Update: Teen Will Not Be Tried as Adult in Five Points Beating

A judge decided Wednesday that one of the teens charged in the beating of 18-year-old Carter Strange will be tried in juvenile court, according to a report in The State.  

The youth, charged with assault and battery by mob second degree, strong armed robbery and conspiracy, is one of eight teens charged in connection with the beating of Strange, who was jogging back to his house in June when he was attacked.

The 15-year-old was planning to try out for the Columbia High Football team, according to a report in The State.

Columbia High head football coach Kemper Amick testified at the boy's pretrial hearing Tuesday, during which prosecutors were trying to persuade the judge to try the youth as an adult.

“We had big plans for him,” testified Columbia High School head football coach Kemper Amick. “He was a hard worker and always had a smile on his face.”

Amick said he had worked with the teen when he was a member of the St. Andrews Middle School football team and was looking forward to having him try out for a running back position on the Columbia High School football team.

If found guilty in his juvenile court hearing, the boy faces a maximum of 36 months in the S.C. Department of Juvenile Justice system, according to The State.