Gilmer 48, Atlanta 14

From The Gilmer Mirror:

THE GILMER BUCKEYES successfully opened the 2011 postseason playoff campaign with a convincing 48-14 victory over the Atlanta Rabbits Friday night at Lobo Stadium in Longview, moving their season record to 11-0. Atlanta ends their season at 5-6, and now heads to play round ball.

Read more: The Gilmer Mirror - Buckeyes blast Rabbits

From the Longview News-Journal:

Gilmer Buckeyes bury Rabbits, 48-14

From ETFinalScore.com:

Gilmer cruises past Atlanta, 48-14

From TheOldCoach.com:

Gilmer running game proves too much for Atlanta

From KYTX Tyler:

HS Football Playoffs Round 1 Highlights, Scores, and Interviews (Gilmer game is at 4:30 mark and includes an interview with Nick Richardson)

From KETK Tyler:

Gilmer wins big over Atlanta

From KTBS Shreveport:

Gilmer vs. Atlanta - Video

From KTAL Shreveport:

Atlanta-Gilmer Football Playoff Highlights

From KLTV Tyler:

Red Zone - Part 1 (Gilmer game is the third one covered in this segment)

From The Gilmer Mirror:

Video: Gilmer Buckeyes vs Atlanta Rabbits - Bi-District

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How Gilmer came to be known as the Buckeyes

By JOE BLOUNT Long before the birth of Christ the buckeye was known to have medicinal value. The nutlike seed, found abundantly on shrubs here in East Texas, first got its notoriety as a curative agent from the Greco-Roman culture. Their god of medicine was Aesculapian. Even today botanical scientists place the buckeye within the genus Aesculus, recognize it as a member of the horse-chestnut family and are still highly puzzled by its many and varied phytochemicals. “Phyto,” as you may recall from biology, simply means “from plants.” There are a great number of antioxidants and maintenance chemicals found in the buckeye’s pulp. There are also many toxic compounds and several of the substances are downright poisonous. Early Greek docs would skin the buckeye and boil the endosperm, producing a brew that was taken internally. Most often, just as the case may still be today, the cure inevitably turned out to be worse than the disease. So now, we see that the buckeye is poisonous. We also b...

Ticket information

Tickets are now available to purchase online for our home game against Pine Tree this Friday. Go to gilmerisd.org and scroll down to “Box Office”. General Admission tickets are $8. Student tickets are available until noon on Friday for $5. Tickets will be sold at the gate (cash only) for $8. No student tickets will be sold at gate. Orange cards will be honored! Come out and support our Gilmer BUCKEYES!!!

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