WASHINGTON -- Rabun County scored the final 22 points to erase a second quarter deficit en route to a 22-7 win over Washington-Wilkes in a key battle in Region 8-AA,<br />
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Washington-Wilkes scored early in the second quarter on a 29-yard pass play for a 7-0 lead but that would be all the Tigers would get.<br />
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Froy Hernandez kicked a 27-yard field goal to get the Wildcats (7-2, 5-0 Region 8-AA) on the board. A safety pulled them within 7-5 and Collin Grant scored on a 4-yard run with 1:04 left in the first half to give Rabun the lead for good at 12-7.<br />
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The win clinched no worse than second place for the Wildcats, who are off next week before taking on Greene County in two weeks in the season finale.<br />
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Grant would connect with Charlie Woerner on a 5-yard TD pass late in the third quarter and Hernandez capped the scoring with a 29-yard field goal late in the fourth quarter.<br />
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Rabun County finished with 343 yards rushing, paced by 160 yards from Grant and another 142 from Woerner.
