WELCOME to Lakeside High School Baseball. Lakeside High School is located in DeKalb County at 3801 Briarcliff Road, N.E., Atlanta, GA 30345.
Region 6-AAAA
The Lakeside Vikings play in Georgia High School Association Region 6-AAAA. This Region was realigned for 2010-12. In addition to Lakeside, this 12-team region includes DeKalb County schools Chamblee, Dunwoody, Lithonia, Miller Grove, Redan, Southwest DeKalb, and Tucker; City of Atlanta schools Carver, Douglass, and Mays; and private school Marist.
High School Coaching Staff
The Lakeside Vikings baseball program is led by Varsity Head Coach Bill Newsome, who will be in his 25th year of coaching and teaching in DeKalb County in 2011-12. Coach Newsome has been the Head Varsity Coach at Lakeside since 2004. In 2008, Coach Newsome was honored as "Coach of the Year" by the DeKalb Dugout Club.
| Varsity Head Coach |
Bill Newsome |
| Varsity Assistant Coach |
Donnie Hayes |
| Varsity Assistant Coach |
Will Palmer |
| JV Head Coach |
Dwayne Johnson |
| JV Assistant Coach |
Steve Burger |
A Tradition of Baseball Excellence
| Region Champions |
1983, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2010 |
| Region Runners-up |
2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 |
| State Playoff Appearances |
1983, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 |
Lakeside captured the Georgia Dugout Tournament Championship in 2006, and the team won its tournament pool in 1983, 2002, and 2003.
Lakeside has 28 players from the last 10 graduating classes who went on to play college or professional baseball, including 5 seniors from the 2010 Vikings squad.
Check this link for information on 2012 Lakeside Baseball Camp.
Upcoming Summer Baseball Games
Tuesday June 5, 2012 - Double Header at Druid Hills - First Game 4:30 PM
Friday June 8, 2012 4:30 PM at Brookwood
Saturday June 9, 2012 2:00 PM at Grayson
Saturday June 9, 2012 7:00 PM at Dacula
Sunday June 10, 2012 6:00 PM at Archer
Summer Baseball Results
Lakeside 7 - Druid Hills 2
Lakeside 4 - Hart County 0
Lakeside 10 - Grayson 2
Lakeside 17 - West High 2
Lakeside 0 - Wesleyan 9
Congratulations to the varsity players who received the following awards at the 2012 Annual Banquet:
Viking Award Kyle Newsome
MVP Jack Thomas
Pitcher of the Year Andrew Doetsch
Silver Slugger Sean Wilson
Gold Glove Sam Brannen
Coach's Award Rob Cosby
Player's Player Rob Cosby
Play of the Year Nathanial Herzog
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The following Lakeside Baseball players were selected to the All-County Teams by the Head Baseball Coaches of the DeKalb County School District and Decatur.
First Team All-County Catcher Kyle Newsome
First Team All-County Utility Jack Thomas
Second Team All-County Outfield Sean Wilson
Second Team All-County Pitcher Andrew Doetsch
Second Team All-County Pitcher Adam Hall
Honorable Mention All-County Outfield Rob Cosby
Honorable Mention All-County Infield Daniel Comer
The DeKalb Dugout Club will honor the recipients at the Awards Banquet at Stephenson High School on May 17 at 7:00.
The following Lakeside baseball players were selected by the DeKalb County Coaches to the Senior County All-Star game:
Daniel Comer
Dorsey Gibson
Kyle Newsome
The following Lakeside baseball players were selected by the DeKalb County Coaches to the Junior County All-Star game:
Rob Cosby
Andrew Doetsch
Jack Thomas
Sean Wilson
The senior game is scheduled for May 30 at Sequoyah Middle School at 5:30 and the junior game is scheduled for May 31 at Sequoyah Middle School at 5:30
2012 Varsity Roster
| No. |
Name
|
Year
|
Throws
|
Bats
|
Ht.
|
Wt.
|
Pos.
|
|
2
|
Jack Thomas |
Jr.
|
R
|
L
|
6'-0"
|
155
|
Inf, P |
|
3
|
Jeremiah Hester |
Jr.
|
R
|
R
|
5'-6"
|
155
|
OF |
|
4
|
Connor Heyburn |
Jr.
|
R
|
S
|
5'-9"
|
140
|
2B |
|
5
|
Sam Brannen |
Jr.
|
R
|
R
|
5'-11"
|
160
|
Inf, P |
|
6
|
Travis Baars |
Jr.
|
R
|
L
|
5'-10"
|
135
|
1B, OF
|
|
7
|
Nathaniel Herzog
|
Jr.
|
R
|
R
|
5'-7"
|
115
|
OF
|
|
8
|
Andrew Doetsch
|
Jr.
|
R
|
R
|
5'-11"
|
150
|
P
|
|
9
|
Dorsey Gibson
|
Sr.
|
R
|
R
|
5'-11"
|
140
|
SS
|
|
10
|
Daniel Comer
|
Sr.
|
R
|
S
|
5'-10"
|
170
|
3B
|
|
11
|
Chad Sitten
|
Jr.
|
R
|
L
|
6'-0"
|
180
|
1B
|
|
12
|
Rob Cosby
|
Jr.
|
R
|
L
|
6'-1"
|
150
|
OF
|
|
13
|
Kyle Newsome
|
Sr.
|
R
|
R
|
6'-3"
|
185
|
C, 1B
|
|
14
|
Sean Wilson
|
Jr.
|
R
|
R
|
6'-2"
|
210
|
OF, P
|
|
15
|
Kenny Ajello
|
Jr.
|
R
|
R
|
6'-6"
|
255
|
P
|
|
16
|
Alex Markowitz
|
Jr.
|
R
|
R
|
5'-9"
|
160
|
C, OF
|
|
17
|
Adam Hall
|
Jr.
|
R
|
R
|
6'-2"
|
160
|
P
|
|
18
|
Jake Blandford
|
Jr.
|
R
|
R
|
5'-11"
|
190
|
P, C
|
|
19
|
John McKinney
|
Sr.
|
R
|
R
|
6'-0"
|
175
|
OF, P
|
|
20
|
Bobby Tippett
|
So.
|
R
|
R
|
5'-10"
|
170
|
C, 1B
|
|
22
|
Brad Earnest
|
So.
|
R
|
R
|
6'-0"
|
180
|
P, OF
|
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