CONWAY — It’s Labor Day Weekend, which means that it’s one week and counting until this year Mud Bowl, the Championships of Mud Football, which splashes off at North Conway’s Hog Coliseum behind the North Conway Community Center Friday through Sunday, Sept. 6-8.
“Mudeo (as in Mud Video) Games” is the theme for this year’s Championship of Mud Football sponsored by Miller Lite.
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