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Fruita FFA team headed to nationals

For the third time in five years, The Fruita chapter of Future Farmers of America is sending an auto mechanics team to the National FFA Expo & Convention. The four-man team of Acer Rodgers, 17, Jake Womack, 15, and James Womack, 18, all of Fruita Monument High School, and Nathan Vidmar, 15, of Fruita 8/9 School, will compete in the national tournament Oct. 24-27 in Indianapolis. Mechanics teams from the Fruita chapter qualified for nationals in 2008 and 2010. A Fruita floriculture ...

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Tuition cost factor for graduates

The thrill of getting into a desirable school couldn’t beat the sting of the price tag. Central High School senior Ashlun Huff-Mullin applied to six colleges this year, including Northwest Nazarene University in Idaho. It was flattering to get an acceptance letter from the school, she said. But without enough financial aid to cover the nearly $50,000 per year cost of tuition at Northwest Nazarene, she knew choosing to attend the school “wasn’t going to ...

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Skipper shuts down Tigers in districts

LITTLETON – At 6-foot-11, Ralston Valley High School junior Daniel Skipper has a tendency to tower above the competition on the baseball diamond. When Skipper is on the mound, he’s even more imposing. Still, the right-hander hadn’t quite put it all together this spring — until Saturday afternoon. Facing Grand Junction in the Class 5A District 3 tournament at Columbine High School, Skipper hurled seven shutout innings of five-hit baseball as the Mustangs took a 2-0 ...

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Fewer District 51 grads chose college than peers in ‘09

The rate of District 51 students who graduated high school in 2009 and enrolled in a college or university the following year is below that of their counterparts statewide. Nearly 57 percent of local high school graduates pursued higher education shortly after graduation three years ago, 10 percentage points less the state average, according to a report submitted last month to the Colorado Commission on Higher Education. The 620 local members of the Class of 2009 who chose not to attend ...

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Making playoff plans

Before he went to bat Tuesday night, Grand Junction High School’s Sean Rubalcaba dug his cleat in the Suplizio Field to form an ‘H.’ That was for Hutton Veatch. It was the best way Rubalcaba could honor his injured teammate. Then Rubalcaba hit a single. And later a double. By the end of Grand Junction’s 8-4 win over Fruita Monument, a win that clinched a Class 5A playoff berth for the Tigers (13-6, 6-3 Southwestern League), the dirt outside the batter’s box ...

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Central is third valley school in Legacy ranks

Central High School will be added to the list of Colorado high schools to benefit from Colorado Legacy Schools funding this fall. Fruita Monument High School and Grand Junction High School were among seven Colorado high schools picked to pilot the Colorado Legacy Schools program in 2010–11 and 2011–12. Those schools will continue in the program this year. Legacy Schools is a program of the nonprofit Colorado Legacy Foundation, and it helps high schools in the state expand ...

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Central is third valley school in Legacy ranks

Central High School will be added to the list of Colorado high schools to benefit from Colorado Legacy Schools funding this fall. Fruita Monument High School and Grand Junction High School were among seven Colorado high schools picked to pilot the Colorado Legacy Schools program in 2010–11 and 2011–12. Those schools will continue in the program this year. Legacy Schools is a program of the nonprofit Colorado Legacy Foundation, and it helps high schools in the state expand ...

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Fruita Monument tops Aspen in boys lacrosse

The Fruita Monument High School boys lacrosse team hasn’t had many must-win games this season. With the exception of a loss to Grand Junction, the season has played out almost exactly as coach Mark Young expected it to. But playing Aspen, which has been tied with Fruita for third in the Mountain Lacrosse League, was a game that could have gone either way. Wednesday afternoon at Stocker Stadium, the Wildcats did just enough to top the Skiers 11-10 in an overtime thriller. With ...

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Fruita stifles Central in shutout

In the 25th minute of Tuesday night’s game at Walker Field, the Fruita Monument High School girls soccer team set the tone. McKenzie King stole the ball in the middle of the field and dribbled into an open space in the Central defense. From 35 yards out, she crossed the ball to Jennis Hart, who scored on an easy header. From there, the Wildcats (10-4, 6-2 Southwestern League) rolled to a 5-0 win, and held Central (1-10-1, 0-7 SWL) shotless for the second time this ...

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Good birthday gift

It was a simple pop fly out, one of the game’s most routine happenings. But for two people at Canyon View Park during that final out in the bottom of the sixth inning Tuesday in Fruita Monument’s 10-6 win over Central, it was not the norm. As the ball off the bat of Central’s Kyle Rowe sliced through the air, a female spectator behind the stands froze nervously as the right fielder tracked the ball with hazy vision. Zac Griggs, the Fruita Monument right fielder, took two ...

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