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Victory Moves Los Alamos Team Into Second Place In NNM US Tennis Assoc. 2016 Men’s 3.5 Over-40 League

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Dave Cook of the Los Alamos Tennis Club over-40 3.5 team slices a backhand return in his singles match against Mario Moreno of a tennis team from the Jerry Cline Tennis Center of Albuquerque during a match played Saturday in Los Alamos at Urban Park. Cook won the match by a score of 6-3, 7-6. Photo by John Sarracino

Jae Chang of the Los Alamos Tennis Club over-40 3.5 team hits a winning volley against a doubles team of Briggs/Fredine from the Jerry Cline Tennis Center of Albuquerque during a match played Saturday in Los Alamos at Urban Park. Chang and his partner John Charles defeated Briggs/Fredine Read More

David Smith Memorial Ambidextrous Trap Challenge Honors Former Instructor

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Competitors in Sunday’s David Smith Memorial Ambidextrous Trap Challenge at the Los Alamos Sportsmen’s Club following the event. Photo by Maire O’Neill

Young Guns coaches with the Smith family. Back row from left, Alan Bond, Abe Chavez, David Smith and Mike O’Neill. Front row, Jessica Fisher (New Mexico Game & Fish), Kathy Smith and Josh Smith. Photo by Maire O’Neill

By MAIRE O’Neill

Thirty shooters of all ages competed in the David Smith Memorial Ambidextrous Trap Challenge Sunday, Oct. 11 at the Los Alamos Sportsmen’s Club (LASC).

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Los Alamos Ski Swap At LAMS 1-4 p.m. Saturday

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Scene from 2014 Los Alamos Ski Swap. Courtesy/LASRC
 
Scene from 2014 Los Alamos Ski Swap. Courtesy/LASRC
 
SKI SWAP News:
 
Fall is approaching and the time to get ready for the upcoming ski season is upon us. The annual Los Alamos Ski Swap, hosted by the Los Alamos Ski Racing Club is Saturday, Oct. 17.
 
The ski swap is a decades-long tradition of Los Alamos. It’s unclear exactly what year the first swap was held, but many an “experienced” skier will tell you it’s been going on for at least 30 years. The swap is free to the public, and is the primary fundraiser for LASRC, a 501c3 non-profit
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LAHS XC At Northern New Mexico Challenge Results

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Topper Head Coach Kathy Hipwood provides some direction to Zephraim Tripp, Josh Barraza, Jacob Thompson, and Jordan Bowman in the Boys JV race. Photo by Blake Wood
 
SPORTS News:
 
The Los Alamos High School Cross Country Team divided its efforts this past weekend, and impressed everyone in both venues.  
 
The Varsity and JV teams traveled to Colorado Springs for the Titan Thunder Invitational. Both Boys and Girls Varsity teams won, with Maddy Foley and Sophia Galvez setting the pace for the toppers in 2nd and 3rd places overall. The boys were lead by John Rees and Hayden Walker,
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Topper Volleyball Defeats Espanola 3-0

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By MORRIE PONGRATZ
Voice of the Hilltoppers

Wednesday evening the Hilltopper volleyball team played host to their formidable rivals, the Espanola Valley Sundevils. This match was originally scheduled to be played in Espanola but a threat of violence forced the temporary closure of Espanola high school so the match location was switched.

The Toppers and the Sundevils have been district powerhouses for years. This match had everything good about volleyball – spike kills, tip kills, dinks, digs, back sets, service aces and great teamwork. The Toppers won the first set with a deceptively Read More

Gift Of Pro Golf Clubs Keeps On Giving

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Special Olympics athlete Sam Zimmerly expresses his appreciation to Los Alamos Police Cmdr. Oliver Morris for his longtime generosity and support. Morris is the agency coordinator of the North Central Region of the Special Olympics and has led the effort to raise money for the organization through a summer-long raffle. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Cmdr. Oliver Morris helps Special Olympics athlete Gabe Rau open the sealed can filled with raffle tickets from the 2015 Special Olympics Torch Run fundraiser. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

 

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos
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Alex Kirk Named MVP In Season Opener In Italy

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Los Alamos native Alex Kirk is named MVP in the first week of the season following Sunday’s game in Pistoia, Italy. Watch the game here. Screen Shot/legabasketv.it

The crowd cheers as Alex Kirk sinks another basket in Sunday’s game in Pistoria, Italy. Screen Shot/legabasketv.it

Staff Report:

Los Alamos High School graduate and former UNM Lobo Alex Kirk was named the MVP in the season opening game Sunday in Pistoia, Italy.

Kirk joined the Giorgio Tesi Group Pistoia in Pistoia, Italy last month. Giorgio Tesi Group Pistoia is a professional team in Italy’s top league and Kirk said Read More

Dig Pink Rally At Griffith Gym Oct. 14

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SPORTS News:

Los Alamos High School’s volleyball teams will be playing not only to win Wednesday Oct. 14, but to raise money for the Side-Out Foundation.

For anyone only able to make one game this year, Dig Pink is the one to come out for.

“The girls are really excited to participate in this year’s Dig Pink Rally,” Coach Sharleen Espinoza said. “As a program, we try to emphasize supporting one another and Dig Pink allows us to extend that support to a much larger community. We want people to know that Dig Pink is more than just wearing a pink shirt. This is a way for us all to give back Read More