Meet the 2021 All-Metro football first team defense

Here are the top defensive players in Twin Cities area prep football, including the All-Metro second team.

November 23, 2021 at 4:47AM
Maple Grove's Tanner Albeck (35) was tripped up by Woodbury's Joey Gerlach (6) with help from Garrett Smith (11) during a first quarter run Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021 in Eden Prairie. The Maple Grove Crimson faced the Woodbury Royals in a MSHSL Class 6A football state tournament quarterfinal game Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021 night at Eden Prairie High School in Eden Prairie. ] JEFF WHEELER • Jeff.Wheeler@startribune.com
Woodbury’s Joey Gerlach, shown leaping at the legs of Maple Grove’s Tanner Albeck, was named first team All-Metro on defense. (Jeff Wheeler, Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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about the writer

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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