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Submitted photo. The Rabun County Middle School boys soccer team poses with the region-winning trophy after defeating Habersham County 2-0 in the championship game on March 14.

Submitted photo. The Rabun County Middle School boys soccer team poses with the region-winning trophy after defeating Habersham County 2-0 in the championship game on March 14.

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Rabun Middle School boys soccer claims region title, 14-0 season

Wesley Branch
Thursday, March 26, 2026
When the Rabun County middle school boys began the season, it was thought to be a rebuilding year after losing several eighth grade contributors who moved up to the high school.
Wesley Branch/The Clayton Tribune. The community packed the Wildcat Grill March 19 for the chance to personally congratulate the RCHS boys basketball team on winning the state title. The event was broadcast live on Wildcat Sports LIVE.

Wesley Branch/The Clayton Tribune. The community packed the Wildcat Grill March 19 for the chance to personally congratulate the RCHS boys basketball team on winning the state title. The event was broadcast live on Wildcat Sports LIVE.

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State title game evokes memories of some fine Rabun teams, players

News Staff
Thursday, March 26, 2026
During the more than 40 years I have covered sports for The Toccoa Record, I have been fortunate to have attended three state championship games or series – the 1988 football finals featuring the Indians vs.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun Gap’s quarterback Grayson Clary looks down field against Christ School during their NCISAA Nov. 7, 2025, playoff matchup.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun Gap’s quarterback Grayson Clary looks down field against Christ School during their NCISAA Nov. 7, 2025, playoff matchup.

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Rabun Gap sets loaded 2026 football schedule

Wesley Branch
Thursday, March 26, 2026
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School announced its 2026 football schedule on social media on March 17. The Eagles and head coach Derek White have built a loaded, nationally ranked schedule once again, featuring teams from seven different states.
Wesley Branch/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun Gap junior Maile Sirois pushes the ball down the field in Rabun Gap’s 3-0 loss to Asheville High School at home on March 23. Sirois is one of three captains for the Eagles, who are 4-4 on the season.

Wesley Branch/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun Gap junior Maile Sirois pushes the ball down the field in Rabun Gap’s 3-0 loss to Asheville High School at home on March 23. Sirois is one of three captains for the Eagles, who are 4-4 on the season.

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RGNS girls soccer drops home opener, sits at 4-4 on young season

Wesley Branch
Thursday, March 26, 2026
RABUN GAP – The Rabun Gap girls soccer team fell in its home opener to Asheville High School 3-0 on March 23, dropping the Eagles’ record to 4-4 on the young season. The Eagles struggled with their attacking, putting just five shots on goal in the contest.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. The Rabun County boys basketball team poses after its 52-43 state championship win versus Southwest on March 13 at the Macon Coliseum. The Wildcats set a school record with 30 wins and secured their first state title this season.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. The Rabun County boys basketball team poses after its 52-43 state championship win versus Southwest on March 13 at the Macon Coliseum. The Wildcats set a school record with 30 wins and secured their first state title this season.

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Recapping Rabun County’s run to the state title

Wesley Branch
Thursday, March 26, 2026
As The Clayton Tribune continues its coverage of the Rabun County boys basketball team’s historic season, ending in its first state championship ever, The Tribune provides a look back at each of the Wildcats’ games this season, en route to the state title win over Southwest.
Wesley Branch/The Clayton Tribune. The Adcock family and Page family have become closer this season as Corey Page came on as an assistant coach for head coach David Adcock. April Adcock, David’s wife (second from left in back), said they prayed the right person would come to be the assistant coach and that right person was Corey Page. This photograph of the two families was taken in the Macon Coliseum after the Wildcats won the state title.

Wesley Branch/The Clayton Tribune. The Adcock family and Page family have become closer this season as Corey Page came on as an assistant coach for head coach David Adcock. April Adcock, David’s wife (second from left in back), said they prayed the right person would come to be the assistant coach and that right person was Corey Page. This photograph of the two families was taken in the Macon Coliseum after the Wildcats won the state title.

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'Watching something grow over time' into a state championship

Enoch Autry - Publisher
Thursday, March 26, 2026
When it was straight zeroes across the time clock in the Macon Coliseum on March 13 evening, April Adcock put the defining pencil marks on a Rabun County boys basketball scorebook for a final time in the 2025-2026 season. This, however, was far from just another season.
Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County boys basketball head coach David Adcock and his Wildcat bench celebrate a 3-point shot by senior Huey Blalock in the 52-43 win on March 13 for the Class A Division I state championship.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County boys basketball head coach David Adcock and his Wildcat bench celebrate a 3-point shot by senior Huey Blalock in the 52-43 win on March 13 for the Class A Division I state championship.

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Coach Adcock posts words of thanks to team, family

News Staff
Thursday, March 26, 2026
The emotions of a championship-winning basketball season has ran on a high throughout almost its entire campaign. It is hard to find lows when you put a new Class A Division I trophy in the school’s trophy case and it is the first one ever for the Rabun County boys basketball program.
Wesley Branch/The Clayton Tribune. RCHS head coach David Adcock hands the state championship trophy and basketball to Cal Burrell and Reeves Page as senior Colton Crane (left) moves in to help the “goons” lift the two important pieces of hardware.

Wesley Branch/The Clayton Tribune. RCHS head coach David Adcock hands the state championship trophy and basketball to Cal Burrell and Reeves Page as senior Colton Crane (left) moves in to help the “goons” lift the two important pieces of hardware.

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Meet the ‘Goons:’ The 6 and-7-year-old spark behind Rabun boys’ title run

Wesley Branch
Thursday, March 26, 2026
Meet the ‘Goons:’ The 6 and-7-year-old spark behind Rabun County’s championship run Throughout its journey to its first-ever state championship this season, the Rabun County boys basketball team got a lift from its bench. But this particular lift didn’t come from the players or the coaches.