Parish Simmons is steady as a rock for Nazareth Area High School's football team

http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/sports/index.ssf/2012/09/parish_simmons.html FROM THE EXPRESS TIMES Parish Simmons knew taking over at quarterback for the Nazareth Area High School football team wouldn't be easy. He also knew it'd be nothing compared to what he endured in the days leading up to his debut this season. The Blue Eagles senior spent the week leading up to opening night saying goodbye to his father. Harold Simmons Jr. died of Pick's Disease -- a rare neuro-degenerative disease that causes progressive destruction of the nerve cells in the brain -- on Aug. 24.