Stillwater's Nick Kinsey, left, and Edina's Mason West, Minnesota's top quarterback prospects, will clash Thursday. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii (Kinsey) and Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
David La Vaque and Jim Paulsen, Minnesota Star Tribune reporters who make an annual competition of predicting high school football winners, are in a tight one as the regular season nears its end. Each is 16-6 after each missed once last week.
Their predictions and analysis for three Week 7 games, including one on Thursday:
To see which teams they picked to win and why, click here to read this story on startribune.com.