Their Coach is A Fugitive; Their Record is Now 13-0

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🗓️ 30 November 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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The Union High School Bears pulled off an impressive victory this weekend, heading to the semi finals after their undefeated football team has been thrust into the international spotlight for all the wrong reasons: Their coach is missing and a wanted fugitive. The massive manhunt for 46-year-old Travis Turner continues after he disappeared on November 20th, last seen leaving his home with a firearm, heading into the woods. Days later, authorities revealed Turner was wanted on 5 counts of child pornography and another 5 counts of using a computer to solicit a minor. While his wife and children pray for his safe return and defend the man they love, the small town of Appalachia, Virginia holds on to hope for some answers while cheering on the very franchise Turner coached for more than a decade.

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0:00.0	This is an IHeart podcast.
0:02.3	Guaranteed Human.
0:06.1	Hey there, folks.
0:07.8	It is Sunday, November 30th.
0:11.2	And their coach went from being a missing man to a wanted fugitive.
0:17.0	But this undefeated high school football team just keeps on winning.
0:22.5	And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. Robs.
0:26.0	We don't make a habit of following the class two high school Virginia playoffs.
0:34.3	But we had our screen up yesterday refreshing and refreshing, keeping an eye on a high school
0:40.7	football game yesterday for the wildest of reasons and tragic reasons even. Yes, Union High
0:47.3	School versus Ridgefield High School, correct? Ridgeview High School. And this was the semifinals there in Virginia.
0:56.1	And of note, of course, Union High School has been not just in the national news, but in the
1:01.1	international news, because it's high school football coach since 2011 went missing just two
1:08.3	days before one of their big, it was a qualifying final.
1:13.4	And they initially said he wasn't wanted.
1:16.6	They didn't have any warrant for his arrest.
1:18.7	They just wanted to talk to him about a complaint.
1:21.4	But sure enough, a few days later, it turns out he is now wanted on 10 counts,
1:25.7	five of them for child pornography charges.
1:28.9	The other five for using a computer to solicit a minor.
1:32.7	These are serious, significant charges.
1:35.8	And we're now hearing confirmation about where this coach, Travis Turner, was last seen,
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