South Effingham;s cross country teams earned berths in next week's Class AAAAAA meet in Carrollton by finishing strongly in Thursday's Region 2-AAAAAA meet at Richmond Hill.
The Lady Mustangs placed fourth in the region. Their top finishers were Madison Lockhart (9th), Lily McDonald, Mia Fitzpattick, Katelyn Harris, Caroline Motes and
Makyla Stokes.
The boys team finished second, powered by individual champion Tyler Phillips, Cailan Howard (3rd), Jacob Mitchell (7th), Joey Burdick, Julian Howard, Zane Bell and Chase Garrett also competed for South Effingham.