Football Preview: Forrest City Mustangs vs. Central Arkansas Christian Mustangs
The Forrest City Mustangs will be playing at home against the Central Arkansas Christian Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Forrest City knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past three matchups -- so hopefully Central Arkansas Christian likes a good challenge.
Forrest City is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They fell just short of Heber Springs by a score of 49-46 on Friday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game two weeks ago (43), the Mustangs still had to take the loss.
Despite the defeat, Forrest City got top-tier performance from Kevin Young, who rushed for 129 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.2 yards per carry, and also picked up 48 receiving yards and a touchdown. With that strong performance, Young is now averaging an impressive 102.7 rushing yards per game. Jacori_Shamar Buchanan also helped out with an impressive 82 receiving yards.
Meanwhile, a victory for Central Arkansas Christian just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They had to suffer through a 49-7 loss at the hands of Mills University Studies. Having soared to a lofty 49 points in the game before, the Mustangs couldn't push the score so high this time.
Forrest City's loss dropped their record down to 4-6. As for Central Arkansas Christian, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-6.
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