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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.).
Gilmer’s Seth Darling delivers a pitch in his final season at Gilmer High, and he will attend Middle Georgia College in the fall and play baseball for the Knights.

Gilmer’s Seth Darling delivers a pitch in his final season at Gilmer High, and he will attend Middle Georgia College in the fall and play baseball for the Knights.

Darling looks to skies via Middle Ga. College

Robbie Bills - Sports Editor
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Seth Darling’s career plans are sky high, and Middle Georgia College will help propel him upward. Darling is a 2022 Gilmer High School honor graduate with distinction, and he is set to attend MGC and play baseball for the Knights.
Gilmer High football has sharpened its passing attack during June. Mason Smith (left) hauls in a pass from quarterback Issac Rellinger (below) Monday morning.

Gilmer High football has sharpened its passing attack during June. Mason Smith (left) hauls in a pass from quarterback Issac Rellinger (below) Monday morning.

GHS Bobcats let it fly at June football practices

Robbie Bills - Sports Editor
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
The Gilmer High School Bobcats returned to Pettit Field to continue their preseason football preparations. GHS players and coaches have been convening four days per week in June, and each morning’s weight training session is followed by on-field drills.
Gilmer Bobcats

Gilmer Bobcats

Gilmer High youth summer camps underway

Robbie Bills - Sports Editor
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Gilmer High kicked off its annual slate of summer youth sports camps last week and they will continue throughout June. Soccer camp will be June 20-22 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sign up can be completed at Threeriversac.com. Softball camp will be held June 20-22 from 9 a.m.
Gilmer High School’s Owen Moss gains control of his opponent during his senior season and will attend Emmanuel College to wrestle for the Lions.

Gilmer High School’s Owen Moss gains control of his opponent during his senior season and will attend Emmanuel College to wrestle for the Lions.

Former GHS Bobcat Moss will be a Lion

Robbie Bills - Sports Editor
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Owen Moss will make the move from Ellijay to Franklin Springs in the fall to continue his academic and athletic endeavors. Moss is a 2022 Gilmer High School graduate and is set to enroll at Emmanuel College where he will wrestle for the Lions.
Gilmer High alum Brooks Rosser delivers a pitch during his junior season at Truett-McConnell University. (Photo Courtesy of Truett-McConnell Athletics)

Gilmer High alum Brooks Rosser delivers a pitch during his junior season at Truett-McConnell University. (Photo Courtesy of Truett-McConnell Athletics)

Rosser moves on to Kennesaw St. baseball

Robbie Bills - Sports Editor
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Brooks Rosser may have closed a chapter of his baseball career, but there is still more to the story. Rosser, a 2018 Gilmer High alum, graduated with honors from Truett-McConnell University where he attained a business administration  degree last month.
Paige Johnstone

Paige Johnstone

Johnstone tabbed to be new head coach of GHS swimming

Robbie Bills - Sports Editor
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Paige Johnstone will be there to lead the Gilmer High School swim team this upcoming season. She will take over for Mary-Melissa May, who spent eight seasons as Gilmer High’s head coach. Johnstone, 29, is also Clear Creek’s girls head cross-country coach and an assistant girls soccer coach at GHS.
Gilmer Bobcats

Gilmer Bobcats

GHS youth summer camps start next week

Robbie Bills - Sports Editor
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Summer vacation is right around the corner for Gilmer County students. Gilmer High School will kick off its annual slate of summer youth sports camps beginning next month. Cheer camp will be held June 13-16 from 9 a.m. to noon at the gym located at the Larry Walker Education Center.