RCHS volleyball builds on wins & teamwork
Enoch Autry - Publisher
The Rabun County Lady Cat volleyball team continues to make improvements while picking up wins along the way.
Thursday, August 24, 2023
Sports
Lady Eagles take to the courts
News Staff
On their home courts Tuesday evening, the Rabun Gap-Nacoochee girls tennis team lost to visiting Seneca 5-3 as the Lady Eagles pick up a singles and two doubles victories.
For RGNS head coach Esteban Karplus, Ruby Karplus won in No. 4 singles over Seneca.
Thursday, August 24, 2023
Rabun Gap spikes foes early to begin season
News Staff
Rabun Gap volleyball opened their home schedule with a 3-1 victory over the defending Georgia Class A Division I state champions, Tallulah Falls School on Aug. 16.
The first six Eagles on the court were Taylor Nickerson (Jr.), Chloe Crisp (Jr.), Emberlyn Casebolt (Soph.), Zoe Killian (Soph.
Thursday, August 24, 2023
RGNS golf continues its winning drive
News Staff
The Rabun Gap-Nacoochee girls golf team continued its winning that goes bak to last season’s undefeated record.
The Lady Eagles of head coach Nicole Ager three golfers bested visiting Cherokee at the RGNS home course at Sky Valley Tuesday 147-172 in the nine-hole competition.
Thursday, August 24, 2023
Rec cross country team blazes a trail on another successful season
Enoch Autry - Publisher
The future of running in Rabun County certainly looks bright.
Last season Kai Hanifan-Wagner took first place at the Georgia Recreation and Parks Association state championships by demolishing the state record by 21 seconds.
Hanifan-Wagner’s time was 8:04.
Thursday, August 24, 2023
Luke Morey/The Clayton Tribune. Junior Trey Horne (1) celebrates with teammates Marshall Pritchett (9) and Gavin Owens after Horne’s fourth touchdown of the night in the playoffs in November 2022.
RGNS heads to Baylor to kick off 2023
Enoch Autry - Publisher
This schedule is big-time high school football.
With a team full to the brim of players receiving major college football scholarship offers plus talented underclassmen waiting in the wings, Rabun Gap-Nacoochee will play some of the top programs in the nation this season.
Thursday, August 17, 2023
Wildcats open season Friday
Enoch Autry - Publisher
Following a season that saw the Wildcats advance to the state quarterfinals before losing to eventual state runner-up Swainsboro, second-year Rabun County High School head football coach Michael Davis goes into the 2023 season with a sophomore quarterback who may have not regular season experience...
Thursday, August 17, 2023
Hunter to be inducted into Hall for being a 1960s star & more
News Staff
For a generation of young boys who grew up in Rabun County in the mid to late 1960s, three-sport Wildcat star Ronnie Hunter was THE brightest athletic star that outshone even college and some professional players.
He will be inducted into the Rabun County Athletic Hall of Fame at a Sept.
Thursday, August 17, 2023
Photography courtesy Levi Dills.
Classic day on the water
News Staff
The 23rd Annual Mountain Air Classic presented by OneWake was held on Lake Burton on Aug. 5.
More than 30 riders competed on site at the Billy Goat Island on the south end of Lake Burton.
Thursday, August 17, 2023
Submitted photo. Members of the Rabun County High School cross country team gather up for a meet in 1982. Team members included (not in order) Tracy Watts, Kelly Shorpshire, Gigi Beck, Tara Dixon, Suzanne Beck, Caroline West, Von Taylor, Perri McCraw, Chrystal King, Kimn Whittaker, Tracy Gregg, Ann Reeves, Robin Sprague, Cindy Keener and Valarie Florence. Coach was Gail Crowe. Below: Rabun head football coach Frank Snyder (left) was assisted by Jack Short during the 1958 season.
Rabun County Hall of Fame to induct four teams, three individuals
News Staff
The Rabun County Athletic Hall of Fame will induct four teams and three individuals in its Class of 2023.
The newest hall of fame members will be recognized prior to the RCHS football game at Frank Snyder Memorial Stadium on Friday, Sept. 15.
Thursday, August 10, 2023