May 19, 2013
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Junior quarterback Wes Holcombe fakes a hand-off Friday night. He kept the ball 10 times for 33 yards and a touchdown and was 14-of-26 through the air for 200 yards and a touchdown.
Wildcats fall in first round, finish 6-5
FRANKLIN — One quarter of play doomed the Rabun County Wildcats’ chances at advancing to the second round of the state playoffs Friday night in Franklin. Rabun County outscored the Heard County Br...
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Rabun County senior Kendall Woodard runs to the outside en route to one of his three touchdowns Friday against Oglethorpe County. The Wildcats defeated Oglethorpe 49-27 to reach the postseason for the first time since 1998. Rabun County will face Heard County in the first round at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Franklin.
Wildcats make playoffs
The Rabun County Wildcats accomplished their top goal — to make the playoffs — in stellar fashion Friday night. Leading 7-0 against Oglethorpe County after the first quarter and 21-9 at halftime, ...
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Playoffs on the line Friday night
A win against Oglethorpe County on Friday night at Frank Snyder Memorial Stadium will send the Wildcats to the playoffs for the first time since 1998. Rabun County (5-4, 3-3 in Region 8AA) is tied...
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Rabun County cross country runners advancing to the state championships Saturday, front row from left, are: Bri English, Marisol Gutierrez, and Katie Mae Smith; back row, Taylor Beck, Andrea Wolfrey, Jordan Gihl, Carlos Garcia, Bethany Streible, Siri Hill and Emma Downs.
RCHS excels at region, reaches state cross country meet
For the first time in many years, Rabun County High School will be vying for individual and team recognition at Saturday’s state cross country championships in Carrollton. The Lady Wildcats made ...
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Rabun County cross country runners Bri English, left, and Katie Mae Smith compete in the state championship Saturday at Carrolton High School. The Lady Wildcats finished 14th out of 29 schools.
Cross country team competes at state
Rabun County High School’s cross country runners had respectable finishes Saturday in their first state championship appearance since 2007. Sophomore Jordan Gihl led the Lady Wildcats in the five-...
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Senior Jeb Gipson tries to stop Union County senior Jared Croskey from gaining extra yards Friday night. Offensively, Gipson had four catches for 85 yards and a touchdown in the Wildcats’ 38-10 win.
Wildcats down Union on homecoming night
A balanced air and ground attack Friday night gave the Rabun County Wildcats their first win over Union County since 2006. The Wildcats (5-3, 3-2 in Region 8AA) won 38-10 after jumping on top of t...
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Will Turpin, with the 9-and-younger Wildcats, carries the ball earlier this season in a game against Commerce. The Wildcats will play host to either Madison County or Commerce at 1:30 p.m. Nov. 3 in the second round of the North Georgia Youth Football Association playoffs.
Five teams in NGYFA playoffs
The Rabun County Recreation Department will have a good chance at bringing home another Super Bowl title this year. Five Rabun football teams – the 7-, 8-, 9-, 11- and 12-and-younger Wildcats – wi...
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Senior Jesse Cannon stops a Washington-Wilkes player Friday night from running to the end zone for a touchdown. He had an interception in the 41-12 loss.
Wildcats fall 41-12 to Tigers
The Washington-Wilkes Tigers tamed the Rabun County Wildcats on Friday night by attacking on the ground and through the air to hand the Wildcats their second straight loss at home. Rabun County (4...
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Junior Sally Woerner hits the ball over the net Oct. 17 in the first round of the state volleyball playoffs at Armuchee. The Lady Wildcats defeated Armuchee 3-0 (25-13, 25-14, 25-10) to advance to the second round — a match Rabun County dropped 3-0 to Westside-Augusta (13-25, 21-25, 23-25).
Lady Wildcats win, then fall in playoffs
The sweet feeling of their first ever win in the playoffs was quickly forgotten Tuesday night by the Lady Wildcats when they fell 3-0 in the second round to Westside-Augusta. Rabun County’s volley...
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Freshman Alden Wright takes the ball upfield Friday night against Jefferson. He scored the Wildcats’ sole touchdown in the 55-7 loss.
Short-handed Wildcats fall to Jefferson, lose first region game
Turnovers and the absence of three players doomed the Rabun County Wildcats Friday night. The Wildcats (4-2, 2-1 in Region 8AA) fell to the seventh-ranked Jefferson Dragons 55-7. The Dragons opene...
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Rabun County Middle School football players hold up the trophy they received for coming in second in the region. They fell to Lumpkin County 22-18 in the region championship game and finished the season 7-1.
RCMS finishes second
The Rabun County Middle School Wildcats could not overcome a 14-point first quarter deficit Saturday night and lost the region championship game 22-18 to Lumpkin County. The Wildcats, who were try...
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Junior quarterback Wes Holcombe rolls out to look for a receiver Friday night at Riverside Military Academy. He was 11-of-13 for 152 yards, a touchdown and an interception in the Wildcats 42-20 win. On the ground, he ran the ball 10 times for 25 yards and two touchdowns.
Wildcats off to best start in 13 years
The Rabun County Wildcats will enter Friday night’s home game with its best record at the halfway point since 1999. The Wildcats (4-1) will face off against Jefferson (4-1) at 7:30 p.m. Friday, a ...
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Freshman running back Ashton Hopper runs around traffic during the junior varsity’s Oct. 4 game against Commerce. The Wildcats defeated the Tigers 35-16.
RCHS jayvee football team on a winning streak
If the record of the Rabun County High School junior varsity football team is any indication, the future looks bright for Friday nights at Frank Snyder Memorial Stadium. The Wildcats, after losing...
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Eighth grader Dawson Henricks lowers his head and barrels into a Towns County defender Sept. 27 to gain extra yards. He led all rushers in the 44-6 win with 12 carries for 118 yards and two touchdowns.
RCMS finishes regular season 6-0
For the first time in recent memory, the Rabun County Middle School football team finished its regular season undefeated (6-0) Sept. 27. The Wildcats crushed Towns County 44-6 for the honor to se...
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Eighth-grader Trey Wilcox returns the ball for Rabun County on Sept. 20 against White County. The Wildcats won the game 40-0.
RCMS blasts White County
The stage has been set for Rabun County Middle School’s football team to finish the regular season undefeated at home today. The Wildcats, 5-0 and coming off a 40-0 home win vs. White County on Se...
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Sophomore defensive end Tyler Gibson, from left, and senior linebacker Austin Swann rush Commerce’s quarterback Friday night. The Wildcats lost 18-17.
RCHS football falls to Commerce in final seconds
Rabun County High School’s football team was seconds away Friday night from starting the season on a three-game winning streak for the first time since 1998. The Wildcats (2-1) dominated Commerce ...
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Lady Wildcats shut down Tallulah Falls
The Rabun County High School volleyball team shook off three region losses last week and handedly won its first home game of the season Sept. 13 against Tallulah Falls School. The Lady Wildcats (1...
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Will Turpin, with the 9-and-younger Wildcats, carries the ball Saturday afternoon.
Recreation football season heating up
The Rabun County Recreation Department’s football teams are heading into the thick of their seasons. All seven age groups had their home openers Saturday at Rabun County High School’s Frank Snyder...
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Senior Kendall Woodard shakes off a Towns County defender Friday night and moves the ball upfield. He rushed the ball five times for 52 yards and two touchdowns in the win.
Wildcats open new stadium with 45-7 win
It was a successful kickoff to a new era of Rabun County High School football Friday night at Frank Snyder Memorial Stadium. Despite a couple of early hiccups, the Wildcats dominated Towns County,...
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Zimmerman finishes first at cross country meet
Staff Reports Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School sophomore Leandra Zimmerman topped 122 girl runners at the Mountain Eagle Cross Country Invitational Saturday at North Georgia Technical College. She plac...
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Freshman Charlie Woerner returns an interception Friday night at Hayesville, N.C. He picked off the Yellow Jackets twice and racked up 75 return yards. On offense, he caught the ball four times for 59 yards.
Wildcats down Hayesville 20-6, start 1-0
The Rabun County High School football team took the sting out of the Hayesville (N.C.) Yellow Jackets by halftime Friday night, rolling to a 20-6 season opening win. With Rabun fans outnumbering H...
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Hayley Haskell serves the ball to Highlands, N.C., on Aug. 29. The Lady Wildcats defeated the Lady Highlanders 3-1.
RCHS volleyball defeats Highlands, Jackson
The Rabun County Lady Wildcats piled on more volleyball wins last week as they continue to try and obtain their first winning record in years. The Lady Wildcats (7-8) on Aug. 30 defeated Jackson C...
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Rabun County eighth grader Bailey Fisher surges upfield on a quarterback keeper Aug. 30 at Lumpkin County. He led the Wildcats’ offensive attack through the air and on the ground in the win, going 10-for-18 with 109 passing yards and two touchdowns and carrying the ball 10 times for 23 yards — crossing the goal line three times for 2-point conversions.
RCMS football starts 2-0
The reigning region middle school football champions have survived two close battles to begin the 2012 campaign on a winning streak. Rabun County Middle School, which finished 7-1 in 2011, moved t...
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Junior wide receiver and safety Justin Powell leaps to pull in the pigskin Monday during practice at Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School.
Rabun Gap Eagles hope to soar on gridiron
While every football team wants to win, the Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School Eagles are more focused on improving. Entering its second year as a varsity program, Rabun Gap hopes to surpass last year’s ...
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Sophomore defensive end Tyler Gibson runs down Hebron Christian’s quarterback Friday night. He led the Wildcats attack with two sacks and six tackles, five for a loss. He also had three quarterback hurries and a pass break-up.
Wildcats tame Lions, win 38-9 in scrimmage
Rabun County High School made its one and only scrimmage game count Friday. The Wildcats scored early and often, defeating the Hebron Christian Academy Lions 38-9 on the road. Rabun County struck...
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New Rabun County High School volleyball coach Dee Dee Dillard talks to her team Monday during a home practice.
Lady Wildcat’s volleyball team seeking improvement
New Rabun County High School volleyball coach Dee Dee Dillard is hoping to carry the success she has had on the basketball court over to the volleyball arena this year. Dillard is not expecting an...
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Sophomore Elizabeth Sprinkle throws the ball to first base Monday during a Rabun County High School softball practice.
Winning mentality to drive RCHS softball team
The Rabun County High School softball team was the first Wildcat squad to take the field this school year, and its players hope to be the last to leave. “We can compete for a playoff berth,” said...
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Steven Owens, second from left in front, and Jody Owens, second from left in the third row, pose as part of a group picture after a recent Huntinthewild, Inc. trip. The organization allows children with illnesses or disabilities to hunt at no charge to the families.
Hunting organization impacts Owens family
While Steven Owens' body is being taken over by a slowly degenerative disease, the memories of a North Carolina-based hunting organization are keeping him going. Owens, 14, of Clayton, was diagnos...
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Hunter Rolader, far right, accepts his third-place finish in rookie sporting clays at the Scholastic Clay Target Program National Tournament from July 17-20 in Sparta, Ill. He also took 12th place in skeet in the tournament.
Rolader racks up shooting awards
It did not take Hunter Rolader long to become a threat in the realm of sporting clays and skeet competition. The 11-year-old from Clayton has won three individual awards and has been a member of t...
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Ryan Watts, from left, Tanner Wright, Peter Woerner and Blake McCracken pose after a football practice Friday at Rabun County High School. McCracken and Peter Woerner are enrolling at Brevard College in the fall, joining Watts, Wright and Jack Woerner on the school’s football team.
Five RCHS football alums to reunite at Brevard
Rabun County High School fans will have a couple more reasons to follow Brevard College football this fall. The North Carolina school, a four-year Division II member of the NCAA competing in the S...
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Members of the Rabun County 11- and 12-year-old softball all-star team that finished second in District 7, front row from left, are: Perryn Morgan, Abbie Bailey, Morgan Butts and Maddie Crane; middle row, assistant coach Cass Watts, Breeyah Ellenburgh, Jaden Quilliams, Kayla Conner, Trista Houston, Calin Defoor, Megan Burrell and Rachel Sprinkle; back row, assistant coach Roy Quilliams and manager Tim Houston.
Little Leaguers still seeking championship
Rabun County Little League’s hopes for a District 7 championship will fall on the shoulders of the 13- and 14-year-old all-star baseball team. The 13- and 14-year-old sluggers is the only team rem...
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Gail Crowe works with a child during her last swimming lesson June 29 at Rabun County Park.
36 years of backstrokes and diving
What started as filling a need for Rabun County children turned into a summer job Gail Crowe and Janice Wayne will never forget. After 36 years of teaching swimming lessons to generations of famil...
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Rabun County all-star Cayden Kennedy slides safely into home plate Saturday at Rabun County Park during the opening game of the 9- and 10-year-old District 7 Little League baseball tournament. The Wildcats fell to Franklin County 16-7.
9-10 all-stars outdueled
The temperature was not the only thing hot Saturday at Rabun County Park. The competition was, too. The opening game of the 9- and 10-year-old District 7 Little League baseball tournament between...
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Warner Ray, 17, of Atlanta runs through the finish line Saturday at the sixth annual Rabun Ramble in Lakemont. He was the top overall male finisher in the 5K with a time of 17 minutes, 30 seconds. This year marked the third time Ray finished in the top spot. A rising senior at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School, he said he used the Ramble as training for the cross country team he competes on in the fall.
Ray repeats as top 5K finisher at Ramble
Though how much was raised for the Lake Rabun Foundation is still to be determined, the sixth annual Rabun Ramble that took place Saturday in Lakemont is being deemed a success. Runners from all ...
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Allen Presnell guards home plate during a steal attempt by a Hart County player Friday during the 7- and 8-year-old District 7 championship game in Toccoa. The Wildcats lost to the Bulldogs 14-4 in four innings.
7-8 Rabun County all-stars fall to Hart in championship game
Rabun County Little League’s 7- and 8-year-old baseball all-stars had their second straight district championship dreams shattered Friday night. First-time District 7 championship winner Hart Coun...
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Home Little League tournaments to help county tourism
Regardless of the results on the baseball field the next few weeks, Rabun County will come out a winner, area officials say. Beginning Saturday and continuing through next week, Rabun County Park ...
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Class of 1973 graduate Claude Rickman, far left, and Class of 2005 graduate Micah Seehorn, far right, receive plaques from Rabun Gap athletic director Jason Grove after being inducted into the school’s athletic hall of fame. Class of 1955 graduate Billy Kelly was also inducted.
Three inducted into RGNS Hall of Fame
Billy Kelly was known for his speed off and on the court during his days at Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School. The latter has landed him in the record books. The 1955 graduate was one of three alums indu...
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Baseball all-stars smoke Stephens
The first round of the Georgia District 7 Little League baseball tournament started off with a bang for Rabun County’s 7-8 year-old all-stars Saturday in Toccoa. The Wildcats, coming off of a dist...
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Adam Dixon works on his computer Monday at Rabun County Park. He started as Rabun County Recreation Department’s new athletic director May 30.
Dixon new rec department athletic director
As of May 30, Adam Dixon will now be paid for the work he does for the Rabun County Recreation Department. The longtime volunteer coach, parent and referee was recently named the recreation depart...
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Kia Loudermilk double dribbles Monday at Rabun County Park. Nearly 50 potential Lady Wildcats polished their basketball skills on the court during a camp led by high school head coach Dee Dee Dillard and 20 of her players.
Aspiring Lady ’Cats sharpen skills at camp
The Rabun County Park basketball courts were filled Monday with the familiar sounds of squeaking sneakers and bouncing balls, as nearly 50 potential Lady Wildcats polished their basketball skills o...
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