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Gilmer High alum Grant Cochran gets ready to unleash a pitch for GHS and will attend Toccoa Falls College to play baseball for the Screaming Eagles.

Gilmer High alum Grant Cochran gets ready to unleash a pitch for GHS and will attend Toccoa Falls College to play baseball for the Screaming Eagles.

Cochran takes pitching talents to Toccoa Falls

Robbie Bills - Sports Editor
Wednesday, July 6, 2022
Grant Cochran will take the mound for Toccoa Falls College next baseball season. Cochran is a 2022 Gilmer High graduate and the recruiting service Next College Student Athlete helped him land on the radar of college coaches.
2022 GHS Football Schedule

2022 GHS Football Schedule

A glance at the 2022 Gilmer High football schedule

Robbie Bills - Sports Editor
Wednesday, July 6, 2022
Gilmer High’s football schedule will have a wide variety of opponents in 2022. Some games will be against teams Gilmer — then Ellijay High —  first met seven decades ago, others are versus some of the Bobcats’ longest standing rivals, and another is a first-time foe.
All-American Dylan Galloway

All-American Dylan Galloway

Galloway is an All-American for sixth time

Robbie Bills - Sports Editor
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Gilmer High School 2022 alum Dylan Galloway just added to his stellar wrestling resume. Galloway competed at Disney’s AAU Scholastic Duals in Orlando last week and posted a 9-2 record to help team Special Ops finish third in the all-star gold division.
Gilmer’s 8U baseball all-stars and coaches gather around the Bobcats’ runner-up trophy from the Georgia Recreation and Park Association’s Class C Coaches Pitch State Tournament. The team was coached by Tony Keener, Brady West, Adam Pulliam, Nathan West and Jeff Thurman and players were Ty West, Parker Easley, William Phillips, Noah Keener, Miles Burnette, Caleb Fountain, Wyatt Brandon, Liam Bernard, Brantley Pulliam, Lance West, Payden Thurman, Mac Boyd and Luke Bland.

Gilmer’s 8U baseball all-stars and coaches gather around the Bobcats’ runner-up trophy from the Georgia Recreation and Park Association’s Class C Coaches Pitch State Tournament. The team was coached by Tony Keener, Brady West, Adam Pulliam, Nathan West and Jeff Thurman and players were Ty West, Parker Easley, William Phillips, Noah Keener, Miles Burnette, Caleb Fountain, Wyatt Brandon, Liam Bernard, Brantley Pulliam, Lance West, Payden Thurman, Mac Boyd and Luke Bland.

Gilmer’s 8U baseball all-stars take second in state

News Staff
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Gilmer County’s 8-under baseball all-stars are state runners-up.  The Georgia Recreation and Park Association’s Class C Coaches Pitch State Tournament was held in Claxton last week. Gilmer posted a 3-1 record through four rounds to earn a title shot against Lumpkin County.
Gilmer swimmers attended the district meet last Saturday in Calhoun, and all 10 qualified for state, which includes clockwise from top left, Elizabeth Kucera, Law Lykins, Esther Bowman and Jacob Watson.

Gilmer swimmers attended the district meet last Saturday in Calhoun, and all 10 qualified for state, which includes clockwise from top left, Elizabeth Kucera, Law Lykins, Esther Bowman and Jacob Watson.

10 Gilmer swimmers qualify for GRPA state meet

Robbie Bills - Sports Editor
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Gilmer swimmers are one step closer to the state meet. The Georgia Recreation and Park Association’s District 5 Class C meet was held last Saturday at the Calhoun Aquatic Center, and 10 Gilmer swimmers made the trip.
Gilmer High alum Tony Olea is moments away from pinning his opponent last season, and the All-American will make his way to Emmanuel College to wrestle for the Lions.

Gilmer High alum Tony Olea is moments away from pinning his opponent last season, and the All-American will make his way to Emmanuel College to wrestle for the Lions.

All-American Olea heads to Emmanuel

Robbie Bills - Sports Editor
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
All-American Tony Olea is one of three Gilmer High School alumni who is set to continue their academic and wrestling careers at the next level. Olea graduated from GHS last month, and he selected Emmanuel College as his next destination earlier in the spring.
Gilmer High’s Carter Jones is a rising senior and has had a productive summer defensively and at the plate for the Bobcats.

Gilmer High’s Carter Jones is a rising senior and has had a productive summer defensively and at the plate for the Bobcats.

GHS baseball starts to replace 7 seniors in June

Robbie Bills - Sports Editor
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Gilmer High entered its third week of summer baseball as the Bobcats look to replace graduated starters in its varsity lineup. GHS head coach Jeff Thurman and staff started their offseason preparations June 6, and player participation has been in the low 20s through the first 2 1/2 weeks.
Gilmer Bobcats

Gilmer Bobcats

GHS youth summer camps hit final stretch

Robbie Bills - Sports Editor
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Gilmer High’s youth summer camps are winding down as soccer, softball and football take the field this week. Boys Basketball camp will be held for two different age groups and both will be June 27-30 from 9 a.m. to noon and the cost is $55 if preregistered or $65 at the door.
Gilmer High alum Dominic Tarantino intercepts a pass last fall versus White County. He is set to enroll at The Citadel and will play football for the Bulldogs.

Gilmer High alum Dominic Tarantino intercepts a pass last fall versus White County. He is set to enroll at The Citadel and will play football for the Bulldogs.

Next stop for Gilmer’s Tarantino: The Citadel

Robbie Bills - Sports Editor
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Dominic Tarantino’s academic journey spanned across four states, and his next stop will be The Citadel. Tarantino is a 2022 Gilmer High graduate, and he fielded football offers from LaGrange College, Centre College (Ky.), The Citadel and Wesleyan University (Conn.).