Yuma High School’s football team will be looking to the future, while learning from a painful recent past, during its bye week. The Indians are 1-1 while having this week off before traveling to Ault on September 17 to take on the Highland Huskies. Yuma came tantalizingly close to aContinue Reading
Home sweet home, finally, for the Yuma High School volleyball team. The Indians made their 2021 home debut Thursday, September 9, against the Class 3A Brush Beetdiggers, after opening the season with six away matches, including three in the Kit Carson Tournament. The season-opening road haul concluded this past TuesdayContinue Reading
Yuma High School’s boys golf team is nearing the end of its regular season. The Indians are at Akron on Friday, and the Northeastern League Championship is Tuesday. Regional is coming up later this month. Yuma finished third in the Wray Varsity Invite, August 31. Wray won the team titleContinue Reading
The Arickree/Woodlin football team rebounded from a season-opening loss to defending 6-man champion Fleming with a 66-38 home win over Hi-Plains, last Thursday. The Indian Mustangs are at Hanover, Saturday afternoon, looking to go above .500 on the young season. Arickaree/Woodlin pulled away in the second half to claim theContinue Reading
The Otis High School volleyball team was 2-5 heading into this past Tuesday’s game at Lone Star. The Bulldogs improved to 3-5 with a four-set win at their neighborhood rival, losing the first set 21-25, but then dominating the rest of the match, 25-10, 25-20, 25-12. Rowan Tribelhorn had nineContinue Reading
Dixie Lee McKillip Warren, 66, passed away on Monday, August 30, 2021. She was born on September 28, 1954, in Scottsbluff, Nebraska to Richard “Red” and Phyllis (Wilkinson) McKillip, the youngest of five children. She graduated from Bridgeport High School in 1972. She attended Chadron State College and graduated inContinue Reading
Jake Leroy Bigner was born on March 21,1938 to Jake and Louise (Tatum) Bigner. He entered eternal life on August 30, 2021, at the age of 83. Jake was born in Hawk Springs, Wyoming and lived east of Wray as a young child. He attended Wray schools graduating from WrayContinue Reading
Bonnie Jean Lovitt 1943– 2021 Bonnie Jean Lovitt was born December 28, 1943, and passed away September 1, 2021. A Memorial Service will take place on Saturday, September 11, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. at the Baucke Funeral Home in Yuma, Colorado. The Service will be live streamed on Facebook. BauckeContinue Reading
It will be a different kind of school year, once again, at Yuma High School. “We’re trying to believe it will not be as chaotic as last year, but it might be for different reasons,” Principal Brady Nighswonger said earlier this week. “We’ll stay positive and hope everything goes smoothly.”Continue Reading
An extended summer vacation for the Yuma schools finally is coming to an end. The 2021-22 school year begins Tuesday, September 7, following a longer-than-normal summer break due to Yuma-1’s $32 million expansion/renovation project. Yuma-1 is opening the school in “Green” meaning there are no requirements for mask wearing, beingContinue Reading