Sports (Page 19)

Yuma High School’s baseball team will carry a three-game winning streak into Tuesday’s doubleheader at Sedgwick County. The Outlaws improved to 3-1 by taking care of business with an 11-1 win over Caliche, last Saturday in Yuma, then pulling out an exciting 6-5 walk-off home win over Haxtun on Friday.Continue Reading

Yuma High School track and field will play host for the second time this season when the Yuma Bill Kalb Invitational is held Monday. The decades-old track meet traditionally draws a big field of schools, and another one is expected again Monday. Yuma was scheduled to be at the EatonContinue Reading

Yuma High School’s girls team is at the Wray Invitational on Monday. The Outlaws did not have any tournaments this week, but competed in Holyoke last Thursday. The varsity finished sixth in the team standings with a 346. Holyoke won the team title with a 324, and Wray was secondContinue Reading

Area Class 1A track and field athletes competed in the University Bulldog Invitational in Greeley last Saturday. They will go different directions on Saturday, but all of them again will be at the Yuma Bill Kalb Invitational on Monday. (Saturday’s Eaton Invitational has been moved to Monday due to weatherContinue Reading

Yuma High School’s track and field teams will be hoping for better conditions the competition resumes Saturday. The Outlaws, and all other local high schools, opened the season last Saturday in the Yuma Early Qualifier. The weather turned out to be cold and windy, though it did get warmer towardContinue Reading

Area Class 1A track and field athletes should be able to enjoy nicer weather for the second weekend of competition. Tracksters from Otis, Lone Star and Arickaree opened their season last Saturday in the Yuma Early Qualifier, dealing with cold temperatures and a strong wind out of the south. AllContinue Reading

The Otis High School baseball team is off to a fast start in the 2024 season. The Bulldogs were 4-0 heading into this past Tuesday’s scheduled home game against Akron, if the weather allowed. They are at Weldon Valley on April 2. Otis opened its season with a 12-0, 6-3Continue Reading

It was opening day this past Tuesday for the Yuma High School baseball team. It was a beautiful day for the Outlaws’ opener against Merino, at the YHS diamond. The opener was not pretty as the Outlaws lost 13-4, but they rallied for an interesting 14-13 win in the nightContinue Reading

Yuma High School’s boys basketball team had players named to the 2023-24 All-LPAA team in its final year in the league. The Class 3A champions tied Merino for the most selections. Yuma All-LPAA Brody Sheffield — The sophomore led the Outlaws in scoring with an average of 18.6 points perContinue Reading