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Polk County senior wide receiver Antonio Simpson has been chosen to play in the North Carolina Coaches Association East-West All-Star Game.

Annually matching top seniors from around North Carolina, the East-West game will be held this year on Sunday, Dec. 17 rather than the traditional July date. The game will be played in Jamieson Stadium on the campus of Grimsley High School in Greensboro.

Simpson has starred on both sides of the line of scrimmage this season for Polk County. As a receiver, he has caught 42 passes for 727 yards and seven touchdowns. Defensively, through seven games, he had 56 tackles, 24 of those for loss. He also returned an interception for a touchdown against Patton.

Simpson has 129 career receptions for 2,355 yards and 19 touchdowns. He holds Polk County records for career and season receiving yardage.

He is the first Polk County player chosen for the East-West game since Tyler Philpott in 2011 and the ninth in school history (Chris Eckert, Travis Brady, Jim Ollis, Daniel McEntyre, Regis Bittle, Jordan Ollis, Andre Overholt, Tyler Philpott).