Which was the best local team in 2008?

While the Braves had an off-year (okay, waaaaay off) and the UGA football team didn't live up to the hype, we still had some great moments in local sports.

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  Georgia Tech football: Surpassed
  expectations, beat UGA.

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  UGA baseball: Came within one
  game of NCAA title.

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  Hawks: First playoffs in 9 years, took
  NBA champ Boston to seven games.

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  Atlanta Falcons: They've won back
  a city in one year after the Vick debacle.

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  Buford Wolves: Two straight high
  school football championships..

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  UGA gymnastics: Fourth-straight
  NCAA title for the Gymdogs.

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