Yuma volleyball takes on rival Friday
Yuma High School’s volleyball team finds itself in the middle of a large group of similar teams. Yuma heads to Wray for its rivalry match on Friday with a 9-9 overall record after splitting a pair of non-league matches late last week. The five-set loss at Burlington, followed by aContinue Reading
Arickaree hosts Otis in 6-man showdown
Neighboring rivals will square off in a 6-man football Washington County Showdown, Friday night. The Otis Bulldogs will make the relatively short trip south to take on the newly-rechristened Arickaree Bison for a game with major playoff implications. The Bulldogs and the Bison are 5-1, 3-1 in A-6 League 2,Continue Reading
Otis volleyball keeps rolling
The Otis High School volleyball team will take a seven-match winning streak into its showdown at Washington County-rival Arickaree on Friday. The Bulldogs are 12-5 overall, 3-0 in the YWKC League, after last Friday’s home win over Stratton in a non-league tilt. They are No. 11 in the Class 1AContinue Reading
Yuma Homecoming Week
It is Homecoming Week at Yuma High School. The festivities began Monday night with a bonfire in the sports complex parking lot. Tuesday was PJ Day, and there was a free movie that evening in the Commons. Wednesday was Tourist Day for dress-up. There was a class sidewalk decorating contestContinue Reading
Yuma-1 gets plenty of comments
Community members touched on a wide variety of topics at the Yuma School District-1 Board of Education’s regular monthly meeting, Monday night in downtown Yuma. Approximately 30 people crowded into the board room, with several signing up for visitors comments. All five board members were in attendance, Duane Brown, LindseyContinue Reading
Yuma Art Show coming up soon
The Yuma Art Association will open the doors to its annual Art Show and Sale Friday morning, Oct. 7, at 8 a.m. to accept entries. If you are an artist of any age or skill level in any medium, bring your recent work to the First Presbyterian Church, 110 W.Continue Reading
Museum challenge
The Yuma Museum Board has received a donation of $200 from a previous board member. She then challenged the board to find 50 people to meet or exceed her donation. With that amount of money, the museum will have enough to meet the expense of a new heating and coolingContinue Reading
Council talks lease
The Yuma City Council held its regular meeting, last week in Council Chambers at Yuma City Hall in downtown Yuma. The meeting began with Councilman Dan Baucke explaining why he recused himself from the executive session held during the previous meeting. The purpose of the executive session was to discussContinue Reading
League play begins with Top 5 showdown
Yuma Football Team will go as the boys in the trenches go as the team enters the daunting league schedule. Everyone in the former North Central Conference, now known as 1A League 4, begins this weekend what should be a very interesting five-week round robin. Yuma went 4-0 in non-leagueContinue Reading
Serious challenges ahead for Yuma volleyball
The Yuma Volleyball Team has climbed above .500, but some serious challenges await. Yuma was 8-6 overall, 2-1 in the Lower Platte Activities Association, after this past Tuesday’s four-set loss at Haxtun and a four-set win at Limon. The YVT pulled off a 3-1 win at Limon on Thursday beforeContinue Reading