Scott Nelson still remembers his teammates, coaches and playing in the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association All-Star football game. Fast forward 30 years and Nelson is now coaching in the very same game.
But what makes the moment even more special is that he will be coaching his son, Cooper, a star wide receiver and recent graduate of Sun Prairie High School, when the Large Schools South Team faces the North at 5 p.m. this Saturday at Titan Stadium in Oshkosh.
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