Overcoming challenges : Once a Liberian refugee, Siloam Springs sophomore wide receiver and cornerback Emmanuel Dorko continues to realize much more than confidence on the gridiron.

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Overcoming challenges : Once a Liberian refugee, Siloam Springs sophomore wide receiver and cornerback Emmanuel Dorko continues to realize much more than confidence on the gridiron.

By Jeff Mores

Posted: September 18, 2009 at 4:58 a.m.

Charles Fowler Emmanuel Dorko is shown at his home in Siloam Springs with a handmade map of his country and a tribal chieftain shirt on the sofa.

Emmanuel Dorko knows a thing or two about challenges.

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