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Charley Poteet is one of Gilmer High’s rising seniors who will help lead the Lady Cats next season.

Charley Poteet is one of Gilmer High’s rising seniors who will help lead the Lady Cats next season.

Wright wraps up first summer with Lady Cats

Robbie Bills - Sports Editor
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
Head coach Dani Wright has started to lay the groundwork for Gilmer High Lady Cats basketball. Wright was named Gilmer’s head coach in the spring before finishing up the school year at Archer.
Gilmer High School boys basketball held its youth summer camps in the final week of June and a total of 70 players attended.

Gilmer High School boys basketball held its youth summer camps in the final week of June and a total of 70 players attended.

GHS Bobcats use June to sort out varsity lineup

Robbie Bills - Sports Editor
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
Reagan Boling excelled at soccer and track at Gilmer High School, and she will continue her education and running career at Colorado Christian University. Boling graduated from GHS in May with honors, and she had four scholarship offers from colleges vying for her track abilities.
Dylan Galloway gains control of his opponent during his senior season at GHS and will take the mat for the Life University Running Eagles next season.

Dylan Galloway gains control of his opponent during his senior season at GHS and will take the mat for the Life University Running Eagles next season.

6x AA Galloway off to Life University

Robbie Bills - Sports Editor
Wednesday, July 6, 2022
Dylan Galloway is no stranger to success on the wrestling mat, and he hopes to continue that trend at Life University. Galloway graduated from Gilmer High School in May, and earned an All-American distinction for the sixth time in June.
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.