Hilltopper Cross Country Girls Win Big In Competitive Colorado Meet – Boys Place 5th
Freshman Elisabeth McNiff finished 13th overall (3rd Hilltopper) in the Girls Varsity race in a time of 19:36, followed by senior Abigail Swigert in 21st place. Photo by Blake Wood
By BLAKE WOOD
Assistant Coach
LAHS Track and Field
The Los Alamos High School Hilltopper Varsity Girls Cross Country team notched a big win on Friday at the Pat Amato Invitational in Northglenn, Colorado. Their score of 70 points bested a competitive field of 23 teams, including 2nd place Fossil Ridge (78 points), a team that last year placed #8 at Nike’s de facto high school national championship.
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Los Alamos Riders Lead Pack At Pedal Pajarito!
LAMS and LAHS NICA athletes and coaches on Sunday celebrating a successful day of racing while sporting the Golden Shovel trophy. Courtesy photo
Cullen McLean charging through the lower section of the racecourse. Courtesy photo
SPORTS News:
Nearly 200 student athletes representing 18 teams from across New Mexico and Texas gathered at Pajarito Mountain on Sunday for the Pedal Pajarito race, the third stop in the 2025 New Mexico Interscholastic Cycling League (NM NICA) season. Under a crisp blue sky and surrounded by golden aspens, the Los Alamos NICA team delivered a powerhouse performance Read More
LAHS Football Board Members Honor Teachers And Staff
On Friday, Oct. 3, LAHS Varsity Football hosted Teacher Appreciation Night, celebrating the outstanding teachers and staff who have made a lasting impact on our student-athletes. Courtesy/LAHS Football Board Members Read More
Geimer Top Predictor In Final Pace Race Of 2025 Season
Racers prepare for the final pace race of the 51st season, Tuesday on the Canyon Rim Trail. Courtesy/ACRR
ACRR News:
Paul Geimer was the best predictor in Atomic City Road Runner’s (ACRR) final pace race of the 51st season held Tuesday on the Canyon Rim Trail. He was 21 seconds off his predicted time as well as the first finisher on the 3-mile course at 18:39.
Other accurate predictors were Lynn Bjorklund at 22 seconds off and the top female finisher in the 3-mile distance with a time of 24:52; Warren Scoggins with a 40 second difference; Sean Thomas with a 43 second differential; and Chris Mullender Read More
Weekly Fishing Report: Sept. 30, 2025
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
Kokanee salmon snagging season opens Wednesday at Navajo Lake, El Vado Lake and Eagle Nest Lake.
Kokanee are a landlocked species of sockeye salmon that spend their entire lives in freshwater and do not migrate to the ocean. Like other species of Pacific salmon, they live for 3-4 years, then spawn. After spawning, they die.
In order to make use of the salmon, a special snagging season is established to allow anglers a chance to harvest the fish before they die using nontraditional methods. The most common way of catching them is by snagging. Read More
