This Week In Sports: Aug. 22-23, 2025
This Week In Sports:
Los Alamos High School Hilltopper games are covered by the Los Alamos Daily Post sports team of John McHale, Mike Cote and Nate Limback.
This Week’s Hilltopper Sports Schedule:
Aug. 22 Friday
- Football vs Española Away – 7 p.m.
- Girls/Boys Cross Country at Trooper Twilight El Paso
Aug. 23 Saturday
- Girls Soccer vs ABQ High at APS Metro Tournament (Field 2) – 1 p.m.
Los Alamos Football Takes On Española Valley Friday Night In 2025 Season Opener
By MIKE COTE
Sports Writer
Los Alamos Daily Post
Expectations are high for the Los Alamos High School football team heading into the 2025 season coming off one of its best campaigns in recent history.
The Hilltoppers will open their 2025 season Friday night at Española Valley. Game time is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Española Valley High School.
In 2024, the Hilltoppers bounced back from a rough start, dropping three straight games in the first three weeks of the season, to reel off eight straight victories. The Hilltoppers finished with a mark of 8-4 before a season-ending Class 5A playoff loss to Gadsden Read More
Fr. Glenn: Standing Firm
By Fr. Glenn Jones:
A headline caught the eye recently: “Denzel Washington Blasts Cancel Culture; Says Faith Matters More Than Followers”. Asked whether he was concerned about losing approval and followers by not acquiescing to popular culture, Mr. Washington responded: “I don’t follow anybody … I follow God, I don’t follow man. I have faith in God.” He added: “You can’t be canceled if you haven’t signed up. Don’t sign up.” This reminds of Oscar Wilde: “A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.”
In a world saturated with noise—social media clamor, cultural trends, and the relentless Read More
Op-Ed: Los Alamos Our Arts Need Help!
By BECCA JONES
Los Alamos
Code Red in Los Alamos: our town’s arts heartbeat is at risk.
The Los Alamos Arts Council and Fuller Lodge Art Center are facing a $10,000 year-end deficit, and they need our support now to remain thriving community anchors.
Why this matters…
These spaces offer essential, affordable access to the arts for all ages:
- After-school programs for elementary students, a safe and welcoming environment where kids can explore creativity; giving kids a “third place”;
- Adult art classes that build skills, foster community connections, and help neighbors reconnect with
McQuiston: Who Pays When A Test Drive Goes Wrong?
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Serving Los Alamos Since 1963
Rule Of Law Advances A Civil And Engaged Democracy
New Mexico Supreme Court Chief Justice David K. Thomson, Courtesy/NMSC
By Chief Justice David K. Thomson
New Mexico Supreme Court
I am pleased to announce the New Mexico Supreme Court’s fifth annual “Rule of Law” program. The goal of the program is to educate middle school, high school, and college students on the judiciary’s role in our democracy and how the rule of law secures a just and civil society. This year we will hold oral argument at the Henderson Fine Arts Center at San Juan College in Farmington on Aug. 28, at 1 p.m.
Normally, I write an op-ed in advance of the program to discuss the importance Read More
Pages Of Our History: Remembering Tom Lehrer
Tom Lehrer
By SHARON SNYDER
Los Alamos
Los Alamos has lost a friend. Tom Lehrer, musician and mathematician, died July 26 in Cambridge, Mass., at age 97.
Some people will not recognize the name. but those who date back to the 1950s on the Hill and those who were in college in the ‘50s and ’60 s remember Lehrer’s songs, most of them written by Tom himself. They were light and fun.
Just a few years ago, Liz Martineau, Gordon McDonough, and I got the idea of playing Lehrer’s music in the Bethe House for visitors to enjoy. We had old records to make that idea possible, but we felt that we should ask Tom’s permission. Read More
