Sports (Page 20)

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

It has been a season of wild swings for the Yuma High School girls basketball team. Perhaps the Outlaws are on the way back up as the postseason begins. “I think we are on the right direction,” head coach Jeremy Robinson said. “We are getting our confidence back. Winning isContinue Reading

It was a challenging time for the Yuma High School wrestlers at the CHSAA State Wrestling Championships held last week at Ball Arena in Denver. Two of the five wrestlers made it to Saturday, Trey Stegman and Gese Sanchez, and Sanchez ended up being the only one to place. TheContinue Reading

The Class 1A District 5 Tournament moves to Brush for its last two rounds on Friday and Saturday after playing quarterfinals earlier this week at the top two seeds. The quarterfinal round included a shocking upset on the boys side, Wednesday night. The girls’ quarterfinals were played Tuesday at top-seedContinue Reading