CONWAY — Fourteen-year-old Jayden Jackson dreams of playing college-level basketball one day, but in the meantime, he's run into a lack of indoor court time for teens in North Conway.
In desperation, he brought his shovel to the outdoor hoops at Davis Park in Conway.
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