It will be a very Merry Christmas for the Yuma High School girls basketball team. The Indians gave themselves a nice present with an encouraging December, during which they went 4-2 against stiff competition. The schedule does not get any easier when the season resumes in 2022, but head coachContinue Reading
Yuma High School’s boys wrestling team has been short-handed in December, but should be rearing to go when the season resumes in 2022. “Hopefully after Christmas we’ll be close to a full team,” head coach Kyle Newton said. Injuries and sickness, and some other factors, have limited the number ofContinue Reading
Yuma High School’s girls wrestling team closed out December with a solid showing at the Jimmy John’s NCCT on the University of Northern Colorado campus in Greeley. Yuma finished 17th in the 40-team field with 40 points. Chatfield won the team title with 136 points, while Loveland had 105, DiscoveryContinue Reading
Yuma School District-1’s effort to change its Indians mascot is becoming an exercise in frustration for district leaders. District leaders had hoped to receive some feedback from the Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs during a special meeting it held last Thursday, December 9. Superintendent Dianna Chrisman and board members DuaneContinue Reading
The City of Yuma and Yuma Volunteer Fire Department ended up having to battle a grass clippings fire this past Monday and Tuesday. The city provides dumpsters for grass clippings throughout the mowing season, then takes the mowed grass to a pile located at the east end of the wasteContinue Reading
There will not be any pay raises for City of Yuma employees as the Yuma City Council finalized the 2022 budget during its regular meeting, last week. Mayor Ron Swehla, Mayor Pro-tem Marc Shay and fellow council members Marylu Smith-Dischner, Dan Baucke, Dan Ebersole, Tim McClung and Terri Frame allContinue Reading
So far, so excellent for the Yuma High School boys basketball team. The Indians are 4-0 entering the final weekend of 2021 portion of the 2021-22 season. All their wins have come by double digits. They are ranked No. 2 in Class 2A, and are No. 1 in the early-seasonContinue Reading
“It takes a village” should be the mantra for the Yuma High School girls basketball team this season. It definitely took a whole team to raise a victory in “The Beet Pile” Monday night in Brush. The Indians improved to 3-1 with a grinding 50-49 overtime victory over the Beetdiggers,Continue Reading
It is finally here, Yuma High School’s inaugural YHS Holiday Tournament, Friday and Saturday. Yuma’s basketball teams will be welcoming Eaton, Limon and Heritage Christian to town for the two-day tourney. Varsity and JV teams will be playing. All varsity games will be in The Pit, with the JV gamesContinue Reading