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Photo courtesy of Ed Eidson. The Rabun County Recreation Department cross country team finished their first meet of the 2022 season with three medalists. This is the second season for the rec cross country team.

Photo courtesy of Ed Eidson. The Rabun County Recreation Department cross country team finished their first meet of the 2022 season with three medalists. This is the second season for the rec cross country team.

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Rabun County rec XC boasts three medalists in first meet

Luke Morey
Thursday, September 1, 2022
In their second year, the Rabun County Recreation Department cross country team is continuing to expand and get better. For the first meet of the season, the cross country team finished a meet at Athens YMCA with three runners getting medals.
RGNS Athletics. Junior middle linebacker Noah Classen (right) had 25 tackles against Sequoyah, including 5.0 TFLS.

RGNS Athletics. Junior middle linebacker Noah Classen (right) had 25 tackles against Sequoyah, including 5.0 TFLS.

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Rabun Gap wins OT thriller 35-28 over Sequoyah

Luke Morey
Thursday, September 1, 2022
The Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School defeated Sequoyah 35-28 in overtime on Friday night for first year head coach Derek White’s first win with the Eagles. Sophomore Gavin Owens completed 17 passes on 22 attempts for 202 yards and one touchdown.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Senior Jaden Gibson (6) receives congratulations from the Wildcat coaching staff after catching the second of four touchdown from senior quarterback Keegan Stover (11) on Aug. 19 against Haralson County.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Senior Jaden Gibson (6) receives congratulations from the Wildcat coaching staff after catching the second of four touchdown from senior quarterback Keegan Stover (11) on Aug. 19 against Haralson County.

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Delays don’t derail Wildcats’ win in opener

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, September 1, 2022
Mother Nature provided a three-hour pregame light show in Tallapoosa, but it would be the Wildcats who provided the lightning through the nighttime sky in the season opener as Rabun County stifled Class AA Haralson County 49-3.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Senior quarterback Keegan Stover fights his way into the endzone for the only touchdown of the night for the Wildcats. Right after this play, he completed a two point conversion to Noah Legault to take a 14-7 lead.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Senior quarterback Keegan Stover fights his way into the endzone for the only touchdown of the night for the Wildcats. Right after this play, he completed a two point conversion to Noah Legault to take a 14-7 lead.

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Defense leads RCHS Wildcats to 14-7 win

Luke Morey
Thursday, September 1, 2022
As the Rabun County High School football team learned on Friday night, a blowout win and a defensive battle count the same in the win column. The RCHS Wildcats won a dog fight against Stephens County 14-7 on Friday night.
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.