It was a definite dozen for the North Callaway Thunderbirds.
Led by a quartet of unanimous picks - seniors Vance Allen, Zac Eads, Davonte Kyles and Ryan Pezold - North Callaway placed 12 players on the recently announced 2012 all-Eastern Missouri Conference football team.
The Thunderbirds, who finished the season with an 8-3 record, also captured the EMO championship with a perfect 5-0 mark in their return to the conference after a six-year absence.
Allen - a running back - and Eads, a lineman, were unanimous selections on the first-team offense. Kyles, a lineman, and Pezold - a linebacker - were unanimous choices on the first-team defense.
To help the tornado-stricken people of Dumas and surroundings, donations can be made to the Delta Area Disaster Relief Fund, care of the Delta Area Community Foundation, P.O. Box 894, Dumas, AR, 71639, or through the Arkansas Community Foundation, 700 S. Rock St., Little Rock, AR, 72202.