Yukon Millers
SUNDOWN SHOWDOWN
At the Yukon Sundowner meet, the Millers and Millerettes found themselves placing high. The Millers scored 213 points to place first of seven teams at the meet. Edmond North took second with 144 points and Lawton placed third with 75 points. Yukon won the meet by taking a variety of events. The Millers took first…
Read MoreSuccessful outing for Yukon track
Yukon track opened its season, placing second at the 2019 Santa Fe Track & Field Invitational. Yukon finished with 101 points, good for second place behind host Edmond Santa Fe, which scored 147 points. The Millers took third in the 4×100 meter relay with a time of 44.73. In the 4×800 meter relay, Yukon ran…
Read MoreRough week on the pitch for Yukon soccer
Moore got on the scoreboard in the first half, from there, it was all frustration for Yukon. “The goal was a special goal,” coach Neil Hilton said. “The goal was unstoppable, it was a great goal. He hit hit it from the 35 and it went right in the top corner.” That was the only…
Read MoreMiller baseball starts strong
Yukon baseball took two games by big margins over Midwest City earlier this week, but dropped a close game Thursday against Norman. The Millers started the week off playing their first game of the season on the road in Midwest City Tuesday. The Bombers didn’t put up much of a fight, losing 12-1 in five…
Read MoreStudents kickoff MILL Week
Surrounded by more than 2,000 of his classmates, Antonius Acre, slid into the Yukon Middle School gymnasium riding on a motorized wheelchair. The 14-year-old eighth-grade student suffers from a rare form of Muscular Dystrophy. He was diagnosed with the disease in September 2013 and lost his ability to walk about two years ago, said his…
Read MoreMillers end season
Yukon watched their season come to an end following a close loss to Deer Creek in the first round of the regional tournament. The Millers faced the Antlers for the third time this season with the result finding Deer Creek on the winning side yet again, 51-46. However, unlike their first two meetings, Yukon had…
Read MoreNo Yukon wrestlers place at state for first time in Schneider’s tenure
At the state tournament, Yukon wrestling turned out one of their worst performances in recent history. The Millers only qualified four grapplers and none placed. This was the first time in coach Joe Schneider’s tenure at Yukon High School that no wrestler placed. “(At state) I got to know that our wrestlers couldn’t step up…
Read MoreMillers finish season sweep over Broncos
Yukon boy’s basketball completed a rare sweep in a rivalry series against Mustang. The Millers defeated the Broncos 52-43 to pick up their second victory over Mustang and take a win into the playoffs. Yukon and Mustang first met on the Millers’ home court, the host team taking a 57-44 win. After Friday’s game, coach…
Read MoreMillers qualify four for state tournament
With another state wrestling tournament now here, the Yukon wrestling program will again have a presence at the annual event. The Millers had four wrestlers qualify for the 6A state wrestling tournament with their performance last weekend at the 6A West Regional Tournament at Westmoore High School. “I sure wish we could have got a…
Read MoreMillers fall to Jaguars in OT
Carson Price grabbed the ball at the top of the key. He took it to the rim and made it over two Westmoore defenders, narrowly missing the halftime buzzer. His shot put Yukon up 33-20 going into the break, but it wasn’t enough. The Millers were facing a 3-14 Jaguars team on homecoming night and…
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