"It's the only mascot that's a criminal, and it's pretty cool," said Jose Valasquez, a Yuma High School senior. "It really goes along well with our community and Yuma," said Jessica Grove ...

A neon sign for a high school team? When you're the Criminals, it feels right — Criminals in Action Meet the Yuma Criminals. By the Yuma Criminals, we mean the Yuma (Az.) High sports teams ...

Welcome to Yuma High School. Home of the Criminals. Yes ... to excellence since 1909” is the legend. In the school apparel store, the Cell Block, everything from mugs to keychains to toddler ...

It also has vintage Yuma high gear displaying the school’s mascot, the Yuma Criminals, inspired by the school’s unique history. “They got a reputation when they were traveling in those early ...

The bracket is set for High School on SI's 2025 NCAA Tournament-style contest to determine the best high school mascot in America, and Round 1 is underway. Vote below for the No. 5-seeded ...

Students at Yuma High School are being called Criminals, and they’re happy about it! “We are proud to be Criminals, and this is what we stand for,” said Yuma High student body president Riga ...

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 ...

It stuck. In 1917, the school board officially adopted it as the mascot. The Yuma High Criminals. A century later, they still embrace it. The logo scripted across the basketball court proudly says ...

We don't mean to sling derogatory daggers, but there is a high school in Yuma, Ariz., whose athletes are a bunch of hardened criminals. And that's a bit of an understatement. In deference to ...

Crook, gangster, hooligan. There are a lot of ways to describe a criminal. But none of those would apply to students at one Arizona high school, which is proud of the fact they are all Criminals.