Sports

NMAA Selects March ‘Compete With Class’ Honoree

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Cobre High School Softball Team earns March 2015 ‘Compete with Class’ award. Courtesy/NMAA

NMAA News:

ALBUQUERQUE – The New Mexico Activities Association is proud to announce that the Cobre High School Softball team has been recognized as the Compete with Class award recipient for the month of March.

Cobre’s Softball team showed sportsmanship when Chaparral’s special education student, Santana Carrillo, stepped up to the plate.

“They were all supportive and thrilled to help this young lady to feel a part of the team and the game,” Patricia Garcia (Chaparral High School) stated. Read More

Local Senior Olympic Games: Week 2 Results

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Senior Olympic athletes, from left, Laura McClellan and Ann ReVelle compete in Disc Golf 2015. Courtesy photo
Senior Olympic athletes from left, Don Dudziak, Susan Krohn and Jackie Peckham are the first place winners March 27 in shuffleboard singles. Courtesy photo

SPORTS News:

In the second week of Senior Olympic Games, Jackie Marr and Susan Krohn qualified on the women’s side for Swimming.

Bob and Carmen Gill qualified in bowling for singles and mixed doubles. Ted Williams for singles. Ann ReVelle and Darla Thompson qualified in 8-ball pool.

Qualifiers in shuffleboard singles were Read More

High Flyers Gymnasts Win At State Meet

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Los Alamos High Flyers including Emily Smith, middle front, who won first place at the New Mexico State Level 2 Junior Olympic gymnastics championships March 7 in Albuquerque, becoming the first ever all-around state champion at High Flyers Gymnastics. Smith also claimed the state event championship titles on vault and floor exercise. Three other girls earned honors as event state champions: in separate age divisions Megan Martinez and Valarie Valdez placed first on Level 2 balance beam, and Sofia Enriquez won on Level 3 uneven bars with a score of 9.45. Photo by Don Taylor

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Los Alamos High School Basketball All District, State, North/South Selections Announced

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SPORTS News:

The Los Alamos High School Athletics Department has announced the All District, All State, and North/South Basketball Awards.

All District:

Boys Basketball:

  •  2nd Team All District: Antonio Trujillo and Jack Stewart

Girls Basketball:

  • 1st Team All District: Ashlynn Trujillo and Amber Logan
  • 2nd Team All District: Makaela Jones and Ashley Logan
  • Honorable Mention All District: Sofia Roybal, Hannah Sledzik, and Jordan Duran

All State:

  • 2nd Team All State : Ashlynn Trujillo

North/ South All Star Team:

  • North All Star Team: Amber Logan

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LAHS Seeks Hall Of Fame Nominations

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SPORTS News:

The Los Alamos High School Athletic Department is accepting nominations for its 2015 Hall of Fame Class.

Nomination forms can be found on the LAHS Athletic Department website or picked up in the Athletic Office at Los Alamos High School, 1300 Diamond Dr.

There are three categories for nominations: 

  • Former athlete;
  • Former coach (head, assistant, volunteer from mid school or high school); and
  • Contributor to LAPS athletics. 

A contributor could include but is not limited to educator, manager, media, medical, official, trainer, volunteer, athletic director, assistant Read More

LAHS Topper Cheer Team Takes 2nd Place At District 2 5A Competition

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The Los Alamos High School Topper Cheer Team achieved a 2nd place finish at the District 2 5A competition Saturday, March 21 at Capital High School in Santa Fe. In addition to cheering at home and away games in support of Topper athletics, the LAHS Cheer Team is required to participate in three competitions during the school year in order to participate in the State Spirit Competition. The Cheer Team will travel to the state competition Friday and Saturday at the Pit in Albuquerque. Courtesy photo Read More

Los Alamos Gymnasts Shine At New Mexico Level 4 And 5 Junior Olympic Championships

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Kayli Lincoln on the beam. Courtesy photo

LASG News:

This past weekend the New Mexico State championships for the level 4 and 5 junior Olympic program were held at Eagle Ridge Gymnastics in Albuquerque.

Katie Wingo represented Los Alamos School of Gymnastics in the level 5 junior age division. Wingo brought home a gold medal on beam. She was the balance beam champion with an 8.95 on that event. Wingo was fourth in the all around with a 34.975. Her other placements included fifth on vault (8.85) and bars (8.525) and sixth on floor (8.65).

Kayli Lincoln represented Los Alamos School

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‘Run Free: The True Story of Caballo Blanco’ Premiers In Los Alamos April 21

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Micah True, known as Caballo Blanco, on a run. Courtesy photo

FILM News:

“Run Free: The True Story of Caballo Blanco,” as feature-length documentary about ultra-running legend Micah True will premiere at the Reel Deal Theater in Los Alamos at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 21. The one-night-only event is sponsored by the High Altitude Athletics Club of Los Alamos.

Movie Poster for ‘Run Free.” Courtesy/film producers

Micah True, better known as Caballo Blanco – the White Horse – was the focal character of Christopher McDougall’s 2009 best-selling book “Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes Read More

Registration Open For YMCA Spring Session For Volleyball Grades 3-6 Until April 10

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YMCA News:
 
The Family YMCA Spring Session Volleyball is now open for registration up until April 10.
 
This is a developmental program focused on teaching and improving proper volleyball skills in order to provide participants the foundation to play and compete for years to come.
 
The season starts April 14 through May 21 for 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th graders on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the YMCA Gymnasium in Los Alamos. Cost is $60 / $40 for Y members.
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