WANGARATTA has signed the Northern Football League's leading goalkicker.

At just 19-years-old, Parker Heatley took out the league's goalkicking award with 60 majors for North Heidelberg taking his team to a semi-final.

He also finished fourth in the league medal in his first full year of senior football.

Heatley is the son of new Magpies coach Jason who was a goalkicking dynamo for St Kilda, winning their leading goalkicker award in 1997-98.

While at 188cm he's seen as a mid-sized forward, he's a terrific mark and a booming kick.

"He's 188cms, a solid build, a left-footer, moves well and has a really good footy IQ," Jason Heatley said.

"He's just played his first year as a forward, he played off half-back (in the Talent League), so he won our best and fairest, finished fourth in the comp and won the league goalkicking, so it was a pretty quick turnaround for him and well deserved."

The arrival of Heatley will be delightful news to Wangaratta supporters with plenty of goal kicking talent leaving Norm Minns Oval after the 2024 season.

Callum Moore, arguably the competition's best player of the past four years has left for home club Aberfeldie, while Magpies legend Michael Newton has departed to coach Whorouly in the Ovens and King.

Along with those two, former coach and gun forward Ben Reid was forced to retire in 2023 after he tore his bicep.