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Los Alamos Aquatomics Celebrate!

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Los Alamos Aquatomics Swim Team celebrates Sunday at Fuller Lodge. Courtesy/LLA

Head Coach, Olympian John Murphy congratulates the Los Alamos Aquatomics Swim Team during a celebration Sunday at Fuller Lodge. Courtesy/LLA

SPORTS News:

Los Alamos Aquatomics (LAA) Swim Team, celebrated the culmination of a highly successful long course swim season and the beginnings of a promising new short course season with a team picnic Sunday at Fuller Lodge.

Over 30 Los Alamos Aquatomics swimmers competed at the State Championships in July, with six swimmers bringing home State Champion Titles:

  • Allison
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Fall Leaves Best In Los Alamos At End Of Jemez Mountain Trail

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Fall colors come to the area. Courtesy photo

COMMUNITY News:

With the official start of fall, the leaves in and leading to Los Alamos are slowly beginning to change, with leaf peeping views expected to peak in early October.

Several upcoming events will give travelers an excuse to take the Jemez Mountain Trail National Scenic Byway to this cultural and recreationally rich area, including:

  • “Jemez Mountains Elk Festival” at Valles Caldera National Preserve Sept. 26;
  • “Opera on the Rocks” at Bandelier National Park Sept. 26; and
  • “Pajarito Trail Fest” in Los Alamos Oct. 17.

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LAHS Varsity Volleyball: Toppers 3 – Santa Fe 0

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SPORTS News:
 
The Toppers varsity volleyball team improved their record to 5-2 on Wednesday night with a 3-0 non-district win over the visiting Santa Fe Demons (4-2). 
 
Los Alamos won the first game 25-17 with Briana Montano taking over serve with the Demons leading 17-16. On serve Monatano led the Toppers for 8 consecutive points winning 25-17.

Strong serving by Sierra Foley and Ashlynn Trujillo powered the Toppers to a 25-20 win in set number two. The third set was a real nail-biter.  The score was tied at 18 all when Montano again got the serve.

Three serves later the Toppers

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Bob Weeks Has Perfect Prediction In Pace Race

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Courtesy/ACRR
 
ACRR News:
 
Bob Weeks has a perfect prediction of 14:00 minutes on the 1 mile course in the weekly pace race held on the Powerline Trail off N.M. 4 in the White Rock area. 
 
Sue Elkins was right behind him with a 3 second differential. Other top predictors were Mark Bjorklund at 4 seconds off, Ted Romero 6 seconds from perfection and Laura Woodroffe recording a 12 second difference.
 
Anders Medin, 5, was tops on the 1 mile course with a time of 13:27 and his grandmother Aurea Rojas the fastest female at 15:42.
 
On the
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Hilltoppers Girls Soccer Loses To Academy 2-0

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SPORTS News:

The 7th ranked Los Alamos Hilltoppers girls soccer team lost Tuesday’s home non-conference game against rival school, 6th ranked Albuquerque Academy, by a score of 2-0.

Academy’s leading scorer, Eliza Mariner, scored in the 14th minute with a shot just inside the far post. Co-captain Anika Gorham was credited with the assist. The Chargers got their second goal in the 55th minute when Maren Baur converted a corner kick by Lindsey Herman.

Academy plays a rough and tumble game. Charger Lindsey Herman got a yellow card in the 48th minute when she collided with Topper Freshman, Read More

LAHS 2015 Homecoming Football Game Recap

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Derek Selvage makes a 10 yard run early in the first quarter. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com

 

By MORRIE PONGRATZ
Voice of the Hilltoppers
 
Friday night too much Allen Michel and too many mistakes led to a 38-12 victory for the Moriarty Fighting Pintos over the Toppers in their homecoming football contest. 
 
The Toppers were their own worst enemy committing 9 penalties and making 5 turn-overs. They made both boo-boos in their very first series on offense getting a penalty on the first snap and fumbling on the fourth. That led to an 18-yard touchdown by Moriarty’s
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Los Alamos Hilltoppers Hall of Fame Inductees

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The 2014 Hilltopper Hall of Fame inductees from left, Ric Rojas, Brian Corrie, Steve Myers, Tracy Shipman Henderson and Bob Scott. Inductee Walt Arnold also was on hand to retire his jersey. Not pictured Paul Maley. Photo by Salvador Zapien/ladailypost.com
 
 
HILLTOPPER News:
 
The Voice of the Hilltoppers Morrie Pongratz announced the introduction of the new Los Alamos High School Hall of Fame Inductees for 2014 just ahead of Friday’s Topper Homecoming Football Game at Sullivan Field.
 
This year’s field of honorees includes a new tradition for
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LAMS Cross Country Girls And Boys Win 1st Place At Saturday’s ATC Everybody Invite

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Girls start in Saturday’s ATC Everybody Invite. Photo by Susan O’Leary

Boys start in Saturday’s ATC Everybody Invite. Photo by Susan O’Leary

SPORTS News:

The Los Alamos Middle School boys and girls cross country teams each won 1st place at Saturday’s ATC Everybody Invite.  

With 107 total runners in the girls race, the Hawks placed their top 5 runners in the top 11 overall, for a total team score of 44 points and a first place finish. The Hawks were led by Hannah Gartz (6th), Neha Sadasivan (8th), Than Povi Martinez (9th), Lidia Appell (10th) and Amaya Coblentz
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LAHS Varsity Volleyball Escapes With 15-13 Victory

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SPORTS News:

This evening the Topper volleyball team won the first set (25-19) against the St. Michael’s Lady Horsemen, but then they proceeded to dig a deep hole for themselves by losing the next two sets 25-15 and 25-17. 

The fourth set was a real nail biter, but with their backs to the wall the Toppers hung on and forced a fifth set tie breaker with a 25-21 win. 

Down 8-11 in the final set the Toppers dug deep and won 7 of the next 9 points to escape with a 15-13 victory. The Toppers were led by 5’10” senior co-captain Sierra Foley with 24 kills. Co-captain Brianna Montano Read More