Sports

LAHS: Score Results From Saturday’s Swim Meet

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SPORTS News:
 
Results from Saturdays West Mesa High School Swim Meet:
 
APS Mini-Invite at West Mesa
 
 
Girls 200 Medley Relay: Los Alamos 1:57.24 (SQT) (Sara Shiina, Jessica Moore, Isabelle Runde, Jillian Bennett0, Cleveland 2:01.67 (SQT), Los Alamos B 2:02.01 (SQT) (Kaitlin Bennett, Beth Short, Sophie Schmidt, Niamh Short)
 
200 Freestyle: Kaitlin Bennett LAHS 2:03.51 (SQT), Meghan Beaudet VOLC 2:06.74 (SQT), Mikelle O’Donnell ELDO 2:06.98 (SQT), also: 5) Niamh Short LAHS 2:12.51, 6) Sophie Schmidt LAHS 2:12.55, 13) Caemlyn
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Los Alamos FIRST Lego League Team 240-Radioactive Fireflies Wins Champions Award

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The Radioactive Fireflies receiving the Champions Award. Courtesy photo
 
SPORTS News:
 
Saturday Dec. 19, at the Los Alamos FIRST Lego League Qualifying Tournament, Team 240―Radioactive Fireflies from Los Alamos, won the Champions Award for the Tournament.
 
The Tournament was at Los Alamos Middle School. The Champions award is the highest award for the team that demonstrates the best all around team including their project, team values, and robot performance.
 
The top three finishers at the Los Alamos FIRST Lego League Qualifying Tournament advance
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Pajarito Opens Three Lifts And 12 Trails

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Pajarito Mountain. Photo by Jason Halladay

SKIING News:

Pajarito Mountain Ski Area recently received recognition by Skiing Magazine and National Geographic Magazine as well as New Mexico’s association of ski resorts.

Thanks to this week’s winter storms, nearly two feet of snow have aAdropped on the mountain and resort officials announced that most of the skiable terrain will be open for powder skiing this Saturday, Dec. 19.

Two winter storms blanketed Pajarito this week with 22 inches of snow. Pajarito expects to open three lifts and 12 trails today when the ski area opens for daily operations, Read More

Chromium Project (DOE/EA-2005) Update

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DOE News:

  • Final Environmental Assessment, Finding of No Significant Impact and Floodplain Assessment Statement of Findings

The Department of Energy Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office has prepared a Final Environmental Assessment for the Chromium Plume Control Interim Measure and Plume-Center Characterization at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (DOE/EA-2005).

This document describes the potential environmental impacts associated with the planned interim actions in Mortandad Canyon. The objectives of the planned actions are to control migration of the chromium Read More

Jingle Bell Rock ‘N Run Race Results

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Chelsea Challacombe smiles as she continues along the musical route. Photo by Jim Stein
 
5K winner, Connor Bailey, looks strong around the halfway point. Photo by Jim Stein
 
LAHS Band Director, Zane Meek, joins in on the holiday tunes. Photo by Jim Stein
 
LAHS BAND BOOSTERS News:
 
The Los Alamos High School Band Boosters hosted the first Jingle Bell Rock ‘N Run Sunday, Dec. 13 to raise money for their upcoming trip.
 
The fun run included the choice of a 5K or 1 mile run and both featured live music along the routes provided by students from the Los Alamos High School
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Scenes From Sunday’s Jingle Bell Rock ‘N Run

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The crowd takes off in Sunday’s Jingle Bell Rock ‘N Run hosted by the Los Alamos High School Band to raise money for their upcoming trip to Washington, D.C.  The fun run included a choice of 5K or 1 mile runs and is modeled after the popular Rock and Roll marathons featuring live music along the routes.  Students from LAHS and Los Alamos Middle School played holiday tunes for the runners. The runs started and finished at LAMS. The Governor’s Office nominated the ‘Topper Marching Band to play July 4, 2016 in the National Independence Day Parade in Washington, D.C. Proceeds Read More

LAHS Senior Noelle Gallegos Signs Letter Of Intent

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Noelle Gallegos signs letter of intent with TSJC. Courtesy photo 

SPORTS News:

Los Alamos High School Senior Volleyball Player Noelle Gallegos has signed a letter of intent to play volleyball next season at Trinidad State Junior College in Colorado.

Gallegos plans to study pre-engineering in the STEM program at Trinidad. Read More

Topper Girls Fall To Class 6A Power Volcano Vista 61-43

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By Morrie Pongratz
Voice of the Hilltoppers

Fresh off their 68 to 16 rout of the Albuquerque High Bulldogs, the Class 6A Volcano Vista Hawks visited Griffith Gym Saturday night looking for an easy win over the Class 5A Toppers. 

Instead they were met by Coach Nestor Trujillo’s team of determined and hustling Topper girls. Lisa Villareal’s Hawks were athletic and deep in talent. Volcano Vista led by 7 at halftime, but when the Toppers closed the lead to only 4 points in the third quarter, Coach Villareal was forced to call time out. 

The Hawks dominated the foul-plagued Toppers in the fourth Read More

Los Alamos Shooters Meet At Olympic Trials

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MIDN Jodi Cull-Host USNA and Samantha Miller. Courtesy photo
 
LAPS News:
 
Members of the Los Alamos Precision Rifle Team recently traveled to Colorado Springs and competed in the Winter Airgun Championships, which also are Olympic team trials matches.
 
On the final day, current team member sophomore Samantha Miller and member of the Los Alamos 2015 Navy Precision Champion team was squadded next to Jodi Cull-Host, senior team captain of the U.S. Naval Academy rifle team and member of the 2012 Los Alamos Navy Precision Championship team.
 
Also attending the event from
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Hilltoppers Selected To District 2-5A All-District Team

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LAHS News:
 
Congratulations to the Hilltoppers selected to District 2-5A All-District Team: 
  • Nathan Rogers – 1st Team OL
  • Derek Selvage – 1st Team RB, 2nd Team LB
  • Joseph Sorenson – 1st Team OL and LB
  • Lane Saunders – 1st Team LB, Honorable Mention RB
  • Diego Diaz – 1st Team OLB
  • Travis Gonzales – 1st Team Punter
  • Nick Quartieri – 2nd Team QB
  • Isaac Dunwoody – 2nd Team WR and CB
  • Stefan Brenner – 2nd Team DE and C
  • Jacob Mairson – 2nd Team DT, Honorable Mention OL
  • Edward Lavelle – Honorable Mention DE
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