The Dawson County Middle School cross-country team traveled over three-hours on Friday, Oct. 11 to prepare for the Middle School State Championship on Oct. 12 at Bleckley County Elementary in Cochran, GA. After a regular season that saw the middle school girls’ team take first place in three of four races, win the league championship, and start the post-season with a huge victory at the prestigious Runners Fit Mountain Invitational last week the young ladies from Dawson were widely considered a dark horse candidate to win it all.