Local sports fans got an early gift this holiday season courtesy of the Conway School Board. Members gave the green light for winter sports at Kennett High and Kennett Middle School to at least begin practicing with a unanimous 7-0 vote on Dec. 14.
Practice started the next day, and while student-athletes and coaches were all masked up, you could see plenty of smiles in the eyes of everyone from on the hardwood of the Peter Ames Gymnasium to the hallways where Coach Bernie Livingston’s indoor track athletes were doing a variety of conditioning drills.
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