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Prep football picks: State quarterfinals edition

The football state tournament has arrived and teams across the state battle it out on neutral-site outdoor fields for the right to take it inside U.S. Bank Stadium.

By David La Vaque and

Jim Paulsen

November 10, 2021 at 11:05PM
(Cheryl Myers/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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David La Vaque

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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.

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Jim Paulsen

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Jim Paulsen is a high school sports reporter for the Star Tribune. 

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