Football Game Preview: Central Arkansas Christian Mustangs vs. Forrest City Mustangs

By Team Reports Nov 8, 2024, 9:01am

Football Preview: Central Arkansas Christian Mustangs vs. Forrest City Mustangs

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The Central Arkansas Christian Mustangs will challenge the Forrest City Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Central Arkansas Christian is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 49 points two weeks ago, they were much more limited against Mills University Studies on Friday. They had to suffer through a 49-7 loss at the hands of the Comets.

Meanwhile, Forrest City scored the most points they've had all season on Friday, but it wasn't enough. They fell just short of Heber Springs by a score of 49-46. 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.

Forrest City might have lost, but man, Kevin Young was a machine: he 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. Forrest City also got help from Jacori_Shamar Buchanan, who showed off his sure hands for 82 receiving yards.

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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