Jaguars defensive line shares HyVee Athlete of the Week

The Mill Valley High School football team is preparing for the State Championship game after defeating Saint Thomas Aquinas on Friday.

HOSTING THE 4 SEED,MINNESOTA...ATHLETE OF THE WEEKTIME.WE HAVE EXTRA TROPHIESLYING AROUND.AND THAT'S GOODBECAUSE THISPERFORMANCE TOOK ALOT OF GUYS.HERE'S MCKENZIENELSON...MCKENZIE NELSON - REPORTINGMICK, THERE"S NO I IN TEAMBUT THERE IS ONE ININCREDIBLE AND THAT"SEXACTLY HOW MILL VALLEY"SDEFENSIVE LINE PLAYED FRIDAYNIGHT AGAINST ST.

THOMASAQUINAS.AIDAN SHAFFERSWe made Aquinas feel ourpresence, they knew we werethereand we kept our foot on theirthroatfor the entire 4 quarters.ETHAN KREMERSWe"ve been buildingtogether all season long andthere"s are coming tofruition,we"re playing really well as aunitand dominating people.THE JAGS WERE DOMINANT INTHEIR 42-7 WIN.THE DEFENSE HELD THE SAINTSTO 85 TOTAL YARDS.THEY RECORDED 5.5 SACKS AND7.5 TACKLES FOR LOSS.PETE JANSSENSWe"re playing our bestfootball right now which is mostimportant.NOW IT"S ON TO STATE FORMILL VALLEY " AS THEY LOOKTO BRING HOME THEIR 4TH TITLEIN 6 YEARS.COLE KNAPPENSIt"s all about how we"recoached and how we prepare,that"s what separates us fromthe pack.NATS- PRESENTATION OFTROPHIESCODY MOORESUsually it goes out to oneperson, it"s cool we get to doitas a group, it shows that it"sateam effort throughout the year,eachgame, each wrap, each play youknow, just shows that it"sawesome we can all be a part ofthis.JOEL APPLEBEESWe take a team approach, youknow, we want to, we really wanttowork hard and have individualsuccess but that collectivelyallowsus to have team success and ourkids understand that.MCKENZIE NELSON, 41 ACTIONNEWS