Wade Cheek/The Clayton Tribune. The Rabun County High School boys basketball team celebrates and hoists their region championship trophy after defeating Commerce High School 68-56 on Friday, Feb. 14. The second-seeded Wildcats were scheduled to host No. 31 Social Circle in the state tournament on Wednesday, Feb. 19.
Wade Cheek/The Clayton Tribune. Junior post Hayes Free presents the fallen net to his Rabun teammates after the Wildcats won this year’s 8A-DI region tournament on Friday, Feb. 14.
Wade Cheek/The Clayton Tribune. Senior basketball player Clayton Blalock (11) shows the crowd at Piedmont University his team’s newly earned region trophy after the Wildcats defeated Commerce High School 68-56 on Friday, Feb. 14. Rabun earned the No. 2 seed in this year’s 32-team playoff for Class A-DI.
Wade Cheek/The Clayton Tribune. Junior guard Huey Blalock took some hard falls in last Friday’s region championship game against Commerce High School. Blalock fouled-out in the fourth quarter but still finished the game with 20 points.
The storied run for the Rabun County High School boys basketball team presses on as the Wildcats claimed their third-ever region title after defeating Commerce High School 68-56 on Friday, Feb. 14....

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