Sports

Photo courtesy Lane Gresham. Tallulah Falls School golfers Maggie Jackson and Brinson Hall, both rising seniors, burst onto the varsity scene as freshmen and dominate the program's record book.

Photo courtesy Lane Gresham. Tallulah Falls School golfers Maggie Jackson and Brinson Hall, both rising seniors, burst onto the varsity scene as freshmen and dominate the program's record book.

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Jackson, Hall push each other to lofty heights

News Staff
Friday, June 5, 2020
Sixth-grader Maggie Jackson was forced to hit a shot from behind a tree in practice. She was nervous as teammates  — including Brinson Hall — looked on.  After she took the swing, the ball hit a tree and ricocheted over her head. She was mortified. She immediately took her next swing.

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Schools eye summer athletic conditioning plans

News Staff
Friday, June 5, 2020
Usually in early June, high school student-athletes have gotten a jump on the summer, mixing in some downtime with prepping for fall sports. The COVID-19 scare dictated a new normal and sparked the cancellation of spring sports among many other traditional student activities.
Lane Gresham/Tallulah Falls School. Survivors of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Kale Corbett and Cainan Yaskiewicz, excel in athletics and academics at Tallulah Falls School.

Lane Gresham/Tallulah Falls School. Survivors of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, Kale Corbett and Cainan Yaskiewicz, excel in athletics and academics at Tallulah Falls School.

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Tallulah Falls 'Cancer Bros' share bond beyond athletics

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Thursday, May 7, 2020
Louis Zamperini, an Olympic distance runner, survived a plane crash during a mission in World War II. Zamperini became a prisoner of war, surviving the odds despite experiencing brutal torture and suffering.
Photo by Dale Zanine/USA Today Sports. Former Rabun County High and University of Georgia standout Charlie Woerner was one of seven Bulldogs picked last weekend in the NFL draft.

Photo by Dale Zanine/USA Today Sports. Former Rabun County High and University of Georgia standout Charlie Woerner was one of seven Bulldogs picked last weekend in the NFL draft.

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Woerner drafted by 49ers, eager for NFL chance

News Staff
Friday, May 1, 2020
The next chapter of Charlie Woerner’s football odyssey will take him three time zones away, to a team millions watched in the last Super Bowl.

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Tallulah Falls soccer programs to join GHSA

News Staff
Friday, May 1, 2020
Tallulah Falls School varsity boys and girls soccer teams will join the Georgia High School Association in the spring of 2021. According to athletic director Scott Neal, both programs have grown in the areas needed to compete at that level.
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School

Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School

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College football is in Volkov’s future

News Staff
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Growing up in Germany, Lior Volkov tried soccer like most kids.  It’s another sport, however, that is helping provide a tremendous college opportunity for  the Rabun Gap-Nacoochee student.
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School

Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School

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Sturdivant is Eagles’ new head football coach

News Staff
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School has announced the appointment of Joe Sturdivant as head football coach after a competitive global search encompassing many accomplished candidates.   “We are thrilled to welcome Coach Sturdivant and his family to the Rabun Gap community,” Head of School Jeff Miles said.

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Court ’Cats fall to Banks

News Staff
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
The Banks County tennis teams scored their second sweep of visiting Rabun County March 12, winning both the boys and girls matches, 5-0.  Just one of the 10 individual matches went to a third set. At No.
Andy Diffenderfer/The Clayton Tribune Rabun County High baseball player Grayson Carver heads to first base in a recent game. Thanks to COVID-19, RCHS, Tallulah Falls and Rabun Gap-Nacoochee are sidelining spring sports.

Andy Diffenderfer/The Clayton Tribune Rabun County High baseball player Grayson Carver heads to first base in a recent game. Thanks to COVID-19, RCHS, Tallulah Falls and Rabun Gap-Nacoochee are sidelining spring sports.

COVID-19 derails spring sports

News Staff
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
When the subject is COVID-19 and its effects on spring high- and middle-school athletics in Rabun County, the only thing that is certain is uncertainty.