Sports

Sojat is eager for opportunity at Gardner-Webb

Gardner-Webb University may not have to wait long to learn how Dominik Sojat can impact a football game. The Rabun Gap-Nacoochee punter and kicker signed May 13 with the Division I Runnin’ Bulldogs, based in Boiling Springs, N.C., about 50 miles west of Charlotte.

Rabun Gap’s Saenz signs to play college soccer in Canada

Rabun Gap-Nacoochee soccer standout Jacobo Saenz will play collegiately in Canada after signing May 13 with the University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus. “We are excited,” athletic director Dale Earnhardt said during the ceremony at Andrew Ritchie Gymnasium.

Seniors, ‘strong performances’ lift Eagle netters to 7-4 year

Alex Sabo and Jacobo Saenz won their singles matches but the Rabun Gap-Nacoochee boys tennis Eagles fell, 6-3 in their first-round playoff match May 5 at Charlotte Christian.  The Knights swept the doubles to eliminate RGNS, which finished a 7-4 season.  Sabo, a senior, won at No.

’Cat tracksters make cut for state meet

The Class AA state track and field meet this week should have plenty of Wildcats, as a host of Rabun County High boys and girls qualified through sectionals last Saturday at Gordon Central High in Calhoun.

Indian anglers eighth in state tourney

The bass fishing team at TFS took on a new challenge in 2020-21. This season the program competed in the Georgia High School Fishing (GHSF) tournament. This season consisted of eight events from October through May, with Sunday tournaments held on Lake Lanier and Lake Hartwell.