A big showdown is scheduled for inside The Pit, Friday night. Yuma High School’s boys basketball team will be hosting Peyton in the final game of the evening in a major non-league tilt. The Indians have won seven straight, 7-3 overall, 5-0 in league play, entering this week ranked No.Continue Reading
It has been a tough shortened Season B for the Yuma High School girls basketball team, but expect the Indians to keep battling. The Indians are 2-8 overall, 2-3 in Lower Platte Activities Association play, after splitting two games late last week. “We’re still going to go at it,” headContinue Reading
The top-ranked Wray High School wrestling team flexed its muscles in dispatching county-rival Yuma, 44-15, Thursday night in the Eagles Nest. Yuma entered the annual showdown with just one team loss in this dual-only Season B, and was looking to give the Eagles a scare like the Indians did lastContinue Reading
The Yuma High School boys wrestling team is enjoying a strong finish to the 2021 regular season. The Indians picked up three more dual wins late last week. Now they have a huge dual tonight, February 25, at Yuma County-rival Wray. The two-time defending 2A state champions currently are rankedContinue Reading
Mary Alice (Crossland) Pearson 1941– 2021 Mary Alice (Crossland) Pearson was born July 18, 1941, and passed away February 16, 2021. A Funeral Service will be on Thursday, February 25, 2021 at 10:30 a.m. at the Baucke Funeral Home in Yuma, Colorado. Interment following lunch at the Haxtun Cemetery inContinue Reading
Yuma High School’s boys wrestling team definitely went out in style Friday night in The Pit. The Indians rolled Dolores Huerta Prep 50-9 in their last home match of the 2021 season. They are in Greeley today for duals against University and Platte Valley, and have a huge dual atContinue Reading
Yuma High School’s boys basketball team cruised to its sixth straight victory, 87-45 over Akron Thursday night in The Pit. The Indians scored 61 points in the first half while improving to 6-0 in Lower Platte Activities Association play, 6-3 overall, heading into Saturday afternoon’s nonleague game at Burlington. AkronContinue Reading
It did not come easy, of course, but the Yuma High School girls basketball team earned its second victory of season, beating Akron 45-43 Thursday night in The Pit. The Indians now are 2-7 overall, 2-4 in Lower Platte Activities Association play heading into Saturday afternoon’s nonleague game at Burlington.Continue Reading
The deep freeze that enveloped the area for more than a week was so cold, that it actually felt kind of warm this past Tuesday when the high was just 21 degrees. Many area ranchers are calving, with the newborns in peril if not sheltered from frozen weather in shortContinue Reading
The money situation is good, so some “add alternatives” are being included with Yuma School District-1’s $32 million expansion/renovation project. The Yuma-1 Board of Education approved the four additional upgrades during its regular monthly meeting Monday night, though the approval for the YHS Commons upgrade was only a preliminary thumbs-upContinue Reading