CONWAY — There will be an Eagle suiting up for the United States in the Olympic Winter Games next month in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Center Conway’s Sean Doherty has been named to U.S. Biathlon squad and will be going to his second Olympics.
Doherty keeps an impressive Olympic streak alive for the Mount Washington Valley. There has been a local athlete in every Winter Olympic Games since 1994, a span of seven consecutive Olympics.
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