YUMA, AZ (AZFamily) — Yuma High School kicked off the new school year. The campus has grown over the years, with more than 2,000 students attending. However, 114 years ago, their campus looked a ...

The mascot of this city’s flagship school is the Criminal ... John Wayne movies with the Yuma Territorial Prison? Well, from 1910 to 1913, Yuma High was housed in that abandoned prison.

It’s been named as the best High School Mascot in Arizona ... with the first classes held at the Yuma Territorial Prison. In 1914, Yuma beat Phoenix Union for the Arizona high school football ...

A Yuma High School Criminal. Their mascot, a Criminal ... "There was a need and the prison was empty and for three years from 1910, the second year of Yuma High School's existence, to the ...

The school's mascot is a big smiling potato named Spuddy. Here's how Yuma High School tells it: In 1913, "the Yuma football team traveled to Phoenix to play the 'Coyotes.' Yuma High won.

The mascot wears a striped prison uniform, too. And the Crimhead dominates Yuma High merchandise, in navy and white. Just about everything in the school celebrates the dark humor of the joint.

The winners and highest vote-getters will make up the field for our NCAA Tournament-style March Mascot Madness bracket in 2025. The Coalinga Horned Toads (California) are the defending ...

Of all the nation’s best mascots ... with a school’s past. A neon sign for a high school team? When you're the Criminals, it feels right — Criminals in Action Meet the Yuma Criminals.