The high school cross country season is winding down with Batesville, Southside, Cedar Ridge, and Melbourne headed to Jonesboro for the Legacy Insurance (Valley View) Blazer Invitational on Tuesday, Oct. 20. The Pioneers will be at Paragould for their 5A East championship Oct. 27 and at Oaklawn for the 5A state championships Friday, Nov. 6. Race calendar is at ar.milesplit.com
OK Timing Plus will be in Bald Knob this Saturday, Oct. 17, for the New Beginnings Start Here 5K. And Halloween morning offers a choice of regional 5Ks, with OK Timing Plus on Miller Creek Road in Batesville for the Wicked Way 5k. The Melbourne Bearkatz hold their Katz Track Fall Bash on Melbourne’s Pioneer Day 5K course. Both are at 8 a.m.