Wesley Branch/The Clayton Tribune. Georgia quarterback Gunner Stockton evades a Marshall defender on his way into the end zone in Georgia’s 45-7 season-opening win on Aug. 30. The former Rabun County standout threw two touchdown passes and ran for two more as the Bulldogs’ No. 1 starting QB.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Ryan Yearwood and JK Fruster celebrate the Wildcats’ win over Fannin County on Aug. 22 as they run to ring the bell.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County High School Principal Justin Spillers (far right) and then Superintendent Dr. April Childers smile as Class of 2022 honor graduate and record-setting Wildcat quarterback Gunner Stockton receives his diploma in May 2022 from his mother Sherrie Stockton, then a RCHS counselor.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County junior JK Fruster (6) and sophomore Colter Cannon celebrate the Wildcats recovering a Fannin County fumble deep in Rebel territory in RCHS’s 35-0 shutout at Frank Snyder Memorial Stadium.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. Rabun County senior running back Reid Giles sprints down the sideline in front of a group of RCHS students on Aug. 15 for a 65-yard touchdown against visiting White County in the Wildcats’ 42-6 win on “Hall of Fame Night.” Giles, a preseason all-state selection, scored three TDs.

Enoch Autry/The Clayton Tribune. The Rabun County cheerleaders continued their tradition of creating special banners for each Wildcat football game so the team can run through them onto the football field. Here the players and first-year head coach Rance Gillespie (left center) make their way toward the home sideline during pregame of the Aug. 8 scrimmage against visiting Franklin, N.C.

Rabun County wide receiver Sutton Jones (20) is congratulated by quarterback Gunner Stockton (14) and other teammates after making a touchdown catch during the first half against Social Circle at Frank Snyder Memorial Stadium in Tiger last Friday night. (Glendon Poe/The Clayton Tribune)