By Yosemite High School Athletic Director Rusty Oetinger This week the YHS Basketball and Soccer teams took on their closest rivals. In the past, the Sierra rivalry has been a storied one with a lot of rich history, but this generation of Badgers are writing a new chapter with their Minarets rivalry. As well as playing our rivals, the Girls Soccer ...

MOUNTAIN AREA — In memory and honor of the life of Frank Verduzco, a scholarship fund has been established in his name by the North Fork Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary. Frank Verduzco was just 64 years old when he passed away on Sept. 23, 2015, and the scholarship fund is in support of those students going on to a career ...

Submitted by Lainie Walker O’NEALS — One of our own mountain community boys, Minarets High senior Mason Ellis, will playing in the Blue-Grey High School All-American Bowl this weekend. The game will be steamed live on Impax Football Network from the Jacksonville Jaguars’ EverBank Field at 12:30 EST. Mason will be sporting his high school number “3” at the wide ...

Submitted by Dr. Randy Haggard OAKHURST — Yosemite Adult School, part of Yosemite Unified School District, is proud to announce that they have expanded the Adult Diploma program. There are many reasons why someone may have dropped out of high school, and the Adult Diploma program allows people over 18 years of age to return to school to finish their ...

OAKHURST – Two Yosemite High School students are each set to receive valuable scholarships for two of the country’s most desirable universities: twin brothers Travis Wood and Trevor Wood are sailing into the final months of their primary school academic careers already knowing where they’re going for college, and how they’re going to get there. The scholarships were awarded through ...

Submitted by Nikki Van Velson and Michele Shockley OAKHURST – Soroptimist International of The Sierras is hosting a career support conference for high school girls in grades 9 through 12, on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016. Registration is from 8 to 8:45 a.m. and the program begins at 9 a.m. Breakfast and lunch will be served. This event is free to ...

OAKHURST — Yosemite High School student Katie Thompson is a featured artist in the 2016 Healthy Air Living Kids’ Calendar, a bilingual, full-color wall calendar just released by the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District. The annual educational calendar showcases a total of 15 original works of art chosen from hundreds of entries by children in each of the ...

Submitted by Rhonda Corippo — MOUNTAIN AREA – The community, staff and students of Yosemite Unified School District schools are invited to participate in the National Speak Up Survey, giving those who take the online survey a voice in how technology is used and viewed in education, both locally and across the nation. The national research project survey is offered so districts can learn ​more ...

Submitted by YHS Yearbook Staff OAKHURST – Calling anyone from business owners, to parents, grandparents, and all mountain community members! Yosemite High School’s yearbook staff is soliciting ads that will appear on the 40th anniversary edition of the 2015-16 YHS Yearbook. Our yearbook staff will gratefully accept your custom designed ad. For example, you may make a tribute to your ...

Submitted by Lars Thorson OAKHURST – Yosemite High School’s Theater Arts Department is proud to present The Boys Next Door and The Girls Next Door, running four nights, Wednesday through Saturday, Nov. 18 – 21. The show starts at 7 p.m. in the YHS Theatre. The play follows four mentally disabled adults who live together in a group home environment. ...