The postseason begins next week for local high school basketball teams. The Yuma High School boys and girls teams both will have a bye in Tuesday’s first round of the Class 2A District 2 Tournament, as the boys will be the first seed in their bracket, and the girls theContinue Reading
Schedules Yuma High School Wrestling — At Class 2A State Tournament, Thursday-Saturday, February 20-22, Pepsi Center, Denver, 2 p.m. start Thursday, 9 a.m. Friday, 10 a.m. Saturday. Girls Basketball — vs. Holyoke, home, Thursday, February 20, JV 4:30 p.m., Varsity 5:30 p.m.; vs. Haxtun, home, Friday, February 21, JV 4:30Continue Reading
Now is the time for the Yuma High School boys wrestling team to make a statement. The Indians will have 11 grapplers in the Class 2A Region 3 Tournament, Friday and Saturday at the Northeastern Junior College Bank of Colorado Events Center — and one could imagine most, if notContinue Reading
The Yuma High School boys basketball team just keeps grinding out wins. Strong defense and efficient offensive play have the Indians sitting at 14-2 overall, 7-0 in the Lower Platte Activities Association, heading into the final week of the regular season. “Our defensive consistency is a large key to whatContinue Reading
Yuma High School’s girls basketball team has been up and down all season, but saw some things fall their way over the past week. The Indians enter Saturday’s non-league home game against Sterling 8-8 overall, and 4-2 in Lower Platte Activities Association, and 3-2 against the LPAA’s other Class 2AContinue Reading
If there was a Class 2A girls wrestling classification, the Yuma High School team would set the standard. “It’s an all-classification tournament, I hope people understand that,” head coach Rory Lynch said. Girls wrestling in Colorado moves from the pilot stage to being a full sanctioned sport next year. However,Continue Reading
Yuma High School’s wrestling team closed out the regular season with a 51-19 dual win over Wiggins, Thursday night in The Pit. The Indians won four of the six matches decided on the mat. Seniors Cayden Lynch and Alec Holtorf both won their final home matches, Lynch by a 3-1Continue Reading
Yuma High School’s girls wrestling team got the job done at the Colorado Girls High School Wrestling Region 1, last weekend in Fort Lupton. The Indians qualified four grapplers for the state tournament, Friday and Saturday at Thornton High School, while scoring 73.5 points to finish seventh in the 20-schoolContinue Reading
After one of the most thrilling evenings in the venerable gymnasium’s long history last week, the Yuma High School wrestlers get one more competition in The Pit. The Indians will close out the regular season tonight, February 6, with a dual against Wiggins on the home mat, which was theContinue Reading
Yuma High School’s girls basketball team has another challenging game this weekend. The Indians have a Lower Platte Activities Association game at Merino, Saturday afternoon. The Rams are in Class 1A, and thus will drop down for the postseason, but enter this week 3-1 in LPAA play, 9-3 overall, secondContinue Reading