3 WAR EAGLES SIGN ON NATIONAL SIGNING DAY

Andrew Huntsberger, center left, and Deondre Strong, center right, at the the scholarship signing ceremony at Wakulla High School on Wednesday, Feb. 1. Coach Scott Klees is standing. A third player, Todd Williams, held a signing at his home later in the day.

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Three Wakulla War Eagles signed football scholarships on Wednesday, Feb. 1, which was National Signing Day.
The three athletes were Andrew Huntsberger, offensive lineman who signed with Waynesburg University in Pennsylvania; Deondre Strong, an offensive lineman who signed with St. Thomas University in Miami Gardens; and Todd Williams, a defensive lineman who signed with Delaware. (Williams had been a commit to Tulane, but decommitted some weeks ago and went with Delaware.)

Huntsberger and Strong held their signing at the high school; Williams signed later in the day at a ceremony at his home.
Wakulla head football coach Scott Klees noted the team only had six seniors this year – five of the six will have an opportunity to play football at the college level. That includes running back Xavier Blake, who was offered an athletic scholarship to Bluefield University in Virginia but with his high grades opted to go with an academic scholarship that gave him a full ride. Another senior, kicker Chase Linville, who was All-Big Bend Specialist player this year, was at the signing ceremony this year and confirmed that he had received some offers but was waiting until after soccer season ends to be able to visit the schools.

Of the three who signed on Signing Day, Klees noted that Williams was the all-time leader in sacks at Wakulla High School.
Klees praised Huntsberger and Strong for their work on the offensive line – Huntsberger as center, Strong played guard.
Klees laughed that, besides his son, Haden Klees, who played quarterback,  the coach was hardest on Huntsberger, who only had one bad snap all year – an incredible achievement, Klees said, given how much the offense was in shotgun.

“He’s been a joy to have,” he said of Huntsberger.

Of Strong, Klees joked that he has a name that fits him, and said Strong could lift the whole weight room. Of his play, Klees encouraged people to look at Strong’s highlight reel – “He was a road grader.”

Klees said he expected both players to be potential starters as freshmen at their schools.
Klees expressed his appreciation for school administrators, teachers, and especially Amanda Camper in guidance for helping students with their scholarships.

He also praised Wakulla’s fans, who he noted “pack out every Friday night” during football season.
After the ceremony, Strong admitted he was a little nervous about this next step, but excited.
Huntsberger, too, said he was “excited to see what’s next.”