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.
A long buzzer-beater from Pinecrest Academy’s Josh Boeye last Friday bounced Tallulah Falls from the Class A Private brackets, 61-58.
Two opening home games meant a split for the Tallulah Falls baseball squad, which shook off a loss to Athens Academy to batter Galloway the next day.
The Rabun Gap-Nacoochee boys basketball team closed 16-13 over the weekend, but not before doing some damage in the state tournament.
A home rout pushed the Rabun Gap-Nacoochee girls cagers into the state quarterfinals, but defending champion North Raleigh Christian had all the answers two days later to move on.
A Region 8-A quarterfinal loss Feb. 4 to Riverside Military Academy didn’t keep the Tallulah Falls boys from state.
By Andy Diffenderfer
Sports editor
With state starting Friday, the Rabun County High girls won’t have long to shake off a rough time at region.
A Region 8-A tournament split at Commerce put the Tallulah Falls girls at the state’s No. 16 seed, good for a first-round home game.
The Rabun Gap-Nacoochee basketball girls will go to state on a winning note after edging Asheville Christian Academy Feb. 5 in overtime.