CONWAY — It wasn’t the start the Kennett High football team was hoping for when it kicked off the 2021 season on the road in Amherst against defending Division II champs Souhegan on Friday night. The host Sabers exploded for 19 third-quarter points en route to a 37-0 victory.
“We did not help ourselves out too much Friday night,” Coach Vaughn Beckwith said. “Obviously, it was not a pleasant game for us. We committed a lot of mental errors that we can fix.”
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