CONWAY — The Kennett High boys’ basketball team clinched a home playoff game thrillingly on Tuesday night with a 59-53 victory over Oyster River at the Peter Ames Gymnasium. The Eagles took the lead for good with 1:34 to play on an old-fashioned three-point play by senior, tri-captain Riley Fletcher.
“The win clinched the seventh seed with three games to go,” Coach Jack Loynd said Wednesday. “We played hard for 32 minutes and played as a team. We beat a good basketball team.”
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