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In 2004, the Northwest Jaguars (Germantown, MD) captured the 3A state championship. The team was led then by quarterback Ike Whitaker, now a red-shirt freshman quarterback at Virginia Tech. Northwest, 5-0 heading into this Friday’s match-up versus Magruder, is hoping to repeat its 2004 success and is being led by another future Hokie in defensive lineman Justin Young .

“We’ve got great talent and depth this year,” said the 6-4, 250-pound Young. “We have a great offense and a great defense. If we can just keep our focus, I think we can make it back to states.”

Northwest moved to a 3-3-5 defense this season. Young plays left defensive end, but has also moved inside to the nose guard spot on occasion. He feels he has played well this season, but, more importantly, is happy with the defense yielding only 12.2 points per game.

“I don’t really know my stats, but I’ve been playing decent,” Young said. “I’m just trying to play team ball. The defense is doing well. We’re playing together and we’re playing within the defense. I’m just interested in getting other players some stats. My role as a d-lineman is just to free up the linebackers. If we make our plays as d-linemen, then our linebackers can make the plays.”

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