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The most surprising MN high school football teams and players

By Cassidy Hettesheimer, Jim Paulsen, David La Vaque and Ron Haggstrom, The Minnesota Star Tribune, 09/27/24, 1:30PM CDT

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Halfway through the season, several football programs have returned to prominence, led by an unexpected batch of talented players.

Providence Academy lineman Abu Tarawallie (76) rolls out for a block against Mound Westonka High School earlier this season. Tarawallie is verbally committed to the Gophers. (Ayrton Breckenridge/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Providence Academy lineman Abu Tarawallie (76) rolls out for a block against Mound Westonka High School earlier this season. Tarawallie is verbally committed to the Gophers. (Ayrton Breckenridge/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Through the first four weeks of the high school football season, there have been upsets, last-minute game-winners and new chapters written in some of Minnesota’s most storied high school sports rivalries.

We asked Minnesota Star Tribune high school sportswriters David La Vaque, Jim Paulsen, Ron Haggstrom and Cassidy Hettesheimer to compile a list of the most surprising teams — and players — of the season thus far … and they delivered.

For more on which players made the list, click here to read this story on startribune.com.

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