CONWAY — The Kennett High baseball team will host Pembroke Academy in the first round of the Division II playoffs this Thursday at 4 p.m.
The No. 8 seeded Eagles and No. 9 Spartans met once during the regular season in Conway on May 15 with the hometown flock prevailing 9-6.
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