Wesley Branch/The Clayton Tribune. Summer padded camps allow for GHSA teams to simulate a level of physicality closer to regular season football as fall kickoff nears. All GHSA schools are allowed to participate in two padded camps each summer.
Wesley Branch/The Clayton Tribune. Rising Rabun County sophomore quarterback Cooper Kowalsky looks downfield for an open receiver during the Wildcats’ padded camp session with Trion, Bleckley County and Union County. Kowalsky is slated to be RCHS’ starting quarterback this season.
Wesley Branch/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County rising senior JK Fruster (left) and rising junior Baylor Potts (right) converge on a Union County ball carrier during July 14’s padded camp at Rabun County High School. Both Fruster and Potts will be key contributors at the linebacker position this fall.
Wesley Branch/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County rising senior wide receiver Reed Lafevers brings in a pass from quarterback Cooper Kowalsky through contact during Rabun County’s July 14 padded camp session. Lafevers was second on the Wildcats in receptions and yards a season ago and led the team in receiving touchdowns.
Wesley Branch/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County head football coach Rance Gillespie watches his team during the July 14 padded camp session. Gillespie is heading into year two as the head football coach at RCHS, following a 10-3 season and state quarterfinal appearance.
TIGER – The Rabun County High School football team hosted a padded camp July 14-16, lining up against other Georgia High School Association (GHSA) schools in full pads for just the second – and final …
