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Jul. 30—STEWARTVILLE — Like Stewartville teammate and fellow incoming senior Caleb Bancroft, Parker Wangen seemed earmarked to be an eventual college basketball player.
Both were big names on the AAU circuit at an early age and were seemingly two of the best prospects in southeastern Minnesota as eighth-graders and freshmen.
But football, for both, gradually took over as a top desire. It’s also become the game that has come to match their skill sets most.
Finally, it hasn’t hurt that Stewartville has had massive recent success in football, winning the Class 3A state title one year ago and finishing with just two losses in the last two years.
In late June, Bancroft made it official. He wouldn’t be playing college hoops. He was going for football, the 6-foot-6, 225-pound tight end verbally committing to the University of Minnesota Duluth.
Now, it’s Wangen’s turn. The 6-4 senior — with his rare athletic skills (4.5 in the 40-yard dash and an approximately 34-inch vertical jump) — said yes to the Minnesota State University, Mankato football program on Monday.
As was also the case for Bancroft, football now seems just right.
Wangen will be taking all of his game-breaking ability to the Mavericks, one of the top Division II programs in the country.
“Football is the game that I enjoy most now,” Wangen said. “I love spending time on the field. It’s not that I dislike basketball. But everything about football, I love it.”
It’s easy to see why. There is just so much talent oozing from that 6-4, 205-pound body. He finished last year with 675 yards receiving and 16 touchdowns. That was on a team that had weapons everywhere as the Tigers marched to an unbeaten season and the school’s first state title (beating Annandale 43-13 in the championship).
“Parker is a pretty special and unique talent,” Stewartville coach Garrett Mueller…
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Author : Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.
Publish date : 2024-07-31 00:07:00
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