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Mar. 25—A Verdigris fifth-grader has already collected more than enough game rings to place two on each of his fingers and thumbs.
Huck Evans is a multisport athlete, despite his youth — and he loves all things football.
“I mostly like players [rather] than teams,” he said. “I like the Dallas Cowboys, the Buffalo Bills. But I like ‘CeeCee’ Lamb; he plays for the Cowboys. I met him.”
He’s also met Baker Mayfield, who plays for the Buccaneers.
“I got to catch a pass from him and got to go do his camp when I was 5 or 6,” Huck said.
Evans’ mother, Seanna, said she asked him what was the best part of the day when he met Mayfield.
“He said, ‘Just playing football all day,'” she said.
He told his dad, Robbie Evans, “I love playing football with you, but you sure don’t throw a football like Baker does.”
Robbie is president of the Verdigris Youth Football League. The young Evans is an offensive and defensive lineman and an honored Defensive Player of Year at Verdigris.
Football is Huck’s game, but being able to play ball with his classmates during recess at Verdigris Upper Elementary School is important, too.
His leadership on the school playground among other acts of kindness, recently caught the attention of the USA Football award team, which has named him the newest recipient of the Youth Boys’ Sportmanship Award.
“Last year in the fourth grade, they got the balls taken away at recess and they couldn’t play any sports,” Seanna said. “The principal called me to the school … I didn’t know what to expect; he had never been in trouble.”
Seanna said that when she arrived, the principal took her in the office.
“She pulled out this crumpled piece of paper [and said], ‘Your son has devised a plan to get the balls back at the school. It’s a plan for rotation for basketball so none of the kids will be left out,'” Seanna said.
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Author : Claremore Daily Progress, Okla.
Publish date : 2024-03-25 18:47:00
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