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Photo courtesy of RGNS Athletics. Jameson Madden takes a big swing against Tallulah Falls.

Photo courtesy of RGNS Athletics. Jameson Madden takes a big swing against Tallulah Falls.

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Rabun Gap varsity baseball starts off 3-0

News Staff
Monday, February 28, 2022
The Eagles varsity baseball team kicked off their season on the road against Union County on Feb. 15 and dominated by a final score of 18-3. Senior first baseman Jameson Madden went three for four at bat with four RBIs and a two-run double.
RGNS Athletics. RGNS Eagle Theo Antinori charges to the basket at home.

RGNS Athletics. RGNS Eagle Theo Antinori charges to the basket at home.

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Eagles’ hoops season ends

News Staff
Friday, February 25, 2022
The Eagles season ended in the second round of the playoffs as they lost to Covenant Day 63-52. Nate Brafford led the Eagles with 24 points; Theo Antinori scored 11 points; Domas Kauzonas finished with eight points; and Luke Earnhardt scored six points.
Submitted photo. Wildcat junior Miles Watts gets the advantage on his opponent Chris Mance of Lovett in the 152-pound Class AA wrestling championship match. Watts would ultimately fall to Mance in a 5-4 decision to become the state runner-up.

Submitted photo. Wildcat junior Miles Watts gets the advantage on his opponent Chris Mance of Lovett in the 152-pound Class AA wrestling championship match. Watts would ultimately fall to Mance in a 5-4 decision to become the state runner-up.

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Wildcat wrestling pins down two top-four state finishes

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, February 17, 2022
A young group of Rabun County wrestlers grew up as the season progressed into a formidable program with a bright future. The Wildcats qualified 10 – the most ever in school history – to state sectionals.

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Strong seasons catapult RCHS hoops into No. 1 seeds

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, February 17, 2022
Rabun County’s basketball programs are No. 1 seeds heading into tonight’s Class AA Region 8 tournament after the girls and boys claimed wins in their regular-season finales. Both RCHS teams will play in the region tourney thanks to the Ladycats earning the top seeding.
E. Lane Gresham/Tallulah Falls School. Tallulah Falls soccer player Honora Kahwach hugs her mother Kim Newberry and father Joseph Kahwach at the Feb. 9 letter of intent signing with Barry University. Sister Chloe Kahwach is seated on the far right. The senior has been a consistent leader for the Lady Indians.

E. Lane Gresham/Tallulah Falls School. Tallulah Falls soccer player Honora Kahwach hugs her mother Kim Newberry and father Joseph Kahwach at the Feb. 9 letter of intent signing with Barry University. Sister Chloe Kahwach is seated on the far right. The senior has been a consistent leader for the Lady Indians.

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Soccer standout Kahwach signs with Barry University

News Staff
Thursday, February 17, 2022
Tallulah Falls soccer standout Honora Kahwach signed her letter of intent to join Barry University, an NCAA Division-II school located in Miami, Fla., on Feb. 9. The Barry Buccaneers reside in the Sunshine State Conference, and the women’s soccer team claims national titles in 1989, 1992 and 1993.
TFS Athletics. The Tallulah Falls Lady Indians proudly display the girls basketball program’s first-ever region tournament championship Tuesday night after a 47-38 win against Prince Avenue Christian at George Walton.

TFS Athletics. The Tallulah Falls Lady Indians proudly display the girls basketball program’s first-ever region tournament championship Tuesday night after a 47-38 win against Prince Avenue Christian at George Walton.

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Lady Indians claim first-ever region tourney championship

News Staff
Thursday, February 17, 2022
For one of Tallulah Falls’s most successful programs over the past four years, the only thing missing was a region tournament championship. The Lady Indians can now check that box after a 47-38 win over Prince Avenue Christian at George Walton in the title game on Tuesday night.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Gracie Deetz receives congratulations from her Ladycat teammates after scoring her 1,000 career point at the Feb. 11 home game against Banks County.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Gracie Deetz receives congratulations from her Ladycat teammates after scoring her 1,000 career point at the Feb. 11 home game against Banks County.

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Girls & boys both No. 1 seeds as tourney starts today in Tiger

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, February 17, 2022
The RCHS girls and boys basketball teams are the No. 1 seeds in their Class AA region and they will start play today at home in the tournament. With the Ladycats securing the Region 8 top spot, it meant Rabun County would be at Tiger for their games. The games today, Feb.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. New Rabun Gap-Nacoochee head football coach Derek White (center) talks with his Eagle student-athletes Tuesday morning during an introduction ceremony at the school. White comes to RGNS after guiding five state-title winning football programs.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. New Rabun Gap-Nacoochee head football coach Derek White (center) talks with his Eagle student-athletes Tuesday morning during an introduction ceremony at the school. White comes to RGNS after guiding five state-title winning football programs.

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Eagles look to soar even higher with new coach

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, February 10, 2022
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee has put itself on the football map with a winning program that has produced multiple student-athletes who have signed with some of most powerful schools in the toughest collegiate conferences.