The Arkansas Concrete 11-year old traveling team is representing eastern Arkansas at the American Youth Baseball Association's 11-year old World Series in St. Louis this week.
Arkansas Concrete, which is made up of boys from the Forrest City, Wynne and Marianna area, will play a minimum of seven games in a drop down format tournament. Pool play began Monday and Arkansas Concrete went 1-3 in pool-style play action Monday and Tuesday. In the second pool, Arkansas Concrete was 1-1 through Wednesday.
Ceremonies for the AAYBA World Series will be held at Busch Stadium prior to a game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs on Friday.
Arkansas Concrete is a community supported team and is one of 40 teams competing in the 11-year old division.
The Forrest City Lucas Trucking 10-year old traveling team recently finished second at the 2002 Mustang Round-Up Tournament played in Marion. Team members are: Bruce Heard, Lance Hughes, Nathan Derrick, Tate Roberts, Josh Davis, John Jones, Louis Driver, Sharderio Logan, Jim Bailey, Theodis Goodwin, Henry Henderson, Darius Banks, Josh Taylor and Derrick Buchanan. The teams coaches are:, Jim Bailey, Larry Derrick and Steve Roberts.