By FRED CONLEY
T-H Sports Editor
The Forrest City junior and senior high boys track teams will compete at the Paul Hoffman Relays today at Jonesboro High School while the Palestine-Wheatley Patriots will be at the Yellowjacket Relays in Wynne.
Both meets are scheduled to get under way about 3:30 p.m.
All three teams were in action Monday at the Patriot Relays in Marion.
The Junior Mustangs finished second at the meet while the senior Mustangs placed fourth.
Junior Mustang Coach Rich Trail said he is only taking about 20 kids today to Jonesboro.
"We've been taking about 30, but we'll cut that number back today," Trail said. "We figure this meet will run a little longer than most, and we will be getting back later."
By FRED CONLEY
T-H Sports Editor
The Hughes Blue Devils will face the Cross County Thunderbirds today in the first round of the 3AA South high school baseball district tournament at Marked Tree.
It will be the third meeting between the two schools this season with the TBirds holding both regular season victories.
The Hughes game, the second of two scheduled for today, will begin at approximately 3:30 p.m., following the conclusion of the first game between Riverside and Turrell.
The winners return to play on Tuesday.
The Blue Devils completed the regular season at 2-9.
*The Forrest City Mustangs will step out of AAAAA-East Conference play for the second time this week when they take on the Barton Bears today at Barton.
The Mustangs, 0-15 for the year, are coming off a loss to Brinkley on Tuesday.
Forrest City returns to conference action on Tuesday when they play at Jonesboro.
In other high school baseball games played Wednesday, it was Walnut Ridge (18-9) holding off Bay 10-8; Tuckerman 11, Swifton 1; Trumann 19, EPC 8; Delaplaine 3, Lynn 2; and River Valley 19, Black Rock 7
At Wynne, the Yellowjackets dropped a doubleheader against Nettleton,losing 1-0 in the first game and 9-5 in the nightcap as the raiders clinched the AAAA-East conference title.
The Forrest City Lady Mustangs will host Searcy today at the Sports Complex in a fast-pitch AAAAA-East Conference softball game.
Forrest City is 7-19 overall and 2-10 in the conference. Searcy won the first meeting between the two teams 10-0.
Meanwhile the Hughes Lady Blue Devils will host Cross County in a slow-pitch softball affair.
Hughes and Cross County are two of just 24 schools statewide, still playing slow pitch softball.
The Lady Blue Devils are 0-3 for the year with four games left to play before the state tournament begins.