Andover's Claire Nelson, at the peak in both talent and effort, is the Star Tribune's Metro Player of the Year in girls' lacrosse

David La Vaque is a high school sports reporter who has been the lead high school hockey writer for the Minnesota Star Tribune since 2010. He is co-author of “Tourney Time,” a book about the history of Minnesota’s boys hockey state tournament published in 2020 and updated in 2024.