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The Rabun County cross country team. (Submitted Photo)

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PREP ROUNDUP: Tallulah Falls hosts Rabun County for cross country meet

News Staff
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
CROSS COUNTRY The Tallulah Falls cross country team hosted Rabun County and Peachtree Ridge for a three-man, 6-mile relay last Thursday. TFS’ Chris Geiger (5:15, 6;13), Grey Bourlet (5:33, 5:27) and Evan Prince (5:10, 5:35) won the boys’ relay with a total time of 32:44. Peachtree Ridge took the next three team places, based on time. Rabun County placed fifth.
Rabun County Wildcats

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Rotary Club tours Rabun County’s athletic facilities

Glendon Poe
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
TIGER — Rotary Club of Clayton met with Rabun County’s new head football coach and athletic director Jaybo Shaw and toured the school’s athletic facilities during their meeting last Thursday. Shaw, who coaches his first regular-season game as the Wildcats’ leader in Statesboro on Saturday night, talked about his playing and coaching background. From playing quarterback in high school at Flowery Branch to playing collegiately at Georgia Tech and Georgia Southern, Shaw has always been around sports. He knew what career he wanted to pursue when he graduated high school.
Rabun Gap Eagles

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Rabun Gap expands athletic training services

News Staff
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee has expanded its sports medicine staff and space to enhance services for the growing number of student-athletes on campus. Jackson Roper will begin as assistant athletic trainer this year alongside Head athletic trainer Mark Green. A native of Franklin, N.C., Roper graduated this spring with his master’s degree in exercise science from Liberty University and earned a Bachelor of Science in athletic training from Western Carolina University. He has been a certified athletic trainer since 2017, and completed internships that placed him in the college and high school athletic settings, as well as performance centers and industrial settings.
Forest Service, Department of Agriculture

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Forest lands for sale in Rabun?

Megan Horn
Thursday, August 15, 2019

Local residents have expressed questions and concerns about the National Forest Service’s (USFS) proposition to sale National Forest System land located in Rabun County and the surrounding Chattaho