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Camper Fletcher Lunsford hits the ball toward the hole during session four of the golf camp at Apple Mountain Golf Club & Resort on Wednesday, July 2. (Landen Todd/Staff)

Camper Fletcher Lunsford hits the ball toward the hole during session four of the golf camp at Apple Mountain Golf Club & Resort on Wednesday, July 2. (Landen Todd/Staff)

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Golf Camp is driving this summer

News Staff
Friday, July 4, 2025
By Landen Todd Apple Mountain Golf Club & Resort is filled with kids participating in Habersham Central High School’s golf camps this summer. The school is offering multiple golf camps during June and July.
Habersham swimmer Parker Homa competes in Boys 18 & Under 100 Yard Freestyle Class B during the GRPA State Qualifying Meet at Ruby C. Fulbright Aquatic Center on Friday, June 27. (LANDEN TODD/Staff)

Habersham swimmer Parker Homa competes in Boys 18 & Under 100 Yard Freestyle Class B during the GRPA State Qualifying Meet at Ruby C. Fulbright Aquatic Center on Friday, June 27. (LANDEN TODD/Staff)

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Swimmers prevail through storms

News Staff
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
By Landen Todd   Swimmers competed past midnight for the Georgia Recreation and Parks Association State Qualifying Meet on Friday, June 27 at Ruby C. Fulbright Aquatic Center.
Habersham Central quarterback Paris Wilbanks runs with the ball during the first day of the padded camp on Tuesday, June 24 at Raider Stadium. (LANDEN TODD/Staff)

Habersham Central quarterback Paris Wilbanks runs with the ball during the first day of the padded camp on Tuesday, June 24 at Raider Stadium. (LANDEN TODD/Staff)

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Raiders football hosts padded camp

News Staff
Friday, June 27, 2025
By Landen Todd Habersham Central High School football hosted a padded camp for other schools on Tuesday and Wednesday at Raider Stadium.
Camper Krew Trusty hits the ball with his pencil-themed bat during the baseball camp on Wednesday, June 25 at Raider Park. (LANDEN TODD/Staff)

Camper Krew Trusty hits the ball with his pencil-themed bat during the baseball camp on Wednesday, June 25 at Raider Park. (LANDEN TODD/Staff)

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Habersham Central holds kids baseball camp

News Staff
Friday, June 27, 2025
By Landen Todd Habersham Central High School held their Fundamentals and Intermediate Baseball Camp this past Monday through Thursday for kids ages 4-10 at Raider Park. Habersham baseball staff, current and past players help run the camp.
Habersham Central High School’s Tanner Yarbrough and Asa Popham tap gloves during the orange and blue series on Thursday, June 19 at Raider Park. The orange team won both games. (Landen Todd/Staff)

Habersham Central High School’s Tanner Yarbrough and Asa Popham tap gloves during the orange and blue series on Thursday, June 19 at Raider Park. The orange team won both games. (Landen Todd/Staff)

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Orange and blue series builds camaraderie

News Staff
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
By Landen Todd Habersham Central’s baseball team has been putting in some summer work for June at Raider Park on the Wilbanks Middle School campus. This past week they started the orange and blue series, where they divided the kids into teams to play team scrimmages and intersquads.
Soque River Watershed Association board member Rob Bennison, left, poses with first place gross winners Chad Streetman, Conrad Lauten and Mark Sharitz. (Submitted)

Soque River Watershed Association board member Rob Bennison, left, poses with first place gross winners Chad Streetman, Conrad Lauten and Mark Sharitz. (Submitted)

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SRWA Golf Tournament names winners

News Staff
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
The Soque River Watershed Association held its second annual SRWA Golf Tournament on Tuesday, June 17 at The Orchard Golf & Country Club. The tournament generated $9,900 in net profit, and those funds go towards supporting the river work projects and the water testing program.
Coach Tate Gailey instructs campers in a wide receiver drill in 2023.

Coach Tate Gailey instructs campers in a wide receiver drill in 2023.

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Sports camps

News Staff
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Softball The Habersham Central softball program will host its annual youth camp May 27-29. The camp, which runs from 9 a.m.-noon Tuesday through Thursday of that week, is designed for rising third through seventh graders and features instruction from current HCHS players and coaches.
UBMITTED Landen Todd covers a football game for The Red & Black.

UBMITTED Landen Todd covers a football game for The Red & Black.

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A surreal experience

News Staff
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
My name is Landen Todd, the new sports reporter for The Northeast Georgian. One of the biggest moments in my life was shooting most of the 2023 Georgia football season, as the photo editor of The Red & Black.
TIN POFFENBERGER/Special Lady Indians’ players (from left) Ryleigh Wilson, Lizzie Huebner and Miah Gragg celebrate a TFS goal earlier this spring.

TIN POFFENBERGER/Special Lady Indians’ players (from left) Ryleigh Wilson, Lizzie Huebner and Miah Gragg celebrate a TFS goal earlier this spring.

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Lady Indians soccer closes solid season

Lang Storey
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
A fifth straight playoff berth and winning season was earned for the Tallulah Falls Lady Indians soccer program in 2025. The Lady Indians had several high points, with none more historic than a win over No. 2-ranked Lakeview, which accounted for the biggest win in school history.