The early season is a learning experience for the Yuma High School volleyball team. Yuma went 1-2 last Saturday at the Kit Carson Fall Fling. Now the JV and C-team will join the varsity for a trip to Sidney, Nebraska, Saturday. Sidney opens its season today, August 25, before hostingContinue Reading
Yuma County Softball will be looking to add to its win total Saturday. The Yuma-Wray co-op team will be hosting Wiley for a doubleheader, in Wray beginning at 11 a.m., after it earned its first win last weekend at the Platte Valley Classic. YCF is 1-5 entering Saturday’s double dip.Continue Reading
It is already time to strap it on for the Yuma High School football team. The YHS football complex will be hot and wild tonight, August 25, as Yuma kicks off the 2022 season against the Class 2A Sterling Tigers. Game time is 7 p.m. “These early games are soContinue Reading
Jamie Robinson is definitely going to do things her way. She is embarking upon her first season as the head volleyball coach at Yuma High School, taking over after a highly-successful run by Yuma native Jenny Noble, who resigned as coach and teacher after the last school year. “Jenny isContinue Reading
There is a new AD in town. Presley Papachek has taken the reigns as athletic director for Yuma High School and Yuma Middle School. Dave Sheffield filled that role for the spring semester, but now is serving as assistant principal at YHS. “I’m just trying to stay above water,” PapachekContinue Reading
Yuma County softball is going to be a cooperative venture for the 2022 season. Yuma and Wray high schools have entered a co-op agreement so the girls from each school can have a season. Yuma had 11 girls wanting to play softball, but no coaches, and Wray have eight interestedContinue Reading
Yuma High School’s football team will play at home for five of its nine games in the 2022 season, but the home dates definitely are front loaded. The football players are home for four of their first five contests, then close out the regular season with a four-game stretch includingContinue Reading
The Yuma Baseball Organization’s Jeff Armstrong Baseball Tournament had a successful run last weekend at the City of Yuma’s Jeff Armstrong Ball Park Complex. The weather was nearly perfect, with highs in the 70s both days, though it was a bit chilly for the morning games. Yuma’s 10U team cruisedContinue Reading
Area teenagers once again dominated the Athlete of the Year Award in Colorado High School track and field. The all-state track picks were released recently on CHSAANow.com. Yuma High School graduate Clay Robinson again earned Class 2A Athlete of the Year, and Lucas Lubbers was named Coach of the YearContinue Reading
Yuma High School’s baseball team had two players named to the All-Lower Platte Activities Association team by the league’s coaches. Yahir Trejo — The senior hit .288 with five doubles and drove in 11 runs, and also scoring 18 times. He had a 2-3 pitching record with a 4.54 earnedContinue Reading