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Hilltopper Swim And Dive Girls Defend District 2a Title, Boys Take Second

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Girls District 2a Swim Champions. Front Row Left to Right: Cindy Fu, Ashley McLaughlin, Lyla Lo, Grace Nowell, Deborah Brug, Emilie Daligault, Aleena Rim, Samantha Clayton. Back Row Left to Right: Madalyn Baily, Teagan Brown, Zooey Browne, Grace Evans, Catherine. Courtesy photo

SPORTS News:

The Hilltopper Swim/Dive team completed the regular season at the District Championships in Farmington, Feb. 6-7.

The girls successfully defended their District 2a title, scoring 404 points, outpacing Farmington at second (249 points) and Piedra Vista (148 points). With only eight boys, the Toppers Read More

Gold & Silver For LA Ski Racing Club At Arizona Snowbowl

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Los Alamos Ski Racing Club celebrates a gold-and-silver finish at Arizona Snowbowl: Hiro Mertes (top center) captured 1st place, and Noah Bane (top left) earned 2nd place in the U18 men’s slalom race. Photo by Yoko Suzuki. 

By KEVIN MERTES 
Los Alamos Ski Racing Club

A thin winter didn’t slow the Los Alamos Ski Racing Club (LASRC) one bit! Six determined youth alpine racers—led by head coach Lisa Kimura and coach Kevin Mertes—headed south to Arizona Snowbowl for a pair of fast, technical slalom races Feb. 1–2 in the US Ski & Snowboard Rocky Mountain Southern Series (RMSS), hosted by the Flagstaff Read More

Kiwanis Hosts Little League President Joe Coulter

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Los Alamos Little League President Joe Coulter discusses the history, programs, challenges, and goals of the organization during the Feb. 3 Kiwanis Club meeting at Trinity on the Hill. Courtesy/Kiwanis

By BROOKE DAVIS
Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos

Los Alamos Little League President Joe Coulter presented a talk on the history, programs, challenges, and goals of the organization to the Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos during its Feb. 3 meeting at Trinity on the Hill.

The local Little League was founded in 1952 and is the oldest league in New Mexico. In 2016, the league merged with the White Rock Little League Read More

Toppers Win Home Game Against Moriarty Pintos 40-33

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Javaya Davison takes a short jumper over Laura Stewart in the 3rd quarter to score 2 of her 11 points for the night. She was the Toppers high point player. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Camden Shunk dribbles the ball down court. She scored 7 points for the night. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Sports News:

The Los Alamos High School Hilltoppers Girls Basketball Team won the home conference game against the Moriarty Pintos 40-33 on Saturday in Griffith Gymnasium.

The Toppers were behind for the first three quarters but came to life in the 4th quarter and staged a come-from-behind Read More

This Week In Sports: Feb. 9-14, 2026

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SPORTS News:

This week the Los Alamos High School Hilltopper girls have basketball games at home and away, and the boys have a basketball game at home and wrestling matches away.

The Topper sports games are covered by the Los Alamos Daily Post sports team, which includes John McHale, Mike Cote and Nate Limback.

This Week’s Hilltopper Sports Schedule:

Feb. 9 Monday

  • Girls Basketball vs Valencia Home – 7 p.m.

Feb. 13 Friday

  • Boys Wrestling at Regional Qualifier Tucumcari – TBD
  • Girls Basketball vs Española Away – 6 p.m.

Feb. 14 Saturday

  • Boys Wrestling at Regional Qualifier Tucumcari – TBD
  • Boys Basketball
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Head Slapping No Longer Allowed In High School Football

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SPORTS News:

INDIANAPOLIS, IN — In an ongoing focus on minimizing risk of injury in high school sports, the NFHS Football Rules Committee strengthened a rule related to illegal personal contact. Both revisions recommended by the committee were subsequently approved by the NFHS Board of Directors. 

The Football Rules Committee is composed of one member from each NFHS member state association that uses NFHS playing rules, along with representatives from the NFHS Coaches Association and NFHS Officials Association. 

Previously, Rule 9-4-7 stated that defensive players could not use the Read More

Hilltoppers Swim And Dive Team Shines In Santa Fe

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Hilltopper Swim-Dive team. Courtesy photo

SPORTS News:

After a missed opportunity to compete because of bad weather last week at Academy, the Hilltopper Swim-Dive team showed up strong Jan. 30-31 at the Griffin Invitational in Santa Fe. This was the Toppers largest meet of the season with over 350 athletes. The girls won first place (500 pts), ahead of Academy (410 pts) and Farmington (214 pts). The boys placed seventh (150 pts) in the field of 18 teams.

For the first time this season, the meet followed a format that held preliminary rounds on Friday, followed by finals on Saturday. Points were Read More

Post’s Kirsten Laskey & Nate Limback Win State Awards

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Nate Limback and Kirsten Laskey hold their state photography and review writing awards, recently in the newsroom at the Los Alamos Daily Post. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com

Los Alamos Daily Post’s Kirsten Laskey and Nate Limback were honored with state writing and photography awards by the New Mexico Press Association. The announcement was made during the New Mexico Press Association’s annual convention in November in Albuquerque.

Laskey was honored for her review of the Los Alamos Little Theatre’s production Read More

Toppers Fall To Pojoaque Elks 56-66

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Lan Frazier makes a layup past the defense of Joziah Salazar for 2 of his 22 points for the game. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

SPORTS News:

The Toppers traveled to Pojoaque to play the Pojoaque Elks in a non-district game played the Ben Lujan gym Tuesday night. The Toppers had a strong first half and took a small lead into the locker room at the half, but the Elks took over the game in the second half and pulled ahead for the win 56-65.

Ben Brousseau ducks under the defense of Joshua Gonzales in the first quarter as he brings the ball down court. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Dylan Baca drives Read More

DEA And NFL Alumni Health Team Up On Football’s Biggest Stage To Tackle Fentanyl Crisis

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DEA News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — For a third consecutive year, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and NFL Alumni Health (NFLAH) are joining forces to raise awareness about the dangers of fentanyl and spreading a critical message: One Pill Can Kill.

Building on the success of the last two years, this collaboration supports DEA’s newest initiative, Fentanyl Free America, with the goal of reducing demand for fentanyl and protecting communities from its devastating impacts.

Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is often pressed into counterfeit pills designed to look like prescription medications Read More