Since 2004, Star Tribune high school sports reporter David La Vaque has told stories from the various walks of varsity life. Undefeated champions to teams that never won a game. Starters to role-players. Honor students to kids overcoming learning disabilities. Victory piles to second-place tears. And he has written many articles about larger off-field issues. Turf fields. Female cross country runners who find growing up can mean slowing down. The challenge for football and hockey to coexist. And concerns brought on by drawing school district boundaries and shuffling conferences. As for personal high school sports exploits, he practiced football at St. Paul Johnson. Other guys played.