CONWAY — The good news is the Kennett High softball team will have been on a field prior to Opening Day. The bad news is the Eagles had to travel 60 miles to do so. It’s been that sort of a spring, and it looks like it’s going to be a little while before the hometown flock sets food on its own field.
“Our field should be ready by late May,” Coach Peter Ames said half-joking on Friday.
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