McDONOUGH— When Ola and Union Grove high schools entered cheerleaders into the GHSA Cheerleader of the Year award competition back in August, neither program knew what to expect.
The competition concluded this past weekend with Union Grove’s Gabby Dunlap winning Cheerleader of the Year.
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