CONWAY — Baseball royalty will be honored by the Baseball Coaches Association of New Hampshire, which has announced its first class of inductees into a hall of fame. Among those selected for enshrinement is the late Bob Burns, who coached Kennett High baseball for 42 years.
Joining Burns in the first class are is good friends Tom Underwood, Bill Dod and John Cummings along with Warren Doane.
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