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TFS Athletics. The Tallulah Falls varsity volleyball team celebrates Coach Matt Heyl’s 100 career wins with TFS. Heyl has led the squad to three 20-plus win seasons, including a school record 31 wins in 2018.

TFS Athletics. The Tallulah Falls varsity volleyball team celebrates Coach Matt Heyl’s 100 career wins with TFS. Heyl has led the squad to three 20-plus win seasons, including a school record 31 wins in 2018.

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Lady Indians earn split, making history along the way: 100 wins for Coach Heyl

News Staff
Thursday, September 1, 2022
The TFS Lady Indians traveled Thursday to Apalachee, earning a win over the host school while dropping a match against Loganville. The original plan included playing Oglethorpe as well, but it backed out of the quad match.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. RCHS’s Molly Jo Wright and Rabun Gap’s Bailey Brackett head toward the stadium at the unveiling of the new course Aug. 18. Wright claimed second and Brackett took third.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. RCHS’s Molly Jo Wright and Rabun Gap’s Bailey Brackett head toward the stadium at the unveiling of the new course Aug. 18. Wright claimed second and Brackett took third.

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RCHS hosts first home X-country meet in two decades

Luke Morey
Thursday, September 1, 2022
For the first time in 20 years, the Rabun County High School cross country team hosted an Aug. 18 home meet as the course wraps around the Wildcats’ campus. Hosting teams from Rabun Gap-Nacoochee, Union County, Franklin (N.C.) High School, and Towns County, RCHS unveiled a 3.

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Expectations high for TFS cross country season

News Staff
Thursday, September 1, 2022
The cross country program turns the page from the Evan Prince era. Now at the U.S. Naval Academy, Prince was a two-time region champion, and holds the TFS record for best time in cross country meet. The girls also move on from its lone three-time state qualifier in Lucy Alexander.

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Eagles’ Roman scores five goals in three-game span

Luke Morey
Thursday, September 1, 2022
The Rabun Gap-Nacoochee high school soccer team went 2-1 over the week, bringing their record to 4-1 early in the season. The defending North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association 4A state champions defeated T.C. Roberson 3-1 on Aug. 17.

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RCHS Lady Cats volleyball starts year 2-9

Luke Morey
Thursday, September 1, 2022
The Rabun County High School volleyball team went 1-3 over the week with their victory coming on Monday against Rabun Gap-Nacoochee. On Thursday, RCHS took on White County, falling 2-0 with a score of 5-25, 9-25.

Youth Tennis League winners

News Staff
Thursday, August 25, 2022
Rabun County tennis concluded its Youth Tennis League on Aug. 6 with a singles tournament on the courts at the high school. The five division winners were Tagg Bedingfield, Isaac Lewis, Drake Duchaine, Adelyn Thompson and Jack Getty. The photos were submitted to The Clayton Tribune.

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RGNS volleyball looks to change culture with new staff

Luke Morey
Thursday, August 25, 2022
With a brand-new coaching staff, the Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School volleyball team is looking to bring more success on and off the court. Led by first-year head coach Zoe Kennedy, the Eagles return three seniors, Cheney Moriarty, Calea Jackson, and Claren Spivey, from last year’s 3-15 team.