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Wade Cheek/The Clayton Tribune. The Rabun County Lady Cats hoist the trophy from the Piedmont University Hardwood Classic after defeating Class AA Union County 82-80 as RCHS came back from being 19 points behind. The Lady Cats were led in the game by senior Lucy Hood who scored 41.

Wade Cheek/The Clayton Tribune. The Rabun County Lady Cats hoist the trophy from the Piedmont University Hardwood Classic after defeating Class AA Union County 82-80 as RCHS came back from being 19 points behind. The Lady Cats were led in the game by senior Lucy Hood who scored 41.

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Hood scores career-high as Lady Cats come back from 19 down to win title

Wade Cheek
Thursday, November 30, 2023
The Rabun County High School Basketball team won the Piedmont University Hardwood Classic on Nov. 21 after defeating No. 10 Union County of Georgia Class AA 82-80.
Wade Cheek/The Clayton Tribune. It looks like imminent demise for “turkeys” Regina Talley and Catherine Streible as Hell’s Kitchen chef Nikki Zigler readies to do some carving. These costumed ladies were among the participants in the Turkey Trot event to raise money for the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia. The run was held on Thanksgiving morning. Read more about the fundraising effort on page B1 of this week’s edition.

Wade Cheek/The Clayton Tribune. It looks like imminent demise for “turkeys” Regina Talley and Catherine Streible as Hell’s Kitchen chef Nikki Zigler readies to do some carving. These costumed ladies were among the participants in the Turkey Trot event to raise money for the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia. The run was held on Thanksgiving morning. Read more about the fundraising effort on page B1 of this week’s edition.

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Runners work up appetite for good cause at 2023 Clayton Turkey Trot

Wade Cheek
Thursday, November 30, 2023
The Clayton Merchants and Business Association hosted the Clayton Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning, Nov. 23, to help benefit the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia’s Food2Kids program.
Wade Cheek/The Clayton Tribune. RCHS senior Paul Picciotti reacts to his Wildcats making a defensive stop in the quarterfinals against Brooks County.

Wade Cheek/The Clayton Tribune. RCHS senior Paul Picciotti reacts to his Wildcats making a defensive stop in the quarterfinals against Brooks County.

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Wildcats reach ninth-straight quarterfinal matchup

Wade Cheek
Thursday, November 30, 2023
The 2023 season was an uphill battle that had no shortage of adversity for the Rabun County High School football team.
Wade Cheek/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun Gap’s Trey Horne, a Georgia Tech commit, vocally reacts after scoring a touchdown in the NCISAA state championship game as the referee reaches in grasp Horne’s arm with the ball. The Eagles fell 34-27 in the contest to Providence Day.

Wade Cheek/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun Gap’s Trey Horne, a Georgia Tech commit, vocally reacts after scoring a touchdown in the NCISAA state championship game as the referee reaches in grasp Horne’s arm with the ball. The Eagles fell 34-27 in the contest to Providence Day.

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RGNS historical season comes to end after final-minute state title loss

Wade Cheek
Wednesday, November 22, 2023
“Historic” is the only way to describe the 2023 season for the Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School football team.  It was a season of many “firsts’’ for the Eagles.
Wade Cheek/The Clayton Tribune. Mili Watts

Wade Cheek/The Clayton Tribune. Mili Watts

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Two-sport athlete Watts inks with Winthrop to play softball

Wade Cheek
Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Rabun County High School senior Mili Watts signed her national letter of intent to play collegiate softball at Winthrop University on Friday, Nov. 17.  Watts is a two-sport athlete who played shortstop for the Lady Cat softball team and is currently a guard for the RCHS Lady Cat basketball team.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Wildcat running back Reid Giles breaks multiple tackles at the line of scrimmage and then outraces John Durden and other Whitefield Academy WolfPack defenders 56 yards for a touchdown. Reid led the Wildcats in rushing with 104 yards and two scores in RCHS’s 42-14 win to move into the state Elite Eight.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Wildcat running back Reid Giles breaks multiple tackles at the line of scrimmage and then outraces John Durden and other Whitefield Academy WolfPack defenders 56 yards for a touchdown. Reid led the Wildcats in rushing with 104 yards and two scores in RCHS’s 42-14 win to move into the state Elite Eight.

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Wildcats send Wolves packing into off-season

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Rabun County is again among the elite in high school football as the Wildcats defeated host Whitefield Academy for the second time this season last week to advance into the state playoffs’ Elite Eight, creating a matchup against Brooks County in the deep South Friday.
Wade Cheek/The Clayton Tribune. RGNS’s Emmarie Moore shoots.

Wade Cheek/The Clayton Tribune. RGNS’s Emmarie Moore shoots.

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McNabb nabs double-double in Lady Eagle loss to Pickens County

News Staff
Thursday, November 16, 2023
The Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School girls basketball team lost its first regular-season game against Pickens County 54-47 in last Saturday’s road opener.  Despite the Nov. 11 loss, the Lady Eagles received a strong performance from senior wing Sophia McNabb.

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Rabun County wrestling with lofty goals for 2023-24

News Staff
Thursday, November 16, 2023
The Rabun County High School wrestling team will hit the mat for the first time this season this Saturday, Nov. 18, at Swain County.  According to head coach Brent Hinkel, this is one of the most weight-class filled RCHS wrestling teams that he has coached.