Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. With Wildcat Yiar Avila catching a football in front of them, Rabun County head coach Rance Gillespie (left) talks with former RCHS head coach and current Metter head coach Lee Shaw prior to the Aug. 28 matchup between the two teams in Tiger. RCHS won the back-and-forth contest 27-23 to begin 1-0.
A bookend kind of night had Rabun County starting off its football season with a hard-earned 27-23 win against a Metter team coached by a former Wildcat head coach.