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Submitted photo Sam Stamey is a junior and team captain of the Tallulah Falls rifle squad.

Submitted photo Sam Stamey is a junior and team captain of the Tallulah Falls rifle squad.

Tallulah sharpshooter Stamey qualifies for national championship

On Jan. 4, members of the Tallulah Falls School rifle program shot in the State Junior Olympic Rifle Championship. This was a 60-shot standing offhand air rifle match which is a qualifier for the Junior Olympic National Championship at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Submitted photo After going 17-8, the Tallulah Falls girls hoopsters should return a talented cast next season for head coach Brandy Corbett.

Submitted photo After going 17-8, the Tallulah Falls girls hoopsters should return a talented cast next season for head coach Brandy Corbett.

Tallulah girls close with playoff loss

Should the Tallulah Falls girls continue climbing the Class A Private hoops ladder, the last three quarters of their Feb. 20 playoff game could be something head coach Brandy Corbett points to. The brackets say St. Francis defeated the Lady Indians, 76-44 in a second-round matchup in Milton.

Spiker Crosby to join Sewanee program

The University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn., will welcome Ashley Crosby to its volleyball program after the Rabun Gap-Nacoochee senior announced plans to play there last Thursday afternoon.
File photo Chathan Clouatre (shown from last season)  was 2-for-3 and drove in two runs in Tallulah Falls’ 5-3 win at Lake Oconee Academy last Saturday.

File photo Chathan Clouatre (shown from last season) was 2-for-3 and drove in two runs in Tallulah Falls’ 5-3 win at Lake Oconee Academy last Saturday.

Indians bounce back for split at Lake Oconee Academy

The Tallulah Falls baseball team left Lake Oconee Academy last Saturday with a split, salvaging the second after dropping the opener in eight innings.

’Cat bats go silent in 5-0 setback

White County kept Rabun County looking for its first baseball win last Saturday, blanking the Wildcats, 5-0 in Tiger. Rabun, which tumbled to 0-2, was limited to three hits. Jon Sego had two of them with a stolen base, and Garrett Horton the other.
Brandi Wood/Tallulah Falls School Tallulah Falls players celebrate after eliminating Paideia from the state Class A Private tournament last Friday.

Brandi Wood/Tallulah Falls School Tallulah Falls players celebrate after eliminating Paideia from the state Class A Private tournament last Friday.

Tallulah girls stand tall in first-round win

Two of their last three games had been decided by two points each, so it seemed inevitable a photo finish would decide the Tallulah Falls girls’ first-round playoff last Friday. A home crowd exited smiling as Denika Lightbourne’s three-point play with 22.
Submitted photo Rabun Gap-Nacoochee placed fourth of 15 teams last weekend at the North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association wrestling tournament in Charlotte.

Submitted photo Rabun Gap-Nacoochee placed fourth of 15 teams last weekend at the North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association wrestling tournament in Charlotte.

Owens wins state 152 class; Eagles fourth

Senior Cole Owens captured Rabun Gap-Nacoochee’s first wrestling state championship at 152 pounds last weekend at the North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association tourney in Charlotte. He is the first individual to win a state title since Niko Harrell in track several years ago.

Douglass roars back in fourth, trips Ladycats

A chance to advance and knock off the defending state champion slipped late from Rabun County’s grasp last Friday night, the Ladycats ousted by Douglass’ fourth-quarter rally, 44-42 in Atlanta. Ikenya King’s close-in hoop with 5.2 seconds left was the clincher in the opening-round Class AA scrap.