The MSHSL.org writer travels the state looking for great stories, and talks about them here. Read his work at John’s Journal at the MSHSL website.

John Millea is the media specialist with the Minnesota State High School League, the governing body for athletics, fine arts and other high school activities in Minnesota. He joined the MSHSL staff in 2010 after a lengthy career as a newspaper editor, reporter and columnist in Iowa, Arizona and Minnesota. He worked at the Ottumwa Courier, Cedar Rapids Gazette and Des Moines Register in Iowa, the Arizona Republic in Phoenix and the Minneapolis Star Tribune.