CONWAY — If you see Coach Ed Bradley smiling a lot this season, there’s a good reason, he likes the makeup of the Kennett High golf team. The Eagles, who finished sixth overall in the Division III Team Championship last fall, have a hosted on talented players on the links, and this could be the hometown flock’s best year yet.
“We look OK,” Bradley, who is in his third year at the helm of the Eagles, said Friday. “We’re cautiously optimistic.”
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