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Utah State football beat writer for The Herald Journal; high school reporter for a myriad of different sports.

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Jason Turner
4 years
Some personal news: After 11 years of trying to have kids, my wife and I finalized the adoption of our baby boy, Nathan, this morning. Found out about the opportunity less than a month before he was born. He is now almost 6 months old.
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Jason Turner
3 years
BREAKING: I've just been told former Utah State interim football coach Frank Maile has accepted a job on the Boise State staff as an associate head coach/defensive line coach. Coach Maile has emailed me a statement thanking Aggie fans and I will type that up soon.
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Jason Turner
3 years
USU football: USU 26, WSU 23 Aggies earn their first road win over a Power 5 Conference opponent in 50 years.
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Jason Turner
5 years
USU football: Gary Andersen is returning as Utah State's head football coach. An official announcement will likely take place Sunday. Here is my story.
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Jason Turner
1 year
I was just told Aggie basketball legend Jaycee Carroll is Mountain Crest's new head girls basketball coach.
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Jason Turner
3 years
USU football: It's pretty apparent Texas transfer Byron Hobbs-Vaughns can be a potent pass rusher.
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Jason Turner
5 years
USU football: Again, I can't overstate the outstanding job interim head coach Frank Maile and his staff have done preparing the Aggies.
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Jason Turner
5 years
Future Utah State football player Cooper Legas defended his 4A state wrestling title at 195 pounds with a 10-4 victory over Spanish Fork's Ben Boyack. Legas, who is also a two-time state champion in football and the javelin, finished his senior season with a record of 32-0.
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Jason Turner
5 years
USU football: Forgot to tweet out Darwin Thompson has exceeded the 1,000-yard rushing barrier this season. He is up to 1,038.
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Jason Turner
2 years
Just arrived back from the Jimmy Kimmel La Bowl. It's been a fun season covering Utah State's football team. This team developed from a pretty good yet flawed team that found a way to win close games to a legitimate Top 25 team. This season was special.
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Jason Turner
5 years
USU football: Top Aggie unofficial times in the 40-yard dash on Pro Day: Aaren Vaughns 4.45 Aaron Wade 4.47 Darwin Thompson 4.53
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Jason Turner
4 years
USU football: Aggie commit @ElelyonNoa broke the school rushing record held by Reggie Bush. Yes, the 2005 Heisman Trophy winner from USC. 5,830 career rushing yards and 55 TDs for Noa. Wow.
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Jason Turner
2 years
USU football: Here is the first official depth.
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Jason Turner
7 years
Here's video of @BagleyJared game-winning shot vs. SV.
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Jason Turner
5 years
USU football: Darwin Thompson off to a great start on Pro Day. 28 reps on the bench. 10-6 in the broad jump 39-inch vertical leap.
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Jason Turner
9 years
They should play next week's Mountain Crest-Sky View football game at Maverik Stadium. That many people should be interested.
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Jason Turner
5 years
USU football: What a performance by USU defensive back Andre Grayson, who finished with 9 tackles, 2 TFL, 1 sack, 1 FF and 3 PBUs.
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Jason Turner
3 years
The Herald Journal has been able to confirm highly touted twin brothers Elia and Enoka Migao have joined Utah State's football team and has already practiced.
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Jason Turner
2 years
USU football: Deven Thompkins is now USU's single-season receiving record-holder. He's up to 1,537 yards. Kevin Curtis finished with 1,531 in 2001.
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Jason Turner
4 years
USU football: Coach Andersen also said "it's not feasible" to play an 8-10 game spring schedule and turn around and play again in the fall.
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Jason Turner
3 years
Logan Bonner helped lead Arkansas State to a road win over Kansas State last year, and he does the same for Utah State against WSU tonight. Peasley also did some good stuff too. Big win for the Aggies.
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Jason Turner
6 years
Prep football: Former Utah State wide receiver Travis Van Leeuwen has been hired as Logan's head football coach.
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Jason Turner
3 years
USU football: Utah State rallies from a double-digit deficit in the 2nd half, just like it did against Washington State. Aggies now 3-0 for the first time since 1978, the year I was born. Such a fun game to watch. Final from Colorado Springs: Utah State 49, Air Force 45
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Jason Turner
5 years
USU football: My weekly feature story is on @AVaughns22 , who went from walk-on to one of the Aggies' top targets in the passing game.
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Jason Turner
2 years
UCLA transfer commits to Utah State.
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JCA$EY
2 years
I don’t say a word, was on my grind and now I got what I deserve. Let’s do this! Thank you @CHbanderson @CoachBanda @CoachAlexDevine for this amazing opportunity! ❕❕COMMITTED❕❕
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Jason Turner
2 years
USU Pro Day: Deven Thompkins with a 38.5 inch vertical leap. Derek Wright with a 38.
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Jason Turner
5 months
So happy for Levi Williams. Sacrificed a lot coming to USU and made the most of his opportunity.
@hjsports
HJ Sports
5 months
USU FB: Levi Williams in his first start of the season finishes with 153 yards rushing on 25 carries and 3 TD, completes 16 of 27 passes for 198 yards and 2 TDs.
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Jason Turner
1 year
Sky View celebrates after winning the 4A state title.
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Jason Turner
2 years
I asked coach Anderson about this picture during today's presser. His response: "I just told him that I love in and to keep his head up. He was just trying to make a play. ... He's got a great career ahead of him." continued
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Jason Turner
6 years
Prep track: Ridgeline's Halle Livingston wins the 4A title in the 100 hurdles. PR of 15.07
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Jason Turner
2 years
USU football: Had a really good interview with @derekwright_05 yesterday and wrote a feature story on the all-Mountain West receiver, which also includes some great comments from Kyle Cefalo.
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Jason Turner
6 years
Sky View's @mamba__4 is the 2017-18 Herald Journal Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Wilson helped lead the Bobcats to Region 12 titles in all 3 of his sports. Here is @hjsports story.
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Jason Turner
4 years
USU football: Well-deserved moment for Dominik Eberle, who is not only a great kicker but a great representative of USU and a great person.
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Jason Turner
3 years
USU football: Justin Rice finishes with 14 tackles, including 2.0 for a loss, 1 interception and 1 forced fumble. Have to imagine he'll be the Mountain West Defensive Player of the Week for the 2nd straight week.
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Jason Turner
5 years
USU football: Here is my report on Saturday's low key scrimmage. A more intense scrimmage took place Friday. Nice fan turnout for Aggie Football Family Fun Day.
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Jason Turner
2 years
USU football: Cooper Legas in at quarterback for the Aggies and throws an absolute strike in stride to Deven Thompkins for a 62-yard touchdown. Wow.
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Jason Turner
3 years
USU football: Cooper Legas will start at quarterback for the Aggies this Thursday against Wyoming, coach Frank Maile annnounced right now during his press conference.
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Jason Turner
5 years
USU football: Running back Darwin Thompson drafted in the 7th round by reigning AFC champion Kansas City. Thompson is the 5th USU RB since 2012 to be drafted.
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Jason Turner
3 years
USU football: Sky View star Isaac Larsen will be signing with the Aggies on Wednesday. @BrianPhillipsa1 was the first to report this and he is very reliable! Always my job to verify, though.
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Jason Turner
7 years
Sky View has a legitimate chance to win state titles in girls soccer, volleyball and football this fall.
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Jason Turner
2 years
USU football: Levi Williams with a nice 18-yard slant for a TD to Terrell Vaughn.
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Jason Turner
3 months
Big night for future Utah State player.
@idahosports
IdahoSports.com
3 months
Kase Wynott is the new Idaho High School Scoring Leader! Wynott broke the 31 year old record of 2,589 points set by Jared Mercer (Kamiah) in 1993.
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Jason Turner
2 years
USU football: Just doing some research for my follow-up story and I just barely realized the Aggies played turnover free football for the first time this season in Friday's win at New Mexico.
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Jason Turner
5 years
Steve Wiley might be the most beloved person in the history of USU's football program. Some pretty touching tributes on Twitter today!
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Jason Turner
2 years
USU football: Here was your 1st-string offensive line during warmups: LT: Alfred Edwards LG: Wade Meacham C: Chandler Dolphin RG: Weylin Lapuaho RT: Jacob South
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Jason Turner
5 years
Sky View wins the 4A boys soccer title.
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Jason Turner
3 years
Prep baseball: Mountain Crest blows out top-seeded Desert Hills 13-0 in 5 innings. Jaden Jones, the Mustangs' No. 3 or 4 pitcher, throws a 5-inning shutout and limits an explosive Thunder squad to a pair of singles. The Mustangs will play for a 4A state title this weekend.
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Jason Turner
7 years
Aggies with the Old Wagon Wheel.
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Jason Turner
6 years
Wouldn't be one bit surprised if this Mustang competes his way to a scholarship at USU. Injuries cut his very promising senior season short.
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Jason Turner
5 years
There was a moment of silence for Steve Wiley prior to the Sky View-Weber game.
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Jason Turner
5 years
USU football: crazy finish in Fort Collins.Hail Mary negated by a penalty. Aggies win their 10th straight game, a new school record
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Jason Turner
2 years
Legendary stuff from the Smithfield native.
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NCAA Track & Field
2 years
BACK-TO-BACK FOR MANTZ!!! The 2021 National Champion in the Men's 10K is Conner Mantz who finished in 28:33.1! 📺 ESPNU #NCAAXC x @BYUTFXC
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Jason Turner
7 years
There are a ton of Ridgeline fans here at USU.
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Jason Turner
5 years
USU football: Franke Maile will be the interim head coach for the bowl game. It sounds like coach Wells will be bringing a lot of his coaches with him to Lubbock. Also, head strength and conditioning coach Dave Scholz will be joining coach Wells.
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Jason Turner
3 years
USU football: Kyle Van Leeuwen is going to make an impact in the slot for the Aggies this season. He's been a weapon during this scrimmage.
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Jason Turner
7 years
Prep boys soccer: Alex Cruz with a point blank rebound volley in the 98th minute and Ridgeline wins the 3A title! What a match!
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Jason Turner
5 years
USU football: My most recent Aggie football feature is on running back @GBR1GHT who, in addition to being an explosive playmaker, has a made an impact as a leader and with his infectious personality.
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Jason Turner
2 years
USU football: Aggies definitely snubbed a bit in today's all-Mountain West awards. First team: Deven Thompkins Second team: Savon Scarver and Justin Rice. Really surprised Nick Heninger wasn't 2nd team and Logan Bonner wasn't honorable mention.Makes no sense to not honor Bonner
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Jason Turner
8 years
Utah State has now had 10 NFL draft picks in the past 6 years. This is the 4th time in the past 4 years at least 2 Aggies have been selected
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Jason Turner
5 years
USU football: Outstanding job by Frank Maile and his staff getting the Aggies ready to roll.
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Jason Turner
5 years
USU men's hoops: @justinbean12 has been a big contributor for the Aggies during the second half of the season. Here is @hjsports feature story on the redshirt freshman spark plug.
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Jason Turner
2 years
Blake Anderson's been through a lot the past couple of years. His faith will pull him through, but man my heart goes out to him.
@USUAthletics
Utah State Athletics
2 years
Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family Coach. 💙
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Jason Turner
5 years
Recent Green Canyon graduate @DeweyPanter is your 2018-19 Herald Journal Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Panter was a 1st-team all-region selection in each of his 3 sports, plus a 1st-team all-state honoree in golf, a 2nd-team all-state pick in hoops.
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Jason Turner
6 years
Is this really the crowd we are getting for a 6-1 Aggie team on the nicest late-October day we will ever get in Logan?
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Jason Turner
8 years
USU football: Rayshad Lewis tore it up in receiver-DB drills on the first day of fall camp.
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Jason Turner
5 years
USU football: Jordan Love laughing with his teammates on the sidelines. Good chance he will be back next week.
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Jason Turner
3 years
Deven Thompkins coming back to Utah State.
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Jason Turner
3 years
Miami transfer headed to USU. This is the third player from a Power 5 conference to commit to the Aggies in the past 10 days.
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Patrick Joyner Jr.
3 years
Time for a...... New Atmosphere ✔️ New mindset ✔️ Different time zone✔️ Thanks you Utah St for this opportunity🙏🏾 #AggiesAllTheWay
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Jason Turner
5 years
USU men's hoops: Dwayne Brown Jr. has done a good job with limited minutes at times this season. Here is @hjsports feature story on the senior.
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Jason Turner
8 months
Former Utah State star Chari Hawkins is legitimately vying for a medal at the world championships.
@NBCOlympics
NBC Olympics & Paralympics
8 months
Two Americans in the top five as we head into the final event of the heptathlon! #WorldAthleticsChamps 📺: 800m on NBC at 12pm ET
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Jason Turner
3 years
USU football: Justin Rice provides the exclamation point with his 2nd interception of the game. The standout linebacker hurdles a player, to boot.
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Jason Turner
3 years
USU football: Blake Anderson has hired a pair of former Aggie players on his coaching staff. Al Lapuaho will coach the D-line DJ Tialavea will coach the TEs
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Jason Turner
3 years
Just taking advantage of Logan Canyon in the fall with Naters.
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Jason Turner
2 years
USU football: Here is my first in a 9-part series breaking down the Aggies position by position. I got some great comments from wide receiver coach/passing game coordinator Kyle Cefalo.
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Jason Turner
3 years
I know it was no secret Chuckie Keeton was likely coming back to Utah State, but it appears it's clearly happening.
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Blake Anderson
3 years
FIRST Staff Dinner... look out Logan #GoAggies
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Jason Turner
8 months
USU football: Geez, did Aggie linebacker MJ Tafisi have a big game: 12 tackles, 3 TFL and 1 forced fumble. USU definitely glad to have him back.
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Jason Turner
5 months
This adds to the sets of brothers at USU. George was highly recruited in high school. This is a big get for the Aggies.
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George Maile🇹🇴
5 months
@bo_maile Let’s Run It Back💯 Fully Committed to Utah State University, AGGIE UP!!!🤘🏾💙 ,,|/_
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Jason Turner
1 year
Prep girls hoops: Here is Hannah Radford's game -winning shot to send Sky View to the 4A state title game
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Jason Turner
2 years
USU football: Aggies celebrate with their game after blowing out San Diego State in the MW title game.
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Jason Turner
6 years
Here is the 2017 Herald Journal All-Valley Football Team, headlined by @hjmangum feature on Player of the Year Beau Robinson.
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Jason Turner
5 years
Prep boys hoops: Sky View star @mason_falslev headlines the 2018-19 Herald Journal All-Valley Team. Here is my story.
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Jason Turner
7 years
USU men's tennis: for the 3rd straight year USU beats BYU, 4-3
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Jason Turner
5 years
USU football: My weekly feature story is on record-setting kicker @theDEbbz , who is fluent in 3 languages and is also a very good student.
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Jason Turner
5 years
USU football: Here is my positional preview on USU's secondary, which is hungry to prove itself on 2019. Got some great comments from DJ Williams.
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Jason Turner
4 years
Packers trade up to draft Love, who becomes only the 5th Utah State player to ever get drafted in the 1st round — 2nd quarterback. Love, USU's all-time leader in total offense (9,003 yards), in the 9th Aggie signal caller to ever get drafted.
@NFLDraft
NFL Draft
4 years
With the 26th overall pick, the #Packers select Utah State QB Jordan Love! #NFLDraft
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Jason Turner
2 years
USU football: Here is my lengthy recap of USU's first scrimmage of fall camp, which was moved indoors because it rained cats and dogs in Logan and partially flooded my basement. Fun times!
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Jason Turner
7 years
Ridgeline beats Snow Canyon 2-1 to advance to 3A finals.
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Jason Turner
2 years
USU football: Aggies celebrate with the Mountain West championship trophy.
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Jason Turner
4 years
USU football: Just found out from his agent that Tipa Galeai has signed as an undrafted free agent with the Green Bay Packers, where he will be reunited from Jordan Love.
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Jason Turner
4 years
USU women's hoops: Green Canyon sharpshooter @KinleyFalslev will play for Utah State. Falslev is Green Canyon's all-time record-holder with 177 3-pointers.
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Jason Turner
6 years
USU men's hoops: Tim Duryea was a class act who deserved another season, writes @hjsports in his column.
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Jason Turner
4 years
Sounds like a really good get for the Aggies as a PWO. Had 37 tackles for loss as a senior! Outstanding wrestler. He beat Corner Canyon's Kade Carlson in the 220-pound state title match last season. Carlson has a wrestling scholarship to Army.
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Emerson Conlon
4 years
Excited to announce my commitment to Utah State University! Thank you to everybody in my support group and to all the coaches who believed in me. Got something to prove, thank you so much for this opportunity!! @coachfrankmaile @TreverMcFalls @CoachLapuaho
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Jason Turner
1 year
At this point I'm not sure how we can salvage high school baseball and softball seasons in Cache Valley. They can play the first few weeks on the road, but when we reach Region 11 play, then what.
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Jason Turner
3 years
USU football: Here is my story recapping USU's big road win at Washington State. Buckle up. It's long.
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Jason Turner
6 years
USU football: I love that USU has decided to give DJ Nelson some chances to make plays this season. Just a good all-around football player.
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Jason Turner
3 years
USU football: Aggie head coach Blake Anderson said star safety Shaq Bond will be day to day this week. Bond took a pretty good shot to his knee, but there doesn't appear to be any structural damage.
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