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St. Charles Middle School Student is Youth1 Football Standout
Wredling student holds his own against D-1 recruits.
A St. Charles student was named one of the nation’s top quarterback prospects for 2011, but he won’t graduate high school until 2016.
Justin Berry, an 8th-grade student at Wredling Middle School, was named a Youth1 2011 Top Prospects by Youth1, a media company that focuses on youth sports.
Berry was a key part of the New Level Athletics East Regional championship team, The Goon Squad. The team features players from across all high school grades, with at least ten of the athletes receiving multiple Division 1 scholarship offers.
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Not only is Berry a talent on the field, in January he was selected as Junior Rank Junior Academic All-Americans.
Berry will play on Team USA’s U15 team this summer, according to a Youth1 press release. Despite his young age he is being scouted by two Division 1 programs, the West Virginia University Mountaineers and the University of Pittsburgh Panthers.
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Berry was able to team up with another middle school student, wide receiver Elijah Deveaux of North Carolina, who earned similar honors for his football skills.
The fathers of both athletes were teammates at the University of Pittsburgh.
