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Lacrosse Fiesta participants from left, Elijah Martinez, Steven Richardson, Iszakiah Chacon, Matt Martinez, Daniel Certik, Corbin Wakeford, Quentin Adams, and David Hargather. Not pictured: Brian Cardon and Ronan Parton. Photo by Vanessa Richardson

SPORTS News:

Los Alamos 12U Youth Lacrosse wrapped up its 2026 season by winning the championship trophy at the Lacrosse Fiesta Tournament, held May 9-10 at Balloon Fiesta Park in Albuquerque.

Two round-robin games were played on Saturday, May 9. That morning, Los Alamos outlasted a large Albuquerque squad, earning a hard-fought 9-6 victory. Read More

The Topper baseball team traveled to Albuquerque to play postseason games against the Academy Chargers. The Chargers won both games 9-1 and 13-6 which closed out the Toppers season. The Toppers had a good season winning the district title with a record of 10-2 and 13-14 overall. Pictured: Hayden Watkins jumps back to first ahead of the ball to first baseman Ryan Williams and was safe in the first inning. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Left fielder Bo Martinez scoops up a hot grounder in the second inning. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Terran Robertson makes the big stretch to beat Read More

The District Champion Girls and Boys Track & Field teams! Photo by Blake Wood

Margaret Steinkamp thrills her teammates in the District Champion 4×400 m relay. Photo by Blake Wood

By BLAKE WOOD
Assistant Coach
LAHS Track and Field

Both the Hilltopper Boys and Girls Track & Field teams won the District 4A-2 Championship at Sullivan Field on Friday afternoon, May 8. The Boys scored 186 points to runner-up Moriarty’s 124 points. The Girls win was even more dominating with 195.5 points to Moriarty’s 108.5 points. Taos was third in both competitions.

The boys swept every individual Read More

LAYSL News:

Los Alamos Youth Soccer League (LAYSL) has announced competitive team tryouts for the 2026-2027 soccer season for boys and girls ages U9–U14.

Girls tryouts will take place 5-6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 13, at the North Mesa soccer fields. Tryouts are open to all girls age groups U9 through U14 and will cover both the Fall 2026 and Spring 2027 seasons. Questions regarding girls tryouts may be directed to matt.hemphill@gmail.com.

Boys tryouts will be held throughout May, with schedules posted on the LAYSL website and social media accounts, at various locations including North Mesa, Read More

Aditya Viswanathan, front left, and Michael Witkowski, front right, are the first Los Alamos boys doubles team to win back-to-back individual state tennis titles—and the first in program history to win the title twice, following their May 7 victory, pose with their coaches, from left, Travis Gibson, Tim Khazratkulov, and Hari Viswanathan. Photo by Gowri Srinivasan

By TRAVIS GIBSON
LAHS/LAMS Tennis Coach

Aditya Viswanathan and Michael Witkowski made Los Alamos tennis history Thursday, May 7, capturing their second straight Class 4A boys doubles state championship at the Jerry Cline Tennis Read More

The 2026 LAHS Girls Golf Team, headed to the New Mexico Class 4A State Championship May 11 and 12. Pictured left to right: Hailee Sarellano, Ella Trujillo, Sophia Saunders, Felicity Trujillo, Fiona Smith. Courtesy Photo

SPORTS News:

The Los Alamos High School (LAHS) Girls Golf Team has qualified for the New Mexico Class 4A State Championship for the second straight year. The Hilltoppers will tee off May 11 and 12, 2026, at the New Mexico Tech Golf Course in Socorro, NM, ranked 7th in the state and seeded 8th.

The 2026 squad heads to State with two regular-season tournament wins in hand and a deeper, Read More