CONWAY — Hey Mud Bowl!
After a year’s hiatus due to pandemic concerns, the championship of mud football returns to Steve Eastman Memorial Field at Hog Coliseum today through Sunday, highlighted by Saturday’s 38th “Tournament of Mud Parade” down North Conway’s Main Street from John H. Fuller Elementary to Schouler Park at 10:30 a.m.
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