Another game at Powell Field that looked promising ended in bitter defeat, last Friday night for the Yuma High School football team. However, the Indians get one more chance to end this most unusual of 2020 seasons on a positive note. It took some scrambling earlier this week, but theContinue Reading
The Stratton/Liberty Knighted Eagles are the second-seed for the 6-man playoffs despite not playing a game in quite awhile. The Knighted Eagles open the postseason Saturday at 1 p.m. at Liberty, hosting seventh-seed Briggsdale. The Falcons qualified for the postseason by finally getting in their fourth game last Saturday, beatingContinue Reading
Top-ranked Limon played only four regular-season games, missing its final two against Wray and Holyoke due to several COVID-19 cases in the Limon schools. However, the Badgers return to in-person school just in time this week to get in some practices and open the playoffs on Saturday. And they stillContinue Reading
Bring a seat to Wray Yuma fans fortunate enough to have a ticket to the Harvest Cup showdown between ancient rivals Yuma and Wray will need to bring their own seating. Wray does not have any bleachers set up on the visitors’ side this season. Fans can bring lawn chairsContinue Reading
Arickaree/Woodlin, and possibly Otis will close out the regular season on the field. The Indian/Mustangs, 2-3 overall, close out the truncated 2020 campaign Saturday afternoon at Hanover. It was Hanover that state-title contender Stratton/Liberty was supposed to play last Saturday, after its game with Kit Carson was called off dueContinue Reading
Yuma High School’s JV football team rallied in the second half for a 24-14 win over Burlington, Monday in Yuma. The Indians fell behind 14-0 in the first half, but dominated the final two quarters. They scored two plays into the third on Nash Richardson’s long run. The two-point conversionContinue Reading
All seven classifications of the 2020 state football championship games will be held on the campus of CSU-Pueblo as part of CHSAA’s Championship Weekend this December. The CHSAA office and the Pueblo-based Friends of Football made the joint announcement of the games on Wednesday. The event will mark the firstContinue Reading
The final home game of the season is Saturday for the Yuma High School football team. It also will be the Tribe’s Homecoming game as the Wiggins Tigers visit for a 1 p.m. kickoff. Yuma is 2-2, with a shot at a winning record in the six-game season, after claimingContinue Reading
Pandemic messing with Stratton/Liberty schedule The pandemic is messing a bit with the Stratton/Liberty football team’s schedule. The second-ranked Knighted Eagles are 4-0 on the season, but their last one came via forfeit by Hi-Plains. The teams’ game had been moved to this past Monday due to some COVID casesContinue Reading
Yuma High School’s football team will be playing its fourth game of this unusual 2020 season, when the Indians travel to Burlington, Saturday afternoon. Burlington will be playing its second game. The Cougars opened the season October 8 with a 43-12 loss at Wray. The high school then had toContinue Reading