CHERRY VALLEY — The Cross County golf team will tee off its 2026 season with a new coach Thursday.
Kyle James, a Cross County High School graduate and the girls’ basketball coach, took over the program from Alex Coveny, who returned to the Marion School District. Coveny was the golf coach for the first two years of the program.
The Cross County golf team has four meets scheduled for the season. It will play the Wynne Yellowjackets in its season opener Thursday at The Ridges at Village Creek. The team will then have a home-and-home with West Memphis. It will play at Brownstone Country Club in West Memphis Tuesday, Aug. 25, before hosting West Memphis at The Ridges Tuesday, Sept. 1.
The regular-season finale will be at The Ridges Tuesday, Sept. 8, against Bay.
The district tournament is set for Tuesday, Sept. 22, at Thunder Bayou in Blytheville. The girls’ state tournament is planned for Sept. 28-30, with the boys’ state tournament Oct. 5-7. The location for those tournaments has not yet been announced.
