Vikings get bye week, regroup as team looks for first win

The football team’s winless season continued on Friday. The Vikings lost another game by a wide margin, this time going down 40-0 to Chamblee. The Vikings have a much-needed week off to try and turn things around before returning to the gridiron on Oct. 11 against Stone Mountain at 7:30 p.m. … The boys cross country team finished fifth overall in an extremely strong field at the Aubrae Gunderson Invitational. The team’s average time was 17:50. Charlie Clark had a strong race, finishing 16th with a time of 17:23. The girls team joined the boys with a fifth-place finish. Meaghan Wetterhall was seventh, checking in at 20:28. Meg Maciuba was next in 14th place with a time of 20:54. Both teams leave the state next Saturday to run in the Wendy’s Invitational in Charlotte, N.C. … The softball team was defeated 8-0 in five innings against Chamblee. The squad is currently 9-7 overall and 4-4 in region play. The Lady Vikings play Southwest DeKalb at home on Wednesday, and then host them the following day as well.