The football team has clinched the third seed out of Region 6-AAAA. The Panthers beat Stone Mountain 17-6 to wrap up their regular season. Southwest DeKalb (7-3, 7-2) could have been the second seed out of Region 6 had it not lost to Tucker 10-7 a week earlier. The Panthers will start the playoffs at Villa Rica on Friday. … Jared Williams ran a 17:16 to finish 18th at the Boys Class 4A Cross Country Championships. The Panthers as a team finished seventh in the state, as Andrew Menjor finished 48th (18:05), Ed Austin finished 57th (18:17), Malcolm Wright finished 72nd (18:25) and Michael Jordan came in 73rd (18:27). The boys team finished fourth at the Region 6-AAAA Championships. Williams finished 10th (17:49), Menjor came in 12th (18:03), Austin was 20th (18:29), Wright came in 30th (19:19) and Jordan finished 31st (19:20). … The girls cross country team finished 19th at the state meet, as Amber Crews came in 37th (21:38), Greciana Cooper finished 69th (22:22) and Victoria Perez finished 77th (22:30). The girls team finished third at its region meet.