BY BRENT MAYCOCKKSHSA COVERED

OVERLAND PARK – It was maybe as helpless as Hayden Heller had ever felt during his football playing career.

In the midst of having a big junior season from his defensive tackle position and enjoying the biggest game of his career with a 15-tackle performance against Olathe North, the Mill Valley lineman went down with a torn ACL that ended his season.

And as painful as it was for Heller to miss the remainder of the season, the manner in which the Jaguars’ season ended was the most painful. Standing on the sideline for Mill Valley’s Class 5A state quarterfinal showdown with rival St. Thomas Aquinas, Heller had to watch as the Saints converted a game-winning two-point conversion on a running play that went right to the spot where Heller would have occupied –

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