GAINESVILLE, Ga. — Friday night's high school quarterfinal playoff game between Gainesville and Langston Hughes has now been postponed after the Georgia High School Association filed an appeal of a court's decision to grant an injunction to Gainesville on Wednesday that overturned the suspension for 31 players following an on-field fight.

The shocking decision from the GHSA comes as the season is on the line for both high school football teams. 11Alive's Grace King received the news in an email that the Gainesville High School athletic director received from GHSA Executive Director Tim Scott.

The initial suspensions came after a benches-clearing brawl in last Friday night's playoff game on the road against Brunswick High School. Gainesville was leading 42-0 with less than two minutes

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