Sports

Topper Volleyball Wins 3-1 Over Española Sundevils

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Ava Lewis and Ava Cola go up to block Naquita Matrine’s spike attempt in the first set. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Gianna Sanchez and Aryannah Chavez go head-to-head at the net. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

SPORTS News:

The Los Alamos High School Hilltopper Volleyball team traveled to Española Thursday night to play a match against the Española Sundevils in Edward Medina Gymnasium.

The Toppers had little trouble winning the first two sets, but the Sundevils rallied to win the third set.

The win prompted a fourth set, which the Toppers won and took the match 3-1.

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LAHS Girls XC Dominate Competition At Dry-Run For State Championship; Boys Place 3rd

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The victorious Hilltopper Girls. From left, Grace Montoya, Cara Gauss, Elisabeth McNiff, Mila Moseley, Abigail Swigert, Ensley Jorgenson, Amelia Hill, Elizabeth Buck, and Emmeline Keller-Moore. Photo by Blake Wood/ladailypost.com

Abigail Swigert, closely followed by Mila Moseley, digs deep with only 600 m to the finish. Mila and Abigail finished in 7th and 8th places overall, respectively. Photo by Blake Wood/ladailypost.com

By BLAKE WOOD
Assistant Coach
LAHS Track and Field

The Hilltopper Girls Cross Country team turned in a dominant performance on Saturday at the Albuquerque Academy Read More

Los Alamos Hilltopper Boys & Girls Varsity Soccer Teams To Host Playoff Games Beginning Wednesday At Sullivan Field

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LAHS News:

The Los Alamos High School Boys and Girls Varsity Soccer teams will host playoff games this week at Sullivan Field.

The Varsity Boys Soccer team garnered the number five seed and will host Silver High School at 4 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 29.

The Varsity Girls Soccer team, seeded fourth, have a bye in the first round. They will host the winner of the Tuesday game between Artesia and Goddard this at 4 p.m., Friday, Oct. 31.

Ticket prices are: $10 for adults; $5 for students (K-12), Senior (65+) and Military. Purchase tickets in advance at HomeTown Fan. Credit and debit cards will be accepted at Read More

Hilltopper Cross Country Excelled In Home Meet Last Friday

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Sam Prada and Emmitt Tibbets run together in the combined Boys Varsity and JV race. Emmitt finished 24th in the Varsity race (5th ‘Topper) and Sam finished 10th in the JV race (4th ‘Topper). Photo by Blake Wood

Elizabeth Buck was overall winning of the Girls JV race. Photo by Blake Wood 

By BLAKE WOOD
Assistant Coach
LAHS Track and Field

The Hilltopper Cross Country teams ran terrific races at their Home Meet on Friday afternoon at the LA Golf Course, despite a lightning delay that caused the Girls JV race to be cut short and the Elementary School Mile to be postponed until next Friday. Read More

This Week In Varsity Sports: Oct. 27–Nov. 1

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This Week In Sports: Oct. 27–Nov. 1, 2025

Los Alamos High School Hilltopper games are covered by the Los Alamos Daily Post sports team of John McHale and Nate Limback.

This Week’s Hilltopper Sports Schedule:

Oct 29 Wednesday

  • 4 p.m. – Boys Soccer First Round Playoffs vs Silver Home

Oct 30 Thursday

  • 5 p.m. – Volleyball vs Taos Home

Oct 31 Friday

  • 7 p.m. – Football vs Miyamura Away
  • 3 p.m. – Girls/Boys Cross Country District at Los Alamos
  • 4 p.m. — Girls Soccer Quarterfinals

Nov 1 Saturday

  • Boys Soccer Quarterfinals

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Los Alamos Ski Club To Host Annual Premier Of Warren Miller Movie At Duane Smith Auditorium Nov. 21

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Los Alamos Ski Club News:
The Los Alamos Ski Club will host the Annual Premier of the Warren Miller Movie Nov. 21 at Duane Smith Auditorium.
Door Prizes will be given out during intermission and Pajarito General Manager Jasen Bellomy will participate in a Q&A Session.
Tickets are only $15 and must be purchased online at https://warrenmiller.com/events/duane-w-smith-auditorium.
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Topper Football Wins Game Against Valley Vikings

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The Toppers charge onto the field at Milne Stadium to play the Valley Vikings in a conference game which they won 47-10. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com

Quarterback Haden Watkins hands the ball to Jordan Herrera in the second quarter. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

SPORTS News:

The Los Alamos Topper football team traveled to Albuquerque Saturday to play a conference game against the Valley Vikings played in Milne Stadium. The Vikings had strong first half but faded in the second half and the Toppers pulled ahead to win the game 47-10 which brings their record to 9-0.

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Weekly Fishing Report: Oct. 27, 2025 

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By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post 

The Charette Lakes, Clayton Lake, Maxwell Lake 13, Morphy Lake and Laguna del Campo will close for the season Friday, Oct. 31.

Streamflow on the Rio Grande has been dropping now that the floodwaters from Southern Colorado have subsided. Stream flows just a week ago were over 1,000 cubic-feet-per-second at Taos Junction Bridge and at Embudo. Stream flows Sunday (Oct. 26) was 376 cubic-feet-per-second at Taos Junction and 461 at Embudo. The streamflow at Cerro near the Colorado border was 276 cubic-feet -per-second.

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Janecky: Thank You Los Alamos

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By LOUI JANECKY
Los Alamos School of Gymnastics

As my 44 years in the town of Los Alamos come to a close, I would like to thank all of the gymnasts (from 2 years old to 52 years old) and their families for all that they have given me.

Thank you for entrusting your children to me, thank you for sharing your lives with me, thank you for helping me make my dream come true. I learned and grew with you and your children for four decades and 3 generations (for some families). I had so much fun sharing life with you.

Thank you to all of the volunteers who made this member-owned business work. We did it together. It is a model Read More

Toppers Score 5-0 In Conference Match Vs. Tigers

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The Los Alamos High School Hilltopper Girls Soccer Team won a conference match against the Taos Tigers Tuesday afternoon on Sullivan Field. Here Dayja Fellers takes a shot and scores in the first half.  Scoring for the Toppers in the match, Gracie Haagenstad had 2, Dayja Fellers 1 and Margaret Steinkamp 2. The Tigers are always a strong team, but the Topper defense held them scoreless in Tuesday’s match. This win brings the Topper record to 12-6-1. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Margaret Haagenstad scores one of her two goals in the first half. Photo John McHale/ladailypost.com

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