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Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. In 2022, a total of 653 runners participated in the Rabun Ramble. This year’s Ramble will take place on Saturday, July 1. The Lake Burton Fun Run also will take place on Saturday, July 1.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. In 2022, a total of 653 runners participated in the Rabun Ramble. This year’s Ramble will take place on Saturday, July 1. The Lake Burton Fun Run also will take place on Saturday, July 1.

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37th annual Lake Burton Fun Run two weeks away

News Staff
Thursday, June 15, 2023
The 37th annual Lake Burton Fun Run will take place on Saturday, July 1. Runners may register for the two-mile event online at www.lakeburtonfunrun.com as the run begins at LaPrade’s Marina in Clarkesville at Moccasin Creek State Park. The $35 race begins at 9 a.m.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. In 2022, a total of 653 runners participated in the Rabun Ramble. This year’s Ramble will take place on Saturday, July 1. The Lake Burton Fun Run also will take place on Saturday, July 1.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. In 2022, a total of 653 runners participated in the Rabun Ramble. This year’s Ramble will take place on Saturday, July 1. The Lake Burton Fun Run also will take place on Saturday, July 1.

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Rabun Ramble Road Race registration open

News Staff
Thursday, June 15, 2023
The 17th annual Rabun Ramble Road Race starts at 7:30 a.m on Saturday, July 1. The 5K and 10K races start and end at the Lake Rabun Pavilion. For more information about the $35 race, go to the Rabun Ramble website at rabunramble.com.
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Wrestling Wildcat Cody takes first place at Bootlegger Tournament

News Staff
Thursday, June 15, 2023
Justin Cody, a rising senior Wildcat at Rabun County High School, won the 2023 Nuway Combat Bootlegger Wrestling Tournament in Gatlinburg, Tenn., on June 3-4. Cody won first place All American Wrestler in the 195-pound weight class with zero points scored against him.
Luke Morey/The Clayton Tribune. From Monday to Thursday, June 5-8, Rabun County head boys basketball coach David Adcock led the Little Wildcat basketball camp. Fifty-two local kids signed up for the camp, which included a shooting competition where campers would have 20 to 25 seconds to score as many points as possible.

Luke Morey/The Clayton Tribune. From Monday to Thursday, June 5-8, Rabun County head boys basketball coach David Adcock led the Little Wildcat basketball camp. Fifty-two local kids signed up for the camp, which included a shooting competition where campers would have 20 to 25 seconds to score as many points as possible.

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Summer camps in full swing across Rabun

News Staff
Thursday, June 15, 2023
Luke Morey/The Clayton Tribune. Some of the 1,000 cyclists roll on South Main Street on June 4 in Clayton to start the first segment of the BRAG route through Rabun County.

Luke Morey/The Clayton Tribune. Some of the 1,000 cyclists roll on South Main Street on June 4 in Clayton to start the first segment of the BRAG route through Rabun County.

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Where There's a Wheel, There's a Way

Luke Morey
Wednesday, June 7, 2023
More than 1,000 bicyclists came to Clayton on Saturday and Sunday, June 3-4, to start off the 43rd annual Bicycle Ride Across Georgia as BRAG riders relished in the splendor of nature and faced the challenges of the mountainous terrain.
Luke Morey/The Clayton Tribune. A sign welcoming the riders for Bicycle Ride Across Georgia is located along Main Street in Clayton. The City of Clayton will host the BRAG riders as the ride begins on Sunday, June 4. This will be the first time Clayton has hosted the first night of the BRAG, and the first time BRAG has come to Rabun County since 2012 when the ride ended at Rabun County High School in Tiger, Ga.

Luke Morey/The Clayton Tribune. A sign welcoming the riders for Bicycle Ride Across Georgia is located along Main Street in Clayton. The City of Clayton will host the BRAG riders as the ride begins on Sunday, June 4. This will be the first time Clayton has hosted the first night of the BRAG, and the first time BRAG has come to Rabun County since 2012 when the ride ended at Rabun County High School in Tiger, Ga.

Clayton plays host for Bike Ride Across Georgia

Luke Morey
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
For the first time since 2012, the 2023 Bicycle Ride Across Georgia (BRAG) is coming to Rabun County. The city of Clayton will act as the starting point for the seven-day bike ride that spans nearly 400 miles across Georgia.

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Rabun Gap summer day camps begin next week

Luke Morey
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Starting June 5, Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School will begin their summer day camps. Each camp is scheduled for a week, spanning from Monday to Friday. Most camps will begin at 9 a.m. and end at noon, while others will begin at 1 p.m. and end at 4 p.m.
TFS Photo. gins, Madeline Martin and Ella Akers helped TFS finish fifth at state.

TFS Photo. gins, Madeline Martin and Ella Akers helped TFS finish fifth at state.

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Lady Indians golf fifth at state; Indians 11th

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Thursday, May 25, 2023
In the final match of her high school career, senior Hannah Lundy put the Lady Indians golf team on her back and guided the Tallulah Falls School to a fifth-place finish at state.
Luke Morey/The Clayton Tribune. Rising Rabun County sophomore Ty Truelove gets the angle on a quarterback keeper against rising sophomore Levi Bartram during the Thursday, May 18, Spring Game. The Wildcats begin their defense of the Class A Division 1 Region 8 title in August.

Luke Morey/The Clayton Tribune. Rising Rabun County sophomore Ty Truelove gets the angle on a quarterback keeper against rising sophomore Levi Bartram during the Thursday, May 18, Spring Game. The Wildcats begin their defense of the Class A Division 1 Region 8 title in August.

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Truelove-to-Goodwyn chemistry shown in RCHS Spring Game

Luke Morey
Thursday, May 25, 2023
Football season is fast approaching. As a precursor to the 2023 Class A Division 1 season in Region 8, the Rabun County football team hosted their annual Spring Game on Thursday, May 18. Despite the rain, the Wildcats showed flashes of a new team led by rising sophomore quarterback Ty Truelove.