Just minutes after the Logan Grizzlies had completed a perfect 14-0 season with an 18-11 victory over East in the 4A State championship game on Nov. 18, senior quarterback DJ Nelson took exception to the tears flowing from the eyes of his teammate and little brother, Chase.
“Stop crying!” DJ yelled at his sophomore sibling. “Stop crying!”
But that’s when bigger brother stepped in and put Chase’s big brother in his place.
“What do you mean, ‘Stop crying?’” bellowed back Riley Nelson. “I’m crying!”
The starting quarterback at Brigham Young University for most of the 2011 season, Riley also happened to guide the Grizzlies to a state title in 2005 on the exact same field at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City. And since Riley had basically been coaching him since he was seven years old, DJ had to listen one more time to his elder signal caller.
“I actually cried a little bit,” DJ admitted before adding, “but (Chase) was wailing, man. You can’t wail like that. Go ahead and shed a tear, but don’t be wailing.”
But while there might have been a little wailing on the Logan sideline after securing the seventh state football title in school history, at least there wasn’t any gnashing of teeth. And with just over two minutes left in the game, it sure looked like that might be the case.
Scarcely tested all season long, the powerhouse Grizzlies were trailing the big, hard-nosed Leopards, 11-10. Logan fans in the eastern stands were clearly stunned as they contemplated the possibility that their seemingly unstoppable path to a state championship might end up in disaster. But as it had all day, the Grizzly defense stood its ground when it mattered the most and forced East into punting the football.

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Twenty years ago, Craig dreamed of having six-pack abs for his wedding. But since he always felt a little chubby and big-boned, it didn’t happen. Over the span of a couple decades, Craig purchased a treadmill, a pull-up bar and nice running shoes, but all of the Logan resident’s attempts to lose weight around his stomach were short-lived.
Then, four months ago. Craig learned about Belladante Medical Institute, Cache Valley’s first and only medical spa dedicated to cosmetic treatments. The institute offers laser liposuction (smart lipo) among many other services, and Craig, who asked for his last name to remain anonymous, decided to give it a shot.
He says he went in for a consultation and Dr. Aaron Jones showed him pictures of some of the procedures. Craig was also given an exam to make sure his skin was elastic enough to shrink back after surgery. When everything panned out, he scheduled an appointment and finally told his wife right before the procedure.
“It was one of those things that I just did and kind of sprung it on her on the last minute and she couldn’t believe I was doing something,” he says. “ … Her reaction after was very, very pleased.”
It wasn’t that Craig had a lot of weight to lose. Belladante co-founder Shane Traveller says the medical institute doesn’t specialize in taking a lot of weight off people. Generally, they’ll take a little more than a pound of fat from someone, but it’s enough to get pretty dramatic results. In Craig’s case, Jones took 700 cubic centimeters of fat from his stomach, giving him the tight, flat abs he always wanted.
“It’s nice to be able to bend over and not have such a middle that it makes you feel very uncomfortable with having your shirt tucked in,” Craig says. “It’s very nice to have a shirt tucked in; it’s very nice to stand tall and feel better about yourself and to have additional self confidence.”

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