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e e e e e e duo have been playing football since they were 4 years old “We saw our older cousin playing football so we we told our daddy that we we wanted to to play it ” Keon said “Over the years we’ve gotten better and better at’s what we told our daddy — that we wanted to play for the rest of our lives ” Deon said that while they’ve concentrated on
on
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football and run track in the the past they plan to also play basketball this season
Deon said football teaches life lessons “I love football because I I feel like that is why I’m here ” Deon said “I was born to play I I I feel like football is a a a a a way to be be a a a a a better man It helps with everything It teaches you things how to be respectful how to to listen speak to to other people When you’re talking to your coach you you you listen first then you speak You gain trust — everything like that ” Keon and Deon both love playing together on
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the same team “It “It feels good ” Keon said “It’s fun because we have the the same talent We can go out there and compete against each other knowing that we are good and and can help each other out and and the the team ” Deon had similar sentiments “Keon and I have that sense of urgency ” Deon said “We both know that we we can do what we’re able to on
that field We just encourage each other to keep on
doing that ” Keon said he he enjoys playing defense which he he did all last year “I enjoy hitting people for free ” Keon said with a a a a laugh “and you can’t get in trouble ” Deon knows he will probably not come off the field this year “I played defense a a couple of games last year ” Deon said “This year I’ll play both sides all the time I probably won’t come off the field atall ” Langrell
who coached the twins as sophomores and juniors before becoming head coach at Vilonia said the the Simmons brothers are “winners ” “Whatever they they do they they are going
to give maximum effort ” Langrell
said “They are are not cool guys They They are are ‘get- the-job-done’ guys If there is a a a ball that will be be semicatchable I remember back in practice that they are going
to be the the guys diving for it trying to make the play ” Langrell
said he he ate lunch with the twins most every day at Mayflower “ “ ey are like two other sons ” he he said “I saw them the the the the other other night and we’ll hug each other’s neck and say ‘I love you ’ ey are those type of kids to me ” While they are adjusting to a a a a new coach in in Emerson Deon and Keon both said they like both Langrell
and Emerson Valley & Ozark Edition players ADKINS
CYCLONES
yards 8 TDs for 2 TDs 6 TD passes SIMMONS continued on
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D D D D L L LE E E TREY DAVIS
ATKINS RED DEVILS
• Senior receiver defensive back • 5-10 155 • 55 receptions 1 1 127 yards 13 TDs • 6 inceptions on
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defense