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Glendon Poe, Sports Editor

COLUMN: Camping on the river with Dad

Glendon Poe
Wednesday, August 7, 2019
We found ourselves in the same place we’d been dozens of times before. But this time was different. My dad and I set up camp, got ourselves some cold beverages and found a shallow spot to sit in the river. 
Rabun County senior football players are pictured with coach Jaybo Shaw at Currahee Mountain. (Submitted Photo)

Cats climb Currahee

News Staff
Wednesday, August 7, 2019

The Rabun County football team made its annual summer visit to Currahee Mountain in Stephens County last weekend.

Destiny Deetz (23) attempts a kill while teammate Lyndee Hollifield (25) looks on during a match against Prince Avenue Christian at Ken Byrd Court in Tiger on Tuesday night. (Glendon Poe/The Clayton Tribune)

Rabun County splits volleyball season opener

Glendon Poe
Wednesday, August 7, 2019
TIGER — In the final set of Match 1, Rabun County’s first-year volleyball coach Reggie Rider called a timeout and asked his team for seven straight points. The Wildcats obliged, defeating the Prince Avenue Christian Wolverines 2-1 (25-21, 19-25, 15-11), before forcing a third set against the East Hall Vikings in a 2-1 (18-25, 25-23, 15-7) loss at Ken Byrd Court on Tuesday night. “We have to learn to finish,’” Rider said during the timeout against the Wolverines. “We’ve learned to play, now we have to learn to finish.”
Courtney Ledford is the new head coach of the Rabun Gap- Nacoochee varsity volleyball team. (Photo courtesy of Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School)

Rabun Gap volleyball, baseball get new head coaches

News Staff
Wednesday, August 7, 2019
The Rabun Gap-Nacoochee varsity volleyball and baseball programs will have new head coaches this season. Courtney Ledford will coach the volleyball team and Clark Wright will coach the baseball team. Ledford is a 2008 Rabun Gap graduate, playing 7 years of volleyball at Rabun Gap and was a team captain. She played setter and libero.
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TFS adds new head coaches to athletic programs

News Staff
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
New leadership is in place at Tallulah Falls School for varsity boys basketball, varsity girls soccer and middle school/varsity swim programs.  Varsity boys basketball:  Cody Coleman, upper school history teacher, will lead the TFS varsity boys basketball team.  “Coach Coleman is invested in this group of young men with his work in the classroom and by serving last season as an assistant coach and as the interim coach this spring and summer,” said President and Head of School Larry A. Peevy. “His strong enthusiasm for building leaders through sports is evident.”
Rabun County's Kasin Old prepares to pitch during a game in Tiger last season. (File Photo)

Old represents Rabun in All-Star baseball game

News Staff
Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Kasin Old represented Rabun County in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes’ Georgia-South Carolina Baseball Classic for high school seniors in June.

Rabun County cheerleaders are, in back, from left, Rainny Patterson, Kasten Weems, Savanna Sullivan, Cassidy Richardson, Brianna Henslee, Miya Stewart, Faith Cofield, Carley Smith, Willow Fisher, Laurel Justus; in front, from left, are Ayla Jarrard, Jaycee Weber, Keianna Owens, Haley Hunt, Jailah Zanders (Universal Cheerleaders Association), Elizabeth Scruggs, Josie Darnell and Maci Varnadoe. (Submitted Photo)

Rabun cheerleaders earn top cheer team honor

News Staff
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
The Rabun County varsity cheerleaders were recognized as the best cheer team at a Universal Cheerleaders Association camp in Lander University in Greenwood, S.C., last week. Rabun had five cheerleaders be named All-Americans, earned after individual tryouts. Willow Fisher, Jaycee Weber, Maci Varnadoe, Miya Stewart and Kasten Weems were invited to cheer at the New Year’s Day parade in London.