This Week In Sports: April 20-25, 2026
SPORTS News:
This week the Los Alamos High School Hilltoppers Girls and Boys Golf teams have the Los Alamos Spring Invitational at home and the boys have the Twin Warriors away game. The Girls Softball team has games at home and away, and the Boys Baseball team has games at home and away. The Boys and Girls Track and Field teams have meets at the Harper Invite at ABQ Academy.
The Los Alamos Daily Post sports team, John McHale, Mike Cote, Nate Limback and Tomás Redondo, covers Los Alamos High School Hilltopper games.
This Week’s Hilltopper Sports Schedule:
April 20 Monday
- Girls/Boys Golf Los Alamos
Topper Varsity Baseball Powers Past Moriarty Pintos 19-4
Hilltopper Hayden Watkins steals 2nd base sliding in just under the tag in Wednesday’s game against the Moriarty Pintos at Bomber Field in White Rock. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com
Jackson Scharff throws a strike in the first inning. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com
SPORTS News:
The Los Alamos High School varsity baseball team put on an offensive showcase Wednesday afternoon at Bomber Field, powering past the Moriarty Pintos in dominant fashion.
After a slight delay to start the game, the Toppers wasted no time finding their rhythm, erupting for seven runs in the bottom of the Read More
Topper Softball Wins Against Moriarty Pintos 14-4
Ezri Roybal slides in safely under the tag of Danika Davenport in the 4th inning of the conference game hosted by the Los Alamos High School Hilltoppers softball team against the Moriarty Pintos, played Wednesday at Hope Field in White Rock. The Toppers led the entire game and had a big 5th inning to run the score up to 14-4 for the win, which makes their record 4-0 for district play and 10-5 overall. The Toppers’ next game is today, April 17, in Taos. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Topper Catcher Aaliyah Chavez makes the catch for the 1st out in the 4th inning. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More
Los Alamos Rugby Club Hosts Tournament Tomorrow—Spectators Wanted!
Nukes players Zander Park and Matthew Wehner assist with a tackle. Courtesy/Rugby Through My Lens
LARC News:
Los Alamos Rugby Club is hosting a youth tournament from 9 a.m.–2 p.m., Saturday, April 18, at North Mesa Park for teams from Rio Rancho, Albuquerque, and Newcomb. Games will be played on two fields and run back-to-back.
The rugby family would like to invite community members to come watch and share this great sport. Come find out in person what a scrum, a ruck, a jackal, and a tackle are! We will have frito pies to share for lunch.
Alayna Martinez of the Bombshells hopes to deflect La Cueva’s Read More
Hilltopper Track & Field Racks Up More State Qualifying Marks At Cleveland Relays, Sepulveda Meet Of Champions
Amy Finn leapt 13’10” in the long jump at the Cleveland Storm Relays. Photo by Blake Wood
Sophomore Koen Christensen ran a State Qualifying time of 4:32.84 in the 1600 m at the Cleveland Storm Relays. Photo by Blake Wood
By BLAKE WOOD
Assistant Coach
LAHS Track and Field
It was a big week for the Hilltopper Track & Field teams, competing at the Cleveland Storm Relays on Friday, April 10 and the Marilyn Sepulveda Meet of Champions at UNM on Monday, April 13.
The Cleveland Storm Relays is a unique meet that requires teams to compete as relays for each event, so that usual individual events Read More
