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Gilmer High School honor graduate John Nix will continue his academic and soccer endeavors at Lander University.

Gilmer High School honor graduate John Nix will continue his academic and soccer endeavors at Lander University.

Nix makes GHS Bobcat soccer history

Robbie Bills - Sports Editor
Tuesday, June 8, 2021
When John Nix accepted a college soccer scholarship to Lander University, it was a historic moment for Gilmer High School. Nix, a 2021 GHS honor graduate, is the first boys soccer player in the 17-year history of the program to go on to play in college.
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Robbie Bills - Sports Editor
Tuesday, June 8, 2021
Gilmer High School is set to kick off its youth summer camp season. For fall sports, football camp will be held July 12-14 from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Huff-Mosley Memorial Stadium. The cost is $50 and includes a camp T-shirt. Cheerleading will hold its camp from June 14-17 from 9 a.m.
Gilmer High alum Brooks Rosser earned a second team all-conference nod pitching for the Truett-McConnell University Bears in 2021. (Photo Courtesy of Truett-McConnell Athletics)

Gilmer High alum Brooks Rosser earned a second team all-conference nod pitching for the Truett-McConnell University Bears in 2021. (Photo Courtesy of Truett-McConnell Athletics)

Rosser voted all-conference

Robbie Bills - Sports Editor
Tuesday, June 1, 2021
After losing most of their baseball season to the pandemic in 2020, Brooks Rosser and his Truett-McConnell University teammates were back on the diamond for 2021.
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Robbie Bills - Sports Editor
Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Gilmer High School is set to kick off its youth summer camp season in June. For fall sports, football camp will be held July 12-14 from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Huff-Mosley Memorial Stadium. The cost is $50 and includes a camp T-shirt. Cheerleading will hold its camp from June 14-17 from 9 a.m.
Gilmer High School football players take part in an Oklahoma drill to end spring practice last Wednesday, which pits offensive linemen and a running back against defensive linemen and a linebacker.

Gilmer High School football players take part in an Oklahoma drill to end spring practice last Wednesday, which pits offensive linemen and a running back against defensive linemen and a linebacker.

Spring ends for Bobcat football

Robbie Bills - Sports Editor
Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Gilmer High wrapped up its spring football practice last Wednesday. It was a time to not only get acquainted with personalities, but with methods and procedures.
Along with coach Rodney Thurman, from left are Gilmer High School Rocket League players Canyon Adams, Holden Vines, Austin Long and Jackson Fountain. They teamed up last Wednesday to help GHS finish second in the Rocket League portion of the Georgia High School Association’s Spring Esports State Championships.

Along with coach Rodney Thurman, from left are Gilmer High School Rocket League players Canyon Adams, Holden Vines, Austin Long and Jackson Fountain. They teamed up last Wednesday to help GHS finish second in the Rocket League portion of the Georgia High School Association’s Spring Esports State Championships.

GHS Rocket League team takes 2nd in state

Robbie Bills - Sports Editor
Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Gilmer High School is home to Georgia’s second best Rocket League team. The GHS Bobcats earned their runner-up spot at the Georgia High School Association’s Spring Esports State Championships against Lambert High School.
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Robbie Bills - Sports Editor
Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Gilmer High School is set to kick off its youth summer camp season in June. For fall sports, football camp will be held July 12-14 from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Huff-Mosley Memorial Stadium. The cost is $50 and includes a camp T-shirt. Cheerleading will hold its camp from June 14-17 from 9 a.m.
State meet participants Reagan Boling, Taylor McCormick, Naomi Coombs and Emily Hancock

State meet participants Reagan Boling, Taylor McCormick, Naomi Coombs and Emily Hancock

State meet caps Gilmer High’s track season

Robbie Bills - Sports Editor
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
The curtain has fallen on the spring sports season. Gilmer High made its way to the Georgia High School Association’s Track and Field State Championships last week. Over a three-day span, Class 3A athletes slugged it out at Hugh Mills Stadium in Albany.
Gilmer High quarterback Seth Darling pitches the football to Gray McClure during a spring practice drill.

Gilmer High quarterback Seth Darling pitches the football to Gray McClure during a spring practice drill.

Standard talks GHS spring football

Robbie Bills - Sports Editor
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Gilmer High School’s spring football practice will wrap up Wednesday with an intrasquad scrimmage. Head coach Paul Standard discussed the Bobcats’ spring preparations during a Monday interview.