{"id":414941,"date":"2025-11-30T11:21:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T11:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/414941\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T11:21:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T11:21:15","slug":"fugitive-virginia-high-school-football-coach-travis-turner-son-bailey-sends-emotional-message-after-team-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/414941\/","title":{"rendered":"Fugitive Virginia high school football coach Travis Turner son Bailey sends emotional message after team wins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The devastated son of fugitive Virginia football coach Travis Turner celebrated a \u201cbittersweet\u201d win after his father\u2019s team kept its undefeated season alive Saturday night \u2013 even as cops continue their hunt for the accused child predator.<\/p>\n<p>Bailey Turner, 23, fought back tears as he slipped off the sidelines after Union High School \u2013 the team his father has long coached in the football-loving community of Big Stone Gap \u2013 beat Ridgeview High School in a 21-14 victory, the Daily Mail reported.<\/p>\n<p>The reeling son, a former quarterback who graduated in 2019, told the outlet the win was \u201cbittersweet,\u201d as his father faces shocking allegations that he possessed child porn and tried to have sex with a minor.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.00097752;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37801507\" width=\"591\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/bailey-turner-left-travis-turner-116429171.jpg\" alt=\"Travis Turner and his son Bailey, coaches at Union High School in Virginia.\" class=\"wp-image-37801507\"  \/>Travis Turner and his son Bailey, coaches at Union High School in Virginia. Facebook\/Leslie Turner<\/p>\n<p>Turner noted his family also \u201cappreciated the support\u201d they\u2019ve received.<\/p>\n<p>During the game, dozens of fans reportedly swarmed him for photos, hugged him, and offered words of support as police continue their sprawling manhunt for the wanted celebrity coach.<\/p>\n<p>Travis Turner, 46, has been missing since Nov. 20, when he seemingly vanished without a trace as Virginia State Police were en route to his Appalachia home to question him over the disturbing allegations.<\/p>\n<p>While he was initially not charged with any crimes, police on Monday issued ten arrest warrants, charging him with five counts of child pornography and five counts of using a computer to solicit a minor<\/p>\n<p>Turner was declared a fugitive on Tuesday, with his family denying the allegations against him.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.75195313;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37801512\" width=\"444\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/https-www-facebook-com-leslie-116163563_3c6627.jpg\" alt=\"Travis Turner was last seen leaving his Appalachia home on Nov. 20, 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-37801512\"  \/>Travis Turner was last seen leaving his Appalachia home on Nov. 20, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, authorities have released few details about the investigation or updates on the search, as they continue to scour the mountainous countryside.<\/p>\n<p>Turner\u2019s wife, Leslie Turner, also 46, has denied the charges brought against her husband.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNone of that is true. He\u2019s a good dad and a good husband,\u201d she previously told the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n<p>The star head grid coach \u2014 who disappeared during an undefeated season \u2014 was also a physical education teacher at the tight-kit school of about 600 students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The devastated son of fugitive Virginia football coach Travis Turner celebrated a \u201cbittersweet\u201d win after his father\u2019s team&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":414942,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[18887,1318,18131,8324,1317,1315,1316,62,67,132,68,906],"class_list":{"0":"post-414941","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-child-pornography","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-high-school-football","11":"tag-missing-persons","12":"tag-ncaa","13":"tag-ncaa-football","14":"tag-ncaafootball","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-virginia"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115638389562579652","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}