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Nov. 7—ST. JOSEPH — Traveling the country is part of the deal when high-major college football programs offer promising high school prospects a scholarship.
Like Cameron Wagner. The 6-foot-6, 300-pound sophomore offensive lineman at St. Joseph-Ogden understands that part of recruiting.
“I like to travel,” he said. “My family has always been really big travelers. We camp, and we go to Florida a lot.”
This fall, Wagner and his family have seen various parts of the country on the weekend. Usually hours after Wagner played in a Friday night football game for the undefeated Spartans. But Wagner doesn’t plan on making any Saturday visits to a college campus anytime soon because he plans on suiting up in playoff games for the Spartans (10-0) on Saturdays the rest of November.
The SJ-O right tackle, who has Division I offers from Illinois, Louisville and Miami (Ohio), and his teammates will make the short trip to Tolono this Saturday for a 2 p.m. kickoff at Hicks Field against rival Unity (7-3) in a Class 3A second-round playoff game.
This season, Wagner has visited two Illinois games at Memorial Stadium, checking out the Illini in their Aug. 29 season opener against Eastern Illinois and their Oct. 19 game against Michigan. He has also stopped by Wisconsin for its Sept. 7 game against South Dakota, Oklahoma on Sept. 14 for its game against Tulane, Louisville for its Sept. 21 game against Georgia Tech and Indiana for its Sept. 28 game against Maryland.
The trip to Norman, Okla., to check out the Sooners in mid-September featured an early-morning wakeup call after the Spartans won 49-20 at Prairie Central.
“We stayed the night in an Airbnb near Prairie Central, slept a few hours, woke up at 2 a.m., drove up to Chicago to catch a flight and flew down to Oklahoma,” Wagner said. “The biggest thing with the travel is just the cost….
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Author : The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill.
Publish date : 2024-11-07 15:48:00
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