CONWAY — In sports, games are all about adjustments, and in 2020 high school teams are learning to make adjustments before they play their first games. The Kennett High girls’ basketball team is doing all it can to adjust to the new protocols for the winter sports season.
Those protocols include checking in before entering the practice facility by phone. Then they fill out a daily health screening questionnaire. Next, it’s a temperature check by Coach Larry Meader or Assistant Coach Steve Cote.
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