Sports

Hilltopper Cross Country Girls Win Big In Competitive Colorado Meet – Boys Place 5th

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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!

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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

Geimer Top Predictor In Final Pace Race Of 2025 Season

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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

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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

Hilltopper Girls Soccer Partners With LAYSL For A Day Of Mentorship

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Courtesy photo

SPORTS News:

The Los Alamos High School girls soccer program recently teamed up with the Los Alamos Youth Soccer League girls teams for a special day of soccer, fun, and connection. Hilltopper players led sessions with the younger athletes, sharing skills, encouragement, and plenty of smiles.

This partnership is one we truly value — it not only gives our high school players a chance to serve as role models, but it also strengthens the bond between programs. We’re especially grateful for the support of the LAYSL coaches, whose dedication makes opportunities like this possible. Read More

This Week In Sports: Oct. 2-4, 2025

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SPORTS News:

This week, the Los Alamos High School Hilltoppers teams have some home and some away games for soccer, football, Cross Country, and volleyball.

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

                        

This Week’s Hilltopper Sports Schedule:

Oct. 2 Thursday

  • Boys Soccer vs St. Pius Away – 3 p.m.

Oct. 3 Friday

  • Football vs Belen Home – 7 p.m.
  • Volleyball vs St. Pius at ABQ Academy Invite
  • Girls/Boys Cross Country at Pat Amato Invite Denver

Oct. 4 Saturday

  • Boys Soccer vs ABQ Academy Home – 11 a.m.
  • Girls Soccer vs ABQ Academy Home
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LAHS & LAMS Riders Build Course They’ll Race On Oct. 4-5

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Phoebe Reid, Hans Gardner and Zachary Bolin-Ryan working on the lower single-track section of the racecourse. Courtesy photo

Cullen McLean rake in hand and Adis Bock clearing the road section of the course. Courtesy photo

By PAULA KNEPPER 
LAHS & LAMS Mountain Bike Team

While most classmates caught a few extra hours of sleep, Los Alamos High School (LAHS) and Los Alamos Middle School (LAMS) mountain bike team athletes were on the mountain at first light Saturday, tools in hand.

The team spent the morning at Pajarito Mountain Ski Area carving in the racecourse for the Oct. 4-5 New Mexico Interscholastic Read More

Durango Named Host City For 2030 Union Cycliste Internationale Mountain Bike World Championships

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PURGATORY News:

DURANGO — The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) has announced that Durango, Colo., will be the host city of the 2030 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships.

The event marks the 40th anniversary of when the town of Durango and Purgatory Resort hosted the very first UCI mountain bike world championship races in 1990.

Leading into the World Championships in 2030, the “Worlds” Durango will also host a major international mountain bike race in 2028 and a UCI World Cup race in 2029. All events will be held at Purgatory Resort and include Downhill, Cross Country Olympic, Short Track Read More

Los Alamos Golfer Mike Randow Scores Hole In One!

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Los Alamos golfer Mike Randow scored a ‘Hole In One’ on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, on Hole #6 at 130 yards, at the Los Alamos Golf Course. He used his 9 iron. The ball landed about a foot past the hole before spinning back into the cup for his first ‘Ace’ ever. Witnesses to Randow’s ‘Hole In One’ achievement include fellow Los Alamos golfers Emery Ring and Jim Friar, left. Photo by Emery Ring

Mike Randow’s ‘Hole In One’ achieved on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, on Hole #6 at 130 yards, at the Los Alamos Golf Course. Courtesy photo Read More