It is time to get going for the Yuma High School girls wrestling team. “Almost everybody is going to be able to wrestle this weekend,” head coach Brandon Newton said. “We should fill every weight except heavyweight.” Yuma opens the 2022-23 season Friday with a dual at Fort Morgan, thenContinue Reading
The Yuma High School boys wrestling team finally has its full complement in the practice room. Head coach Kyle Newton said there are 16 on the team, now that all the players from the Yuma football team that reached the 1A quarterfinals, as well as a handful from the OtisContinue Reading
Yuma High School had five players named to the 2022 1A League 4 All-Conference team, and one honorable mention, following the past season. Yuma All-Conference Cesar Varela — The senior was named as a lineman. He was a key player on an offensive line that helped lead the team toContinue Reading
The Yuma Football Team has a chance to advance to the Class 1A semifinals for the first time in 13 years, and earn a little redemption along the way, when it travels to Colorado Springs on Friday. Yuma, 7-3, is in the quarterfinals for the second straight season after lastContinue Reading
The Yuma Volleyball Team at least went out swinging. Playing perhaps the best it has all season, the YVT saw its 2022 campaign come to an end after going 1-1 in the Class 2A Region 12, last Saturday in picturesque Rye. The former Indians finished with a 12-13 record. “I’mContinue Reading
The Otis High School football team will be heading south Saturday for a 6-man quarterfinal playoff game. The fifth-seed Bulldogs will be traveling to fourth-seed Cheyenne Wells for a 1 p.m. kickoff. Otis, 8-2, advanced with a 55-13 romp over 12th-seed Sierra Grande, last Saturday afternoon in Otis. The Tigers,Continue Reading
The Arickaree football team is heading to Granada for a 6-man quarterfinal playoff game, Saturday afternoon. The sixth-seed Bison, 8-2, held on to beat 11th-seed Branson/Kim, 26-22, last Saturday in the first round. Third-seed Granada, 7-3, rolled past 14th-seed Briggsdale 89-32. The Bobcats have scored more than 50 points inContinue Reading
The Otis High School volleyball team qualified for the Class 1A State Tournament, this week at the Denver Coliseum. Unfortunately, the Bulldogs were knocked out by Friday morning, losing to Simla on Thursday, then losing in the elimination bracket to Dove Creek, Friday morning. (1A State Volleyball) Otis was theContinue Reading
It is a whole new season now, and the Yuma Football Team gets to open the 2022 Class 1A playoffs at home, the first time in nine years. The YFT lost its last three games of the regular season, including 28-0 at top-ranked Limon last Friday. Still, Yuma went 6-3Continue Reading
It is a whole new season now, and the Yuma Football Team gets to open the 2022 Class 1A playoffs at home, the first time in nine years. The YFT lost its last three games of the regular season, including 28-0 at top-ranked Limon last Friday. Still, Yuma went 6-3Continue Reading