CONWAY — OK, who in June thought Kennett High would have fall sports, let alone complete a modified season?
It happened, and I’m still amazed and incredibly thankful that it did. I think we needed the season to happen for so many reasons. There was unfinished business when the plug was pulled on winter sports with the KHS hockey team set to play in the Division III finals, while the Kennett boys’ basketball team was ready to knock off Bow in the Elite Eight.
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