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Week 5 Star Tribune prep football picks

Let's see what the first week of October picks brings to our writers.

By David La Vaque

September 30, 2021 at 11:38PM

(Cheryl Myers/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

about the writer

David La Vaque

Reporter

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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