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Cops versus firefighters on the gridiron

By Ty Tagami
June 8, 2012

Atlanta firefighters and DeKalb County cops will spar for glory Saturday in a flag football championship game.

The two top-seeded teams in the Metro Atlanta Public Safety Flag Football League will play at 1 p.m. on the gridiron at James Hallford Memorial Stadium, 3789 Memorial College Avenue, Clarkston.

The marching bands at Southwest DeKalb and Stephenson high schools will perform at half time. Tickets are $5, but free for children nine and under. The league includes public safety agencies from Atlanta and Clayton, DeKalb, Henry and Gwinnett counties.

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Ty Tagami is a staff writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Since joining the newspaper in 2002, he has written about everything from hurricanes to homelessness. He has deep experience covering local government and education, and can often be found under the Gold Dome when lawmakers meet or in a school somewhere in the state.

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