The Yuma High School girls basketball team shows flashes of tantalizing potential, but still is inconsistent just enough to keep coming up short in the final score. The Indians dropped to 0-5 overall, 0-2 in the Lower Platte Activities Association, with a 66-48 loss at No. 12 Sedgwick County, whichContinue Reading
The Yuma High School boys wrestling team improved to 7-0 in Season B, sweeping all three duals in a quadrangular held Saturday at Yuma Middle School and Morris Elementary. The Indians started out the day with a win over Merino/Akron, then another team victory against Sedgwick County, both in theContinue Reading
Yuma High School’s girls wrestling team hosted its first-ever home matches, Saturday in The Pit and Aux Pit. It was a busy debut also as the Indians hosted Fort Lupton, Bennett and Legacy for a quadrangular. Unfortunately, the Indians were unable to win any of the duals. First up wasContinue Reading
Yuma High School’s boys basketball team broke into the win column in a big way, cruising to a 91-48 win over Holyoke, Friday night in the Tribe’s Lower Platte Activities Association opener in The Pit. It was the most points Yuma’s boys had scored in years, most likely since theContinue Reading
Yuma High School’s girls basketball team again put a challenge to a top opponent, but again came out the losing end. The Indians dropped to 0-4 on the season, 0-1 in Lower Platte Activities Association play, with a 37-26 loss to Class 2A third-ranked Holyoke, Friday night in their leagueContinue Reading
Jason Licht is getting to stay at home throughout Super Bowl Week even though his team is in the big game. That’s because the Yuma High School graduate’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers are the first team ever that will play the Super Bowl in its home stadium — thanks to beatingContinue Reading
The steel frame for the new wing at Yuma High School continues to go up this week. The canopy top over the new front entrance was put up on Monday, providing an exciting development. The top is a tip of the hat to The Pit’s half-dome roof, which is locatedContinue Reading
A Yuma teenager has been missing since last Saturday, January 30. Jorge Rodriguez, Jr. was last known to leave work at Pro Health in Wray at 5:42 p.m. last Saturday. He was driving a 2003 Nissan Altima, tan in color. The back bumper is missing. The license plate number isContinue Reading
The first few minutes of the season opener were great for the Yuma High School boys basketball team, and the final minutes of their second game were encouraging as well. “I’ve read somewhere that the minutes in between are pretty significant also,” head coach Dave Sheffield cracked after a reporterContinue Reading
Yuma High School’s girls basketball team showed great improvement from its first game to the second, but the challenges keep coming for the Indians. They entered this week 0-2 after opening the shortened 2021 season with a 61-37 loss at Brush last Thursday, followed by a more-encouraging 42-35 loss toContinue Reading