Cross country teams finish first in county championships

Both cross country teams continued to assert themselves as the best programs in DeKalb. The boys team took home the county title thanks to a 3-4-5 finish from John Ewing (17:23), Charlie Clark (17:24) and David Dixon (17:30). It was Lakeside’s 14th straight county title. The girls also finished first behind freshman Meghan Wetterhall’s first-place finish. The program faced a huge challenge with a team that starts more freshmen and sophomores than upperclassmen. They race in the Region 6-AAAA Championships on Saturday and run in the GHSA State Championships on Nov. 8. … The struggles continued for Jeff Joiner’s football team, as it has still yet to win a game. The offense sputtered two weeks ago in a 22-0 loss to a surging Forsyth Central team on Oct. 18. The Vikings had a legitimate chance to beat Lithonia last Friday, but were defeated 12-6. Now they must beat Miller Grove or Marist over the next two weeks to avoid their first winless season since 1999, and just their second in school history.