“There’s not too many teams, unless that team is just terrible, that you’re going to beat when you turn it over five times.” Habersham Central High School Head Football Coach Benji Harrison summed up the night for the Raiders (0-2) with one sentence following the team’s 23-13 loss to Flowery Branch High School (1-1) on…
Being in a familiar situation is not always a good thing. But knowing how your next move in that situation can affect you going forward is quite beneficial. After losing the season opener, albeit in odd fashion, Habersham Central High School’s football team finds itself in a spot it knows well. The Raiders (0-1) have…
What started out as a warm, sunny, happy affair turned to a dark, rain-soaked, unfortunate setback for Habersham Central High School’s football team on Friday night as their opening game against rival Stephens County High School ended in a weather-shortened, 28-10, loss. The game was called with 5:04 left in the third quarter at around…
The day has finally arrived. The wait is over. It’s go time! The 48th edition of the Battle of Currahee Mountain kicks off tonight at 7:30 p.m. at The Reservation in Toccoa to open up the 2024 football season for both Habersham Central and Stephens County high schools. The opening game to a season doesn’t…
Some say third time’s the charm and that’s exactly how it worked out for the Habersham Central High School varsity volleyball team this week. After starting the season winless in their first four matches last week, the Lady Raiders opened up their win column on Tuesday night and followed it up with victories on Thursday…
After almost an hour delay from its scheduled start time, Habersham Central High School’s varsity volleyball team dropped a pair of matches against East Jackson and White County high schools Tuesday in Cleveland. With a quick turnaround, the Lady Raiders (0-4) played against Seckinger and Grayson high schools, and fell in straight sets to both,…
When the dust settled from Friday night’s football scrimmage against Oconee County High School, Habersham Central High School walked away with a 31-28 victory at home. That win was marred by many penalties on the offensive side of the ball – namely holding calls – but the game, in the long run, doesn’t matter. “I…
The stage is set for Friday night’s scrimmage for Habersham Central High School as the Raiders will host Oconee County High School at 7:30 p.m. in Mt. Airy. The scrimmage will act as a dress rehearsal for the 2024 season, which will officially kick off two weeks later on August 16 against rival Stephens County…
Habersham Central High School’s football program continues to have continuity among its coaching staff as the team enters the 2024 season. The Raiders lost just one coach from the staff from a season ago as quarterbacks coach Austin Brown, a former quarterback for HCHS himself, decided to leave coaching altogether. Head Coach Benji Harrison brought…
Just over nine months after approving and allowing athletes to benefit from their name, image, and likeness (NIL), the Georgia High School Association has made an amendment to the bylaw within the organization’s constitution to ban clubs and collectives. The GHSA board of trustees, which formally approved the NIL bylaw (1.97) on Oct. 2, 2023,…