Local Area High Schoolers Sign to Play College Sports
Three Eastside Rams and one Buchholz Bobcat signed to play athletics at the next level today at Beef O' Bradys. Rams teammates DeVontae Battles and Raheem Watkins will stay teammates at the next level, joining Bobcats Joe Carter at Waldorf College in Iowa. Eastside placekicker Will Bacharach chose to play at Furman University. One other was in attendance, with Forest High's Devin Graham still undecided, but will make a decision next week in Ocala. Below are is more information on the student athletes.
DeVontae Battles, EHS, WR 6'2 190lbs (EHS Summer football camp leader; turned down offer to Benedict College) Waldorf College - Forest City, Iowa
Will Bacharach, EHS K/P 5'8 155lbs (EHS Football Team Scholar Athlete of yr., EHS IB Program) Furman Univ - Greenville, SC.
Devin Graham, Ocala Forest Sm Fwd, 6'2 175lbs (12.5 ppg/6.5 rpg/ 1.5 stealspg, Team Capt; All Marion County Basketball & Fla All Star Team) Undecided as of today
Raheem Watkins, EHS, RB/CB/KR/PR, 5'7.5 170lbs (EHS special teams MVP & EHS Team capt. Last second hail-mary shot against GHS) Waldorf College, Forest City, Iowa
Joe Carter, BHS, OL/DL, 6'1 280lbs (BHS football's strongest man, BHS academic honors, state sectional qualifier in weightlifting) Waldorf College, Forest City, Iowa
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