Wesley Branch/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County head tennis coach Bryan Getty consoles his son and RCHS tennis freshman Jack Getty after the Wildcats’ loss to Brantley County in the state championship game on May 13 at the Rome Tennis Center. Getty played No. 2 singles for the Wildcats this season .
Wesley Branch/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County junior Lleyton Phillips celebrates after a point during his match on No. 1 singles versus Brantley County in the state championship on May 13 at the Rome Tennis Center. Phillips secured the lone point in the match for the Wildcats with a 6-3, 6-4 win.
Wesley Branch/The Clayton Tribune. The Rabun County boys tennis team and coaches pose with the state runner-up trophy after their state championship match versus Brantley County on May 13 at the Rome Tennis Center. The Wildcats earned state runner-up honors for the first time in program history.
Wesley Branch/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County freshman Jack Getty celebrates after a point during his match on No. 2 singles versus Brantley County in the state championship on May 13 at the Rome Tennis Center.
Wesley Branch/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County junior Landan Bedingfield stretches out for the ball during he and Brady Darnell’s doubles match in the state championship versus Brantley County on May 13 at the Rome Tennis Center.
Wesley Branch/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County senior Brady Darnell celebrates after a point during he and RCHS junior Landan Bedingfield’s match on No. 1 doubles versus Brantley County in the state championship on May 13 at the Rome Tennis Center. Darnell is one of two seniors on the boys tennis team.
ROME – The Rabun County boys tennis team’s history-making season came to an end with a loss in the state championship match as the Wildcats fell to No. 1-seeded Brantley County, 3-1, on May 13 ...

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