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Luke Morey/The Clayton Tribune. Junior Trey Horne (1) celebrates with teammates Marshall Pritchett (9) and Gavin Owens after Horne’s fourth touchdown of the night in the playoffs in November 2022.

Luke Morey/The Clayton Tribune. Junior Trey Horne (1) celebrates with teammates Marshall Pritchett (9) and Gavin Owens after Horne’s fourth touchdown of the night in the playoffs in November 2022.

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RGNS heads to Baylor to kick off 2023

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, August 17, 2023
This schedule is big-time high school football. With a team full to the brim of players receiving major college football scholarship offers plus talented underclassmen waiting in the wings,  Rabun Gap-Nacoochee will play some of the top programs in the nation this season.

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Wildcats open season Friday

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, August 17, 2023
Following a season that saw the Wildcats advance to the state quarterfinals before losing to eventual state runner-up Swainsboro, second-year Rabun County High School head football coach Michael Davis goes into the 2023 season with a sophomore quarterback who may have not regular season experience...

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Hunter to be inducted into Hall for being a 1960s star & more

News Staff
Thursday, August 17, 2023
For a generation of young boys who grew up in Rabun County in the mid to late 1960s, three-sport Wildcat star Ronnie Hunter was THE brightest athletic star that outshone even college and some professional players. He will be inducted into the Rabun County Athletic Hall of Fame at a Sept.
Photography courtesy Levi Dills.

Photography courtesy Levi Dills.

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Classic day on the water

News Staff
Thursday, August 17, 2023
The 23rd Annual Mountain Air Classic presented by OneWake was held on Lake Burton on Aug. 5. More than 30 riders competed on site at the Billy Goat Island on the south end of Lake Burton.
Submitted photo. Members of the Rabun County High School cross country team gather up for a meet in 1982. Team members included (not in order) Tracy Watts, Kelly Shorpshire, Gigi Beck, Tara Dixon, Suzanne Beck, Caroline West, Von Taylor, Perri McCraw, Chrystal King, Kimn Whittaker, Tracy Gregg, Ann Reeves, Robin Sprague, Cindy Keener and Valarie Florence. Coach was Gail Crowe. Below: Rabun head football coach Frank Snyder (left) was assisted by Jack Short during the 1958 season.

Submitted photo. Members of the Rabun County High School cross country team gather up for a meet in 1982. Team members included (not in order) Tracy Watts, Kelly Shorpshire, Gigi Beck, Tara Dixon, Suzanne Beck, Caroline West, Von Taylor, Perri McCraw, Chrystal King, Kimn Whittaker, Tracy Gregg, Ann Reeves, Robin Sprague, Cindy Keener and Valarie Florence. Coach was Gail Crowe. Below: Rabun head football coach Frank Snyder (left) was assisted by Jack Short during the 1958 season.

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Rabun County Hall of Fame to induct four teams, three individuals

News Staff
Thursday, August 10, 2023
The Rabun County Athletic Hall of Fame will induct four teams and three individuals in its Class of 2023. The newest hall of fame members will be recognized prior to the RCHS football game at Frank Snyder Memorial Stadium on Friday, Sept. 15.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. RCHS head coach Michael Davis watches his Wildcats during Midnight Madness practice on July 31. The Wildcats scrimmage Bowdon Friday.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. RCHS head coach Michael Davis watches his Wildcats during Midnight Madness practice on July 31. The Wildcats scrimmage Bowdon Friday.

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RCHS scrimmages defending state champ at Bowdon Friday

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, August 10, 2023
The Rabun County Wildcats played one of the toughest schedules in the state last season. Each week the football team from Tiger faced off against ranked teams in various classifications. That 2022 schedule even pitted the Wildcats against Bowdon in a preseason scrimmage.
Submitted photos. The tournament team of Ron Barteski, Luke Fogarty, Dan Magliota and Chris Pence are ready to tee off at the next hole at the Sky Valley Country Club. Left: Ken Walton, Vickie Heher and Patrick Heher watch as Roberta Walton lines up her putt during the Sid Weber Memorial Cancer Fund Annual Golf Tournament. Ken Walton is the current SWMCF president.

Submitted photos. The tournament team of Ron Barteski, Luke Fogarty, Dan Magliota and Chris Pence are ready to tee off at the next hole at the Sky Valley Country Club. Left: Ken Walton, Vickie Heher and Patrick Heher watch as Roberta Walton lines up her putt during the Sid Weber Memorial Cancer Fund Annual Golf Tournament. Ken Walton is the current SWMCF president.

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Golf tourney a driving force in fund-raising efforts for Sid Weber

News Staff
Thursday, August 10, 2023
The Sid Weber Memorial Cancer Fund Annual Golf Tournament had good weather on Aug. 2 at the Sky Valley Country Club for its annual event. The annual golf tournament is a day-long event as team play 18 holes.