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Elite Eight: Franklin County boys dance on to Macon

By staff reports
Posted 10:24PM on Saturday 5th March 2011 ( 14 years ago )
DALTON -- For the first time in program history, the Franklin County boys basketball team is headed to the Final Four.

The third-ranked Lions battled fourth-ranked Carrollton throughout before pulling away late on Saturday at the Northwest Georgia Trade Center in Dalton and held on for a 64-54 win.

Franklin County (25-5) will take on Butler -- which defeated Drew 54-47 in a quarterfinal match-up -- at 8:30 p.m. Friday at the Macon Centreplex.

The Lions led 27-23 at halftime on Saturday.
Franklin County's Keshaun Mayfield

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