A Fruita man who was found guilty of first degree murder last month was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole Monday.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/house-party-shooter-sentenced/article_14c329c8-abc3-11ed-9a47-fbb5eff056f8.html

A lot of other places, like Fruita, Delta and so on, all have rec centers.

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Among District 51 girls teams, Fruita Monument is ranked seventh in 6A and Central is 21st in 5A.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/sports/fruita-boys-clinch-first-swl-title-since-2019-20/article_c5cd6e16-ad82-11ed-bf9b-97fac5468a1b.html

A strong defensive effort carried the Fruita Monument girls basketball team past Durango 30-28, with compiling two steals, one block and one deflection.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/sports/peak-performances-jan-31-2023/article_a4d7c60c-a1c0-11ed-a7ad-8fd3a8b90e82.html

Board Member Jose Luis Chavez asked D51 Executive Director of Human Resources Nikki Jost about the possibility of Fruita 8/9 staff receiving prioritized status for eighth and ninth-grade jobs in the district for the 2024-2025 school year.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/d51s-hill-elaborates-on-fruita-8-9-school-reconfiguration-proposal/article_75f53602-99fa-11ee-b0db-a72f41e2c865.html

Central led 33-24 when Fruita crawled back to a 35-33 thanks to a major decision from Will Stewart at 137 and an Orrin Mease pin at 144.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/sports/central-and-fruitas-rivalry-heats-up/article_88553a88-8c7a-11ed-bd8f-7fcc1ad70d6b.html

For local boys teams, shot percentages hover in the high-20s to mid-30s, with a low of 20% on 276 shots (2014-15 Fruita) and a peak at 42% on 351 chances (2014-15 Central).

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/sports/downtown-or-bust-for-high-school-basketball-players-teams/article_2cd2335a-a8ae-11ed-9bc2-4fc7e2e46e14.html

Fruita 8/9 School students staged a walkout Friday morning as a public response to the proposed closure of their school after the upcoming spring semester.

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Fruita is a small town about halfway between Moab and Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park that’s best known as home to Mike, a local chicken that was able to survive without a head for 18 months in the 1940s.

Source: https://www.columbian.com/news/2023/oct/29/2-weeks-11-national-parks-3350-miles-savor-the-southwest-on-the-grand-circle-road-trip/

Fruita Monument 1, Durango 0: The Wildcats (12-3, 9-0 Southwestern League) clinched the SWL title with a tight win over the Demons (9-4, 6-2).

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/sports/fruita-girls-win-swl-track-title/article_8f223896-ec80-11ed-9688-ab9de655be39.html

Fruita Monument and Palisade competed in the eight-team Glenwood Springs Demons Invitational at the River Valley Ranch Golf Club.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/sports/smolinski-stars-in-fruitas-rout/article_9a6aa5e4-de52-11ed-90c0-4341f983fd28.html

Fruita Monument’s 4x800 relay team of Dylan Barney, Austin Strain, Drew Unfred and Max Unrein won with a time of 9:05.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/sports/trowbridge-jones-steal-the-show-at-mickey-dunn-invitational/article_25e0c1fa-d0e1-11ed-8207-c7a16df1ab32.html

Fruita Monument's Austin Reed scores on a layup in the Wildcats' 75-32 victory over Durango.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/sports/thomason-using-big-frame-to-reach-big-dreams/article_117c6cee-9f7e-11ed-bba6-274837ecabc6.html

Fruita Monument starting pitcher Landon Hawk delivers a pitch on Friday in the Wildcats' 6-5 season-ending loss to Castle View in the Class 5A Region 2 tournament at Suplizio Field.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/sports/no-2-fruita-baseball-stunned-by-castle-view/article_6260a8f0-f695-11ed-9dbe-efe0348a3245.html

Geno Gallegos, Dylan Chelewski and True Tobiasson all took second for Fruita Monument, which finished third at the Davie Swensen Invitational in Hyrum, Utah.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/sports/central-wrestlers-show-out/article_277cb2ca-9f82-11ed-943c-970f7d4d19b1.html

Isabella Zastrow drives to the hope against Fruita Monument on Saturday in Edwards.

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Joe Bernal works on his family’s farm near Fruita in the fall of 2022.

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Leaving a legacy was probably the furthest thing from his mind when, in 1893, 17-year-old George Reed arrived in Fruita with his family, having left the Kansas prairies behind.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/whats-in-a-name-reed-park/article_91a9968c-dfa0-11ed-8215-3f9edc5f5392.html

Maynes pinned DeCianne and also had a key pin in the Warriors’ 39-35 victory over Fruita Monument.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/sports/central-and-fruitas-rivalry-heats-up/article_88553a88-8c7a-11ed-bd8f-7fcc1ad70d6b.html

Nearly 80 students from Fruita Monument, Grand Junction, Palisade and Central high schools came together to make the nearly 10-minute short chronicling the journey of a sheet of paper through each of the schools.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/film-exposure-program-completes-successful-pilot-year-in-district-51/article_dcaafdea-eb6e-11ed-87ef-7fec2a57d91e.html