Luke Morey/The Clayton Tribune. The Rabun County Recreation Department hosted the first professional pickleball exhibition in North Georgia, with professionals playing singles and doubles matches on Sunday, March 5. Pictured from left in the foreground are Shea Underwood, David Spearman, Mark Price and David Hebert. After the event, Price led a three-day pickleball camp.

RGNS Athletics. Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School senior Ece Arabacioglu (20) celebrates a second straight state championship with her Lady Eagle teammates in the background on Saturday, Feb. 24. The Lady Eagles secured back-to-back state titles with a 53-43 victory over Cannon School at Calvary Day School. RGNS finished the season with a 25-7 record.

Luke Morey/The Clayton Tribune. With a jubilant Oglethorpe crowd behind them, Rabun County head coach DeeDee Dillard and the Lady Cat bench react to a last second travel call on Friday, Feb. 24. The Lady Cats lost to Oglethorpe County 51-50, ending their season in the Sweet Sixteen.

Luke Morey/The Clayton Tribune. Junior Cooper Welch goes up for a shot early in the third quarter against King’s Ridge. Welch was the sole returning starter from last year’s team that also made it to the Sweet Sixteen. Welch led the team in scoring this year, but rolled his ankle in the middle of the third quarter against King’s Ridge, finishing with six points in the final game of his junior season.

Luke Morey/The Clayton Tribune. TFS senior Anfernee Hanna finished off his TFS career third in school history in points with 1,204.

Kerry Gordon/Rome News-Tribune. Darlington's Jy Johnson attacks the paint against Tallulah Falls School defenders Breelyn Wood (2) and Tanisha Seymour in the first round of the GHSA state playoffs in Rome on Feb. 22. Darlington won 57-36 as the visiting Lady Indians saw their season come to a close, finishing with a 7-17 record, led by Region Player of the Year Denika Lightbourne.

Submitted photo. The 14u team for RIPS Volleyball Club, a new volleyball club in Clayton, took first place in the gold division at the Peachstate Tour Stop.

Luke Morey/The Clayton Tribune. The Rabun Pickleball Club will host four pickleball professionals on Sunday, March 5, for the first exhibition ever in North Georgia. Professionals attending the event include Mark Price, David Spearman, Shea Underwood and Drew Hebert. After the exhibition, Price will host a three-day pickleball camp held at Rabun County Recreation Department in Tiger.

Courtesy of Austin Poffenberger. Frankie Moree has led Tallulah Falls School to a 3-2 record with a .455 batting average, including four hits and a home run on Wednesday, Feb. 22, against East Jackson.

Courtesy of Austin Poffenberger. Tallulah Falls School captain Austin Ball has tied the school record for most goals scored in a career with 33, including 20 in this short season. Ball has helped lead the Indians to a 7-0 record.