Members of the Gilmer County Board of Education, the Gilmer High School staff, Parrish Construction Group and Breaux and Associates officially broke ground on the renovation of Pettit Field at Huff-Mosley Memorial Stadium yesterday. Although the windy winter weather kept the public from attending, the 15-minute ceremony still put a lighthearted touch on what will […]
Read More »What’s Next for Gilmer Football?
Zach Grage’s departure after just one season as the head coach of the Gilmer High School Bobcats football team has left the administration within Gilmer County with the task of finding a replacement for the second time in as many years. Many have asked what the procedure is for hiring a new football coach. #TeamFYNSports sat […]
Read More »‘Bobcat Brawl’ Takes Over Clear Creek Middle School
The Gilmer Bobcat Wrestling Club hosted the 2016 “Bobcat Brawl” last Saturday at Clear Creek Middle School. Gilmer made the biggest impact on the event, with a total of 71 wrestlers entering the tournament for the Bobcats. First-place finishers for Gilmer were 6U Isaiah Goodwin (60-65 pounds), 8U Hayden Berry (65), Nolyn Weaver (10U 70-75), […]
Read More »Gilmer, Pickens, Fannin to Send 18 to State
In the aftermath of the hectic sectionals tournaments that took place last Friday and Saturday, 18 combined representatives of the Gilmer Bobcats, Pickens Dragons and Fannin Rebels wrestling teams will converge on the state traditional tournament this week. At the AAAA ‘B’ sectionals (one of only two AAAA sectionals in the state) at Gilmer High […]
Read More »Zuschlag Becomes a Yellow Jacket; Sellers Shipping Off to Navy
Two Gilmer High School seniors made their college football careers official yesterday, as Noble Zuschlag and Garrett Sellers signed their letters of intent to Division II West Virginia State University and Division I Navy, respectively. The ceremony was held in the GHS Theater on National College Signing Day and was attended by family, friends, fellow […]
Read More »Bobcats, Dragons, Rebels Grapple Through Trojan War
The Gilmer Bobcat Youth Wrestling Club traversed to North Hall last Saturday for the 2016 Trojan War. Gilmer left the tournament with 27 placers, including two that won their weight class outright. 14U Lucas Lopez (110 pounds) and 14U Caleb Waddell (115) took home first-place bragging rights in their respective weight classes. Second-place finishers were […]
Read More »Clear Creek Middle School Holds Inaugural Baseball Practice
Even an early-morning rain shower failed to deter the first-ever Clear Creek Middle School baseball try-outs which got underway yesterday at Field 2 of the Gilmer County Recreation and Parks Department. According to head coach Matt Banks, 40 players from sixth, seventh and eighth-grade turned out for the […]
Read More »Gilmer Swimmers Ready for State
The Gilmer High School swim team will be sending eight swimmers to the 2015-16 Georgia High School Association state swim meet. The 200-yard freestyle relay team of Landon Bryan, Evan Minter, David Brown and James Maxwell qualified for state with a time of one minute, 39 and one-hundredth of a second (1:39.01) in that event. […]
Read More »Bobcats Qualify 13 for Sectionals
The Gilmer High School wrestling team parlayed their 16th state duals championship into a dominant performance at the 2015-16 Area 7AAAA Traditionals last Saturday at Pickens High School in Jasper. Winning the traditional tournament outright was 120-pound Alberto Perez, Lucas Patterson (132 pounds), Ethan Teague (138), Keegan Sharpe (145), Jake Parker (170), Matthew Waddell (182) and […]
Read More »Bobcats Fall in Overtime; JV Dominates Panthers
The Gilmer High School Bobcats dropped an overtime 68-63 heartbreaker last Friday night, on the road at Ridgeland. Identical to their female counterparts in the game before, the Cats battled the Panthers to a 13-13 deadlock by the end of the first quarter. The competitive pace of the contest continued until halftime, with a Ridgeland […]
Read More »Lady Cats Clean Up at Ridgeland
Behind a 24-point performance from Hannah Jones, the Gilmer High School Lady Cats notched a Region 7-AAAA road victory over the Ridgeland High School Lady Panthers last Friday. The claws were out early, as Gilmer and Ridgeland ended the first quarter in a 13-13 stalemate. The Lady Cats then pounced in the second quarter, to […]
Read More »Grage Opens Up About Departure; “The Main Reason Was Family.”
In one year at the helm of the Gilmer High School football program, Zach Grage guided the Bobcats to a 4-6 record. But in that process, Grage set a foundation for the future of GHS football as well. Everything looked concrete for the 2016 season, until the news of his departure for Thomasville High School […]
Read More »Riverview, Clear Creek Captures NGML Eighth-Grade Titles
The 2015-16 North Georgia Mountain League championship basketball tournament wrapped up yesterday at Dawson County Middle School, with the eighth-grade Riverview Lady Eagles downing the hosting Lady Tigers 31-24 to win the girls championship and the Clear Creek Middle School Bobcats defeating the Pickens County Middle School Dragons 35-24 to claim the eighth-grade boys crown. […]
Read More »Lady Cats Clinch in Overtime Thriller; Dawson Tigers Secure Championship
Two improbable moments, seemingly straight from a Hollywood script … and both came in the same game. The two moments were buzzer-beating three-point shots from seventh-grade Clear Creek Middle School Lady Cats (and sisters) Emma and Elly Callihan, which gave CCMS a 32-31 victory over the Fannin County Middle School Lady Rebels and the 2015-16 North Georgia Mountain […]
Read More »Pickens, Clear Creek to Meet in NGML Eighth-Grade Boys Finals
The 2015-16 eighth-grade boys North Georgia Mountain League championship game is now set, as the Clear Creek Middle School Bobcats will take on the Pickens County Middle School Dragons. The contest was solidified yesterday, after Pickens defeated the Fannin County Middle School Rebels 27-15 and CCMS bested the Riverview Eagles 27-20 in semifinal action at […]
Read More »Clear Creek to Field First Baseball Team
After years of hopes and dreams, the Clear Creek Middle School baseball team has became a reality. The CCMS Bobcats will play a 12-game schedule in 2016. According to Clear Creek athletic director Jerry Barnes, the addition was the brainchild of former Gilmer High School head baseball coach James Plouffe. “Coach Plouffe and I talked […]
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