
John so many teams to name, give us a quick rundown of region winners tonight that we haven't mentioned so far.
Let's see.
North Side, Columbus, let me start there.
Let's first time ever in a region, 35 a North Side Columbus with the running game that they have.
Got the win tonight against Macintosh 4 and 0 in the region fought and they are nine and one.
They are in the barn, they are in the barn at 4 &, 0 & 9 & 1.
Great work for Northside Columbus, first ever region title there with their big win Rabun County.
Also in Region.
8 Class A division one.
Got the win tonight against Commerce.
They've run the table there, at 3 and 0 and Coach Davis, and his first year as a head coach here in the state of Georgia.
Wraps up his first year at 10 and 0 and all were waiting on Elbert County in Athens, Christian to determine the, the want the to the 3 and the 4.
In that one, you we caught up with LC, we caught up with Clay Stephenson at Calhoun mentioned, that one, the web game.
Let's talk about the web game and Fitzgerald got the win tonight, over cook at JC stadium, and shout out.
Everybody there in region, 1 double A and specifically, the folks at Fitzgerald for letting us come down there and have that as the web game tonight, where it was a back and forth game early on and we had coached slack and we had coach Pruitt on the football Fridays in Georgia podcast.
And we kind of got to share this rivalry with the rest of the state and region 1 double A because everything was on the line.
It was 7-nothing.
It was 87, it was 14 8, it was 1514 then from there Fitzgerald push the pedal on the Accelerator and they got the win.
So Fitzgerald in region 1 double A goes to 5 and 0, 8, 9 and 0, cook, it 3 + 2 6 and 3 worth county is a part of this mix as well.
So it looks like it's five chasing for spots in one day a Hannah and even more region winners and more coaches to talk to, we've got a few more trying to call in.
We're going to step aside hang out with us to see who's on coming up next on the postgame show.
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Welcome back is the football Friday in Georgia, postgame show presented by the governor's office of Highway Safety, for binding you to buckle up, Georgia, 26 regions, clenched to night and one region that has been the toughest all year is region 17A.
I'm Hannah good.
And I want to bring in my partner, in crime, John Nelson at Spartan Stadium, to talk about that region.
John, tell us what Happen tonight.
Colquitt County wins over Valdosta by the score of 24 26.
So, Colquitt County in the driver's seat right now, at 3 and 0 and 9 and 0, and Valdosta drops to two and two in region, they are done.
They are in the barn at 2 & 2 & 8 & 2 also on the board Lowndes over Richmond Hill.
So Lowndes gets their first region, win of the Season.
Lowndes goes to 1 and 2 and they are now five and four on the Season Richmond.
Hill Owen 3 + 3 + 6.
And so everything, once again, Is going to come down to the last week of the regular season, but Colquitt County with the win tonight by 18 in the driver's seat in 1789 and South Georgia Hannah.
Thanks Sean.
We've got another coach joining us Nikita battle head coach of Dutch town.
This was a region 25.
A matchup with Eagles.
Landing 63 to nothing was the final score coach.
Tell me about your game in?
What was on the line?
The key is just new assignment.
We have go out and count 10 this week and it was we came out today everything that we supposed to do so I can be happier.
Coach.
It's John, let me ask you this.
What did it mean to this team?
After the loss to Jones County to rebound?
The way that you have?
Now that your foreign one and eight and one right now at the top of region to a very, very crowded region to right now, with everybody with more wins than losses in region play.
Well, the thing is.
Blink.
I think we're losing you.
Thank you so much coach for calling in.
All right, John.
Let's talk about this region.
So, hola also won against Locust Grove tonight, 62 to 18.
So, both these teams foreign one And we'll play each other for the region.
Title coming up.
Yeah, and you also had the Warner Robins Jones County game tonight and I'm trying to scramble and grab a final score in that one unless you beat me to it, but Warner Robins in Jones County tonight was you know a part of all of this discussion and coming into tonight.
You had a 14 point lead late for thirty eight thirty forty, four Thirty forty six thirty.
So it was looking like, with eight minutes to go Warner, Robins was distancing themselves from Jones County coming, Tonight, just to give you an idea as to how things were.
You had four teams at three in one.
That's what I was trying to ask coach battle about Dutch town, Jones County, Ola, Warner Robins all at three and one with the Warner Robins Jones County game, that was going to give somebody a second loss.
In somebody, a fourth win.
Dutch town, got the fourth win.
And so you're really looking at one, two, three and four Union Grove came into the night with a two and three record.
This was going to be their last Region Game of the Year.
So they were going to be in the barn and everybody else.
Is going to try and figure out where they wore in line.
So, I think we know the one, the two, the three, and the four in Region 2.
We just don't know the order right now because of what's happening tonight and what is going to happen next week, as you mentioned with, with Ola squaring off against Dutch town.
Thanks, Sean.
We had a good one tonight.
We've got more games coming up next Friday, two big ones on the line.
We've got region for 7A.
The last game of the regular season for both of these teams Parkview versus Grayson.
Next Friday, November 4th 7:30 p.m. We also have a region 77, a matchup.
This is for the region title, North Gwinnett versus Norcross also.
Next Friday, December 4th 7:30 p.m. work when it got a win over Discovery.
Forty five to eight to go 7 + 2 5 and 0 and Norcross.
Got a 52:13.
Win over Peachtree Ridge.
It'll be such a good one.
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John, I got a lot a lot to talk to you about them.
One of my Sue prizes tonight is Parkview versus Brookwood Brookwood 141 233.
And that one, was that a surprise for you?
Well, I mean this one is being the Rivalry game that it is the the result and the closeness of it, not necessarily a surprise.
But the fact that Brookwood ends up getting the win at the Big Orange.
Jungle means this Grayson shuts out Archer tonight.
So Grayson goes to No 8 and 1 in the overall Parkview goes to 2 and 2 there at six and three Brooklyn the three and one.
So now the question for Brookwood is can Brookwood for the second week in a row end up being a spoiler.
And so that to me is the the question in line here with Grayson it for no, Parkview it to and to park these going to have to figure out how to bring Grayson back to the rest of the pack and give their rival.
Believe it or not.
The chance to win a region championships.
So, That one, the Brookwood Parkview game put that one back in the the the blender at least in the mid seeds a little bit.
So we'll see what happens there with the 2, the 3 and the 4 but Grayson because of the upset.
Now in the driver's seat with a 4-0 record also a question mark for North Gwinnett and Norcross who will play for the region title.
Next Friday, that's region 77a we have North Gwinnett head coach, Bill Stewart to talk about their win tonight Discovery.
They beat them forty five to eight to go 7 + 2 5 and 0 on the year.
Coach tell me about your game and what was working?
So, well on offense.
Yeah, I mean, we, you know, we did a great job with the running game and then, you know, we also hit him with with along with Merit by Lee, you know, back in Action, you know.
So he's, you know, our our go-to guy as far as receiver and so you know it was just a good overall game that was the senior night.
I felt great about the way our kids that Executed, I think every time we got the ball offensively, we did score, you know, down the road, you know, when we and then we were able to play a lot of guys tonight.
So so that's that, made up for a great senior night.
Coaches, Sean, let me ask you this.
When it comes to the, the team that you have, what have you learned about your younger players?
Because I mean that if you do have a lot of underclassmen that have been there for you this season and they have grown and matured as well.
What have you learned about your underclassmen to get you to this point to where you are a win away from a region title?
Yeah you know what happens you know you get sophomores playing and and they go through a lot of Experience that you, you know, when you go on a Friday night, you have starters, you always feel like, you know, sometimes it may just haven't seen things and you take that for granted when you have a senior play and so they have gotten better and better because they are resilient.
They're tough kids and you know, the more they see the better they get.
And so You know, I feel like that's been the case and so I think you're going to be, you know, some of the guys that are playing that are sophomores.
I think are going to be Division, 1 players down the road and so they'll have a lot of experience under their belt when they get to that senior year.
Coach.
You had a home game in Swanee.
It looks like you're already home, maybe in your office, or you already Norcross films right now.
Do you have Norcross film up already?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
You know, they just like, just like some damn near there, you know, we've kind of been eyeing each other as we've moved along here.
So, you know, and it's game 10 and it's asking Sam.
It's kind of like the old days, you know, when when, you know, we're now back in the region again, but but Then before I got to North Gwinnett, the Norcross North Gwinnett battle has been going on, you know.
And so even back in the days you know ten years ago from now for you know so so it's a you know it's a neat thing to be playing for region championship and definitely, you know playing Norcross work.
Okay.
Stuart good luck next Friday, we can't wait for it.
Thanks for calling in.
Thank you.
Thank you.
John that's going to be such a good game.
What are your thoughts on it?
Well, I mean you're spot-on, you know, 25 and I was in seven and twos and it literally is 544 in this with Duluth with an outside chance coming into tonight.
It's like two separate groups Norcross in North Gwinnett.
The one in the to Metacritic Peachtree, Ridge Discovery.
Right now you're looking at that one with the three of the four and the five as part of your math that's involved here.
So it's 544 but it's two distinct groups.
Now, when you're looking at Region 77, a heading into the Last week of the regular season.
It was a battle between Woodward and Mondays Mill.
This was a region.
36, a matchup.
We have head coach John Hunt on and Coach final score.
9:49.
I'm not.
So sure.
That's the score that you, you would have liked a little too close for comfort, right?
So it was way too close for comfort, that's for sure.
Tell me more about the game in what went on.
Well, obviously, going into the game with the region ramifications of it.
We knew we were going to get it.
Effort from Monday's Mill.
And there are much improved team from previous years.
I think Earth went more than has done a fantastic job there with those kids and he's got them playing playing hard.
You know, the offensively we were, we were Stellar, we ended up getting a two-point conversion, which was huge for us and the big, the difference in the game.
Not two-point conversion, but a safety that ended up being the difference in the game.
That's how big our defense was.
But I got to tip my hat to, you know, to Monday's mail, their defense was phenomenal and offensively, we were executed all that was disappointing.
But we were certainly happy with the wind will take you everywhere in and, of course, you know, the region Championship along with it, you know, we're very proud of that.
Coach.
Let me ask you this quickly when it comes to being a perpetually top 10 ranked team and knowing everyone is coming at you with their best.
How much of a challenge has this season been for you to get to this point to where you're a region champ?
Well early on you knows our team region.
Sometimes it's not the strongest, it's so early on scheduled some really difficult games, you know.
And hopefully, Get seasoned early and then from there just kind of work on ourselves and try to execute dude.
All the little things that make great teams and try to grow and progress during during the season.
And so, that's what we just try to essentially focus on is trying to get better.
It's a little bit while I'm a disappointed offensive or your other struggles, you know, here in the ninth game of the season.
That's why we try to just get the kids to focus on On Coach.
Thank you so much for calling in and good luck.
Next Friday against Forest Park.
Appreciate you.
Thank you, alright.
Another awesome night of football around the state.
We only have one more week of the regular season to go cannot believe it.
Some teams are already done with their season.
Thank you so much for joining us on the post game show here tonight.
We had an awesome one if you miss it, it was Langston Hughes versus South Paulding.
The Panthers win it 68.
14 to clinch the region, 56, a title for the second year in a row.
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