The postseason has arrived for the Yuma High School girls wrestlers. The Indians will be competing at regional in Fort Lupton, Friday and Saturday. Girls wrestling has gained so much in popularity this season that regionals and state have been expanded to two days. Fort Lupton is one of threeContinue Reading
Yuma High School’s wrestlers definitely have been challenged as they near the end of the regular season. After two tough duals in The Pit last week, followed by competing against bigger schools at the Northglenn tournament on Saturday, the Indians now host the annual Yuma County Showdown on the Mat.Continue Reading
The Lower Platte Activities Association’s regular season championship might be decided Saturday afternoon in The Pit. Yuma will be hosting Sedgwick County for the matinee. Both entered this week 3-0 in LPAA play, with Yuma 10-1 overall and the Cougars 11-0. However, both have league games before meeting up Saturday.Continue Reading
Yuma High School’s girls basketball team has a key weekend coming up. “This is a huge week for us,” head coach Bob Rahm said. “One team is ahead of us and one is tied with us.” The former is Holyoke, while the latter is Sedgwick County. Yuma will be atContinue Reading
Schedules Yuma High School Wrestling — Dual vs. Wray, home, Thursday, January 30, 7 p.m.; girls at Regional, Fort Lupton, Friday-Saturday, January 31-February 1, 5:30 p.m. start Friday, 9 a.m. Saturday; boys dual vs. Dolores Huerta Prep, home, Friday, January 31, 5 p.m. start; boys at Stratton Invitational, Saturday, FebruaryContinue Reading
YMS girls having a good run Yuma Middle School’s A-team picked up a pair of big wins over the past week, along with more victories from the other YMS teams. The young Indians were at Sterling Middle School last Saturday, splitting four games with the Tigers. The A-team won 35-26,Continue Reading
On August 6, 1933, Betty Lou Aagesen was born on the Aagesen homestead in Washington County, which was located approximately 15 miles north and 5 miles west of Yuma. Betty was the second child born, but the first of three daughters of Harold and Gertrude (Hodgkins) Aagesen. Betty attended PleasantContinue Reading
Eva Louise Dietz of Kirk, Colorado, was born to David “Shorty” Thomason and Vera Lela (Johns) Thomason on May 4, 1939, in Cope, Colorado. Even at a young age, Eva was full of life. She always spoke of ice-skating, and how much she loved it as a child. She alsoContinue Reading
Rosemary Margaret Callahan was born April 24, 1948 in Wray, CO to Joseph and Jeanne Callahan. She died January, 19, 2020 in Ft. Collins, CO. Rosemary grew up in Wray, and graduated from Wray High School in 1966. She received her Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Colorado and thenContinue Reading
Gargoyles recently installed at the west end of town have caught the attention of many in the community. Yuma resident Rick Seedorf commissioned Lundeen Studio in Loveland to have them done, and put up on pedestals outside his farm shop off of Kamala St. west Yuma District Hospital & Clinics.Continue Reading