Sports (Page 12)

It was opening day this past Tuesday for the Yuma High School baseball team. It was a beautiful day for the Outlaws’ opener against Merino, at the YHS diamond. The opener was not pretty as the Outlaws lost 13-4, but they rallied for an interesting 14-13 win in the nightContinue Reading

Yuma High School’s boys basketball team had players named to the 2023-24 All-LPAA team in its final year in the league. The Class 3A champions tied Merino for the most selections. Yuma All-LPAA Brody Sheffield — The sophomore led the Outlaws in scoring with an average of 18.6 points perContinue Reading

How does one describe the Yuma High School boys basketball Class 3A championship team? It’s as easy as 1-2-3 as the Outlaws won each of their Great 8 games by one point, on the way to program’s seventh state title, but first in 3A. That possibly is the first timeContinue Reading

If you ain’t first, you’re last. Well heck, you could still be second, third, fourth or even fifth. With sincerest apologies to Reese Bobby from “Ricky Bobby, Talladega Nights” the Yuma High School girls basketball team will take a third-place finish in the Class 3A State Basketball Tournament, last weekendContinue Reading

Yuma High School’s boys basketball team is two wins away from advancing to the Class 3A Great 8 for the second consecutive season. This time the Outlaws get to try to do it at home, after having to go to Leadville last year for regional. “Playing two games in TheContinue Reading

Yuma High School girls basketball team is home again for regional, this time hoping for a different outcome. “There are no more free games,” head coach Jeremy Robinson said. “We’ve been here before, so let’s take the next step and move past regional.” The Outlaws won district last weekend atContinue Reading

The Otis High School boys basketball team could see a familiar foe if they can advance to the Class 1A Sweet 16 this weekend. The Bulldogs, 14-7, are the 13th seed in the 32-team regional after reaching the District 5 semifinals last week. They will play 20th-seed Sangre de CristoContinue Reading

Max Brown of Yuma won the Colorado State Youth Wrestling tournament in Denver on Saturday, February 24. He wrestled in the 10U 90-pound division. Congratulations Max!Continue Reading

Talk about a stacked district. The awkwardly-named Confluence-Metro-Longs Peak District features five of the top 18 teams in the Class 3A CHSAA Selection & Seeding Index. Forge Christian is No. 1, and Yuma is right behind at No. 2. Both enter the postseason with 16-3 records. Manual is No. 11Continue Reading