By FRED CONLEY
T-H Sports Editor
The Forrest City Mustang cross country team will pack up and leave for Fayetteville Friday morning.
They are headed to their first-ever trip into the State Cross Country Championships, which will be held Saturday, Nov. 3, at the Razorback XC Course, at Fayetteville High School.
Forrest City joins several Class AAAAA and Class AAAA schools at the meet which includes Bentonville, Bryant, Cabot, Camden-Fairview, Conway, El Dorado, Fayetteville, Fort Smith Northside and Southside, Jonesboro, LR Central, LR Mills, North Little Rock, Rogers, Springdale, Van Buren, West Memphis, Alma, Batesville, Greene County Tech, Harrison, Hot Springs, Searcy, Vilonia and Watson Chapel.
The Mustangs finished their first regular season a week ago in a dual meet against West Memphis.
The team, comprised of five boys and two girls, is being coached by Lewis Etheridge.
Jacksonville will host Cabot tonight in AAAAA-East action. No matter what happens, Cabot has already won the East conference title.
The defending Class AAAAA state champs, Cabot is 57-6 over the past five seasons. Cabot has played in three of the last four state title games.
Jacksonville missed the playoffs last year for just the second time in the past 13 seasons.
Also tonight Little Rock Mills is at Sylvan Hills. Friday, Blytheville plays at Jonesboro and West Memphis travels to Forrest City.
* PREP FOOTBALL
Thursday, November 1
Bryant at Benton
Cabot at Jacksonville
Camden Fairview at Pine Bluff
Carlisle at Augusta
Corning at Trumann
Crossett at North Pulaski
Danville at Lavaca
East Poinsett County at Piggott
Elaine at Clarendon
England at Brinkley
Gillett at Altheimer
Harrisburg at Jonesboro Westside
Hope at HS Lakeside
Hughes at Dumas
LR Fair at Magnolia
LR McClellan at LR Parkview
Malvern at Arkadelphia
Mountain Pine at Jessieville
Mountain View at Yellville-Summit
Pocahontas at Heber Springs
Pulaski Mills at Pulaski Sylvan Hills
Pulaski Robinson at Hot Springs
Rector at Earle
Rison at Strong
Sheridan at Lake Hamilton
Vilonia at Greenbrier
Walnut Ridge at Cross County
* PREP BASKETBALL
Junior High School
Tuesday, November 6
Arkansas Baptist at Palestine-Wheatley
Forrest City at Osceola (Sr. Girls)
Saturday, November 10
Forrest City at Pine Bluff Jamboree
(Senior Boys)
Monday, November 12
Wynne at Forrest City White
Thursday, November 15
Forrest City Blue at Wynne
Friday, November 16
West Helena at Forrest City
(Senior Girls, Senior Boys)