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Mercedes Miller is the only female GJHS wrestling student going to state.

Tigers go to state for Wrestling

Alexia Bailey, Reporter February 13, 2024

A total of four GJHS wrestling students are going to state in 2024. Three Grand Junction High School men’s wrestling students, seniors Murphy Harris (126 pounds), Tanner Roahrig (132) and Amadaeus...

 GJHS senior Brady Page jumps to block a shot in a past game against Grand Valley High school.

GJ boys outshine Central in rivalry basketball game

Olivia Kimmel January 26, 2024

The GJHS boys basketball team has won back-to-back games heading into a home rematch with rival Fruita Monument on Tuesday, Jan. 30. The Tigers recorded an exciting win over rival Central High School...

GJHS junior Edison Dean scores a layup against Grand Valley High School. The Tigers won that game 70-20. Grand Junction High School will play Fruita Monument High School on Friday, Jan. 19, with the girls basketball game starting at 5:30 p.m.

GJ and Fruita go head-to-head in hoops

Rhys Martinez and Spencer Penkaty January 18, 2024

A major rivalry between Grand Junction High School and Fruita Monument High School varsity basketball will occur on Friday, Jan. 19.  The Tiger girls basketball teams will play at 5:30 p.m. and the...

GJHS senior Jacob Carmicheal takes the lead.

The Grand Valley’s first hockey team takes the ice

Connor Kinser and Spencer Penkaty December 14, 2023

For the first time ever students from all across the valley can participate on an official ice hockey team. “Grand Valley has never had a high school hockey team before,” said GJHS special education...

GJHS Cheer throws a stunt on the state mat during class 4A competition.

GJHS Cheer finishes 13th at state

Miah Hines and Marie Calkins December 12, 2023

Out of 26 class 4A teams, GJHS Cheer placed 13th at state. The 2023 CHSAA State Spirit competition took place in Denver in the Denver Coliseum. The Colorado High School State Spirit Championships were...

GJHS Winter punch cards give a chance for many students to get a prize.

ALT entices GJHS students to get involved with Winter Punch Passes

Paiten Brown and Alexia Bailey December 12, 2023

GJHS Advanced Leadership Team students created sport punch passes to help with attendance at sporting and other events.  “If the attendance goes up, then we can see how that affects the game in a...

Grand Junction High School athletes and fine arts students that have lettered in an activity are invited to attend the new Letterman’s Banquet on Nov. 7 at Colorado Mesa University.

GJHS holding first annual letterman’s banquet

Miah Hines, Editor in Chief November 6, 2023

GJHS is holding the first annual Letterman's Banquet for students who have earned a letter in athletics or fine arts. The event will be held 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7, in the CMU Ballroom. “A lot...

GJHS W for charity

Miah Hines, Editor in Chief November 2, 2023

The Grand Junction Tigers beat the Fruita Wildcats in a competitive teacher fund-raiser basketball game 46-39.  Organized by both Fruitas and Junctions student councils the game was held on Nov....

One of the many posters advertising the Fruita-Junction teacher Cat Fight on Nov. 1.

Cat Fight for charity

Alexia Bailey and Spencer Penkaty October 30, 2023

Grand Junction High School and Fruita Monument High School are going up against one another in a basketball game in order to raise money for charity.  This event is organized by both school’s student...

GJHS sophomores Parker Davis and Zach Ridpath running at a home meet at Connected Lakes.

GJHS boys cross country qualified for state

Miah Hines and Ramona Ripple October 26, 2023

The GJHS boys cross country team qualified for state for the first time in 11 years. The Tigers finished fourth in the Class 4A regional field on Thursday, Oct. 19, at Lincoln Park. Battle Mountain...

GJHS senior Tadele Weber focused in a season game against Fruita. GJ boys soccer travels to Windsor for the Class 4A state playoffs on Thursday, Oct. 26. (Photo provided by GJHS yearbook.)

GJHS boys soccer heads to state

Marie Calkins, Editor in Chief October 25, 2023

After an up and down season, Grand Junction High School’s boys varsity soccer team is headed to the Class 4A state playoffs kicking off Thursday, Oct. 26.  “About halfway through the season our...

Dutch Johnson, current physical education teacher, is GJHS's new boys basketball coach.

GJHS boys basketball team undergoes coaching change

Lincoln McQuade, Reporter October 24, 2023

The Grand Junction High School boys basketball team has undergone coaching changes for the upcoming 2023-2024 season. The new head coach, Dutch Johnson, is also a gym teacher at GJHS. Johnson has taught...

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