North Gwinnett High School's football team will celebrate its 7A state championship with a community pep rally on Thursday, the city of Suwanee announced.

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North Gwinnett, located in Suwanee, beat Colquitt County 19-17 on Saturday with a last-minute field goal from kicker Cameron Clark.

The game was played on North Gwinnett’s home turf, at Tom Robinson Stadium in Suwanee. The state championship is North Gwinnett’s first.

The city of Suwanee will honor the team for its win on Thursday in Town Center Park. The rally, beginning at 7 p.m., will feature the school’s cheerleaders and band as well as the championship team.

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4,191 former Georgia high school players were on college rosters in 2017. 585 played in Power 5 Conferences. McEachern leads all Georgia schools with 56 alumni on college rosters. DeKalb's Stephenson is second in Georgia with 52 former players playing in college. Four Gwinnett schools had 40 or more players on college rosters. The Buford Wolves have 49. Norcross had 46. 45 played at Grayson. And 41 from Peachtree Ridge were on college rosters.

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