Luke Morey/The Clayton Tribune. Lady Cat Abby Sego (center) celebrates with Quetzaly Diaz, 7, and Aurora Barcenas after Diaz’s goal against Hart County on Thursday, March 2. The Lady Cats fell to Tallulah Falls on Tuesday, March 7. The RCHS girls next travel to take on Athens Christian on Friday, March 10, to start a three-game road trip.

Photo courtesy of Chris May. Youth birding competition coordinator Tim Keyes poses with the Bufford Bluebirds team. For the first time in three years, the birding competition has returned, with the deadline for signups March 31.

Luke Morey/The Clayton Tribune. Kiley Turner won both the 100 and 300 meter hurdles in the first track meet of the season. Turner helped the Lady Cats to a one point victory.

Luke Morey/The Clayton Tribune. The Rabun County Recreation Department hosted the first professional pickleball exhibition in North Georgia, with professionals playing singles and doubles matches on Sunday, March 5. Pictured from left in the foreground are Shea Underwood, David Spearman, Mark Price and David Hebert. After the event, Price led a three-day pickleball camp.

RGNS Athletics. Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School senior Ece Arabacioglu (20) celebrates a second straight state championship with her Lady Eagle teammates in the background on Saturday, Feb. 24. The Lady Eagles secured back-to-back state titles with a 53-43 victory over Cannon School at Calvary Day School. RGNS finished the season with a 25-7 record.

Luke Morey/The Clayton Tribune. With a jubilant Oglethorpe crowd behind them, Rabun County head coach DeeDee Dillard and the Lady Cat bench react to a last second travel call on Friday, Feb. 24. The Lady Cats lost to Oglethorpe County 51-50, ending their season in the Sweet Sixteen.

Luke Morey/The Clayton Tribune. Junior Cooper Welch goes up for a shot early in the third quarter against King’s Ridge. Welch was the sole returning starter from last year’s team that also made it to the Sweet Sixteen. Welch led the team in scoring this year, but rolled his ankle in the middle of the third quarter against King’s Ridge, finishing with six points in the final game of his junior season.

Luke Morey/The Clayton Tribune. TFS senior Anfernee Hanna finished off his TFS career third in school history in points with 1,204.

Kerry Gordon/Rome News-Tribune. Darlington's Jy Johnson attacks the paint against Tallulah Falls School defenders Breelyn Wood (2) and Tanisha Seymour in the first round of the GHSA state playoffs in Rome on Feb. 22. Darlington won 57-36 as the visiting Lady Indians saw their season come to a close, finishing with a 7-17 record, led by Region Player of the Year Denika Lightbourne.