The St. Augustine Prep football team was always going to go as far as senior running back Julian Turney took the Hermits.
And that turned out to be pretty far, as Prep made it to the Non-Public A state semifinals before falling to Don Bosco Prep, one of the best teams in the nation.
A Naval Academy recruit, Turney, a 6-foot, 200-pound bruiser, got better as the season wore on. In two of his final three games, he rushed 31 times for 192 yards and 31 times for 134 yards in wins over Millville and Delbarton, two of the best teams in the state.
Turney racked up nearly 1,200 yards and 12 touchdowns as a senior, giving him 3,342 yards and 43 touchdowns on a staggering 567 carries. He was a third-team All-State selection as a senior.
