Football started early, and school is starting late. That has kind of created a challenge for the Yuma High School football team, players and coaches. Since they did not go to a summer camp, YHS was able to begin practice August 2, giving them four full weeks of practice priorContinue Reading
Yuma High School cross country is off and running already. The boys and girls teams open the 2021 season Saturday at the Windsor Invitational, which will be held in Greeley. “I don’t know if very often we’ve had a meet on the first open weekend for competitions,” coach Robert ZahllerContinue Reading
The YHS alumni baseball event is a go for this weekend at Tribe Field, Saturday and Sunday. Saturday’s action will begin at 4 p.m., with players from the 2007 to 2010 teams playing the guys from the 2019 and 2020 teams (the 2020 seniors never got to play their lastContinue Reading
There is some local representation in the all-state baseball selections released on CHSAANow.com over the past week. Yuma High School junior Yahir Trejo earned Class 2A honorable mention, the only Indian included among the selections. Wray’s Junior Arambula was named to the First Team, and Sam Uyemura earned honorable mention,Continue Reading
Yuma schools will be hosting a fall sports meeting, grades 7-12, for any students and their parents interested in playing a fall sport, on Thursday, July 29, in the Yuma Middle School gym. The meeting for grades 7-8 will begin at 5:30 p.m., followed by the high school meeting atContinue Reading
Plans are underway to have a Yuma High School alumni baseball tournament, July 31-August 1. Organizers hope to get as many a four teams together for a fun round of baseball games. If interested in participating, please contact Kyle Sprouse at 630-3662.Continue Reading
Area high school track and field teams hauled in some major recognition in the All State selections released late last week on CHSAANow.com. Yuma High School’s Lucas Lubbers was named the Class 2A Coach of the Year after leading the boys team to its first state title in 25 years.Continue Reading
Volleyball is having the quickest turnaround of all local high school sports, coming off of 2020-21’s COVID-impacted seasons. Volleyball was held during Season C, concluding in mid-May, with the Yuma Indians making another trip to the Class 2A State Tournament. Now with Colorado’s high school sports apparently returning to normalContinue Reading
Yuma High School’s football team will be gearing up for a “normal” nine-game schedule in the not-too-distant future. The Tribe will have four home games and five away, beginning at home on August 27. All games will be in the evening, and eight of the nine will be under theContinue Reading
Yuma High School’s boys track and field coaches and team members knew they had a shot at a state championship heading into last week’s Class 2A Track and Field Championships at Jefferson County Stadium in Lakewood. The Indians certainly lived up to the expectations, and then some — scoring 76Continue Reading