Sports (Page 18)

Yuma High School’s boys wrestling team will give its best shot this weekend. The Outlaws will be in the Akron High School fieldhouse, where their season began in early December, for the Class 2A Region 1 Tournament, Friday and Saturday. The top four placers in each weight will advance toContinue Reading

The streak is over, but everything still is in front of the Yuma High School boys basketball team. The Outlaws’ 13-game winning streak came to an end last Saturday with a 68-59 loss at a very good Strasburg team, preceded by a 76-48 home win over Wiggins two nights earlier.Continue Reading

It is a streak a team does not want to own, but the Yuma High School girls basketball team somehow has to find a way to put an end to it. “(We) just need to keep betting better as individuals,” coach Jeremy Robinson said. “Each individual has to win theirContinue Reading

The Otis High School boys basketball team keeps staying in the hunt for the postseason beyond district. Otis beat neighboring Lone Star 88-47 this past Tuesday to improve to 9-5, and is ranked No. 16 in the Class 1A CHSAA Selection & Seeding Index. The Bulldogs hit the road toContinue Reading

Coach Dave Sheffield reached a personal milestone last weekend, but there is still a lot to accomplish with this season’s Yuma Outlaws. “That win was a neat win because it hit a personal milestone, but that win was much more significant in that it kept us at No. 2 inContinue Reading

Anyone paying attention knew this would be a tough stretch for the Yuma High School girls basketball team. The Outlaws had a chance to reverse the tide when they hosted Wiggins Thursday, February 1, in a Lower Platte game before taking another long road trip Saturday to Strasburg. However, theyContinue Reading

Yuma High School’s boys wrestling team finally might be at full strength for the regular-season finale. The Outlaws host The Big O Duals on Saturday before preparing for regional. Coach Presley Papachek said he thinks all 10 grapplers will be available for season-ending event, after having only five competing atContinue Reading

The Yuma High School girls wrestling team now can focus on the postseason. The Outlaws have this weekend off before competing in regional on Friday, February 9, at ??? YHS’s girls wrestlers concluded the regular season last Saturday at the Chatfield War Horse Girls Invitational. The Outlaws finished 16th inContinue Reading