The Hughes Blue Devils have made a habit of being in state tournament play in recent years while the Palestine-Wheatley Patriots are making their first trip to state in 11 years.
The Forrest City Mustang track team is back for the 2007 season and may be better than last year’s team which won both the indoor and outdoor state titles as well as the conference title.
The Hughes Blue Devils qualified for the Class AAA state tournament Wednesday by taking a 72-49 win over Marshall at the Class AAA Region 3 tournament at Bergman.