YHS has one in girls state wrestling
Mia Dischner has made Yuma High School sports history. She qualified last week at regional for the Colorado Girls State Wrestling Championships, which will be held today, March 11, in Pueblo. “(Dischner) has a chance to make the finals for sure,” head coach Kyle Newton said. Dischner and three ofContinue Reading
Yuma teen was seriously injured in rollover
Yuma High School junior Dyhlani Perez is facing a long road to recovery after suffering serious injuries in an accident, last Thursday night, February 25, just south of Yuma. A total of four YHS students were in the vehicle, with the other three fortunate enough to walk away with minorContinue Reading
Stalker Lake project completed
A renovated and improved Stalker Lake near Wray soon will reopen for fishing. After months of hard work, contractor JHL completed the work on the dam at Stalker this past week. They replaced the entire outlet structure and put a liner in the outlet pipe to prevent it from leakingContinue Reading
YHS students shine in virtual Regional Science Fair
Yuma High School students competed in the virtual regional science fair late last week, and did very well. Pictured above are: Front (l-e) — Kinley Eyring, Shelby Blach, Fatima Duran and Alyson Gardner; back (l-r) — John Smith, Alan Paczkowski, Andre Baucke, Lars Sims and Blaze Brophy. Eyring won theContinue Reading
YMS Knowledge Bowl teams win the season
Braylynn Armstrong, Addasyn Struckmeyer, Torrance Cheshire, James Brandner, Miles Rutledge, and Will Noble gathered for a picture celebrating their knowledge bowl win in the BOCES sponsored tournament that took place with one virtual meet a month from November through February. For the four-meet total, Yuma led the group with aContinue Reading
Commissioners proclaim Yuma County Livestock Producers Day
On February 26, 2021 the Yuma County Board of County Commissioners convened for a regular meeting. Chairman Trent Bushner, Commissioner Robin Wiley, and Commissioner Scott Weaver were all present. The Commissioners approved a resolution declaring March 20, 2021 Yuma County Livestock Producers Day in recognition of the accomplishments and vitalContinue Reading
Wrestlers head to Akron for regional
State aspirations will be on the line when the Yuma High School boys wrestling team competes in the Class 2A Region 3 Tournament, Friday and Saturday at Akron High School. However, the Indians will be without two of their brethren as they have been put in quarantine and will missContinue Reading
Yuma boys set to be back for playoffs
Yuma High School’s boys basketball players were at their traditional team lunch last Friday when the word came — the rest of their regular season would be canceled due to a confirmed COVID-19 case. Coach Dave Sheffield was just getting ready to go across the street to the meal whenContinue Reading
Yuma girls hoops has big challenge on final weekend
Making the playoffs still is a long shot, but at least the Yuma High School girls basketball team finally has been able to enjoy a winning streak. The Indians had their first 2-0 weekend of the season, knocking off Peyton 41-37 at home last Friday, then rallying for a 63-55Continue Reading
Yuma girls head south for regional
Yuma High School’s girls wrestling team will be missing two of its crew when the Indians compete at regional at Coronado High School, Friday and Saturday. The Indians had a premature end to their regular season as they did not attend last Saturday’s quadrangular. School officials decided to not sendContinue Reading