Sports

Los Alamos High School Hires Nestor Trujillo as Head Girls Basketball Coach

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Nestor Trujillo

LAPS News:

Los Alamos High School has hired Nestor Trujillo as its new Head Girls Basketball Coach.

Trujillo comes to LAHS from Espanola High School where he served as the Varsity Girls Basketball Assistant Coach. He also spent 10 years as Head Boys Basketball Coach for the Northern New Mexico Flight AAU program. He was a volunteer talent scout for the Northern New Mexico College Men’s Basketball Program.

“I am really excited to champion a program that has been on the rise in one of the most competitive districts in the state,” Trujillo said. 

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Sipapu, Los Alamos County, Pajarito Collaborate on New Mexico’s Most Powerful Season Ski Pass

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Courtesy/Sipapu

NEW MEXICO SKI News:

As part of its continued commitment to give skiing enthusiasts open and unlimited access to Pajarito Mountain, the Los Alamos Ski Area and Sipapu Ski and Summer Resort will offer skiers and snowboarders unlimited access to both mountains this upcoming winter, plus free lift tickets at more than 20 other resorts in New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and throughout the country on one season pass: the New Mexico Power Pass.

The New Mexico Power Pass is available for adults for $299 now through Aug. 3. Students ages 13 to 20, college and graduate students and seniors

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Results Announced For July 8 Pace Race

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Courtesy/ACR
 
SPORTS News:
 
The results for the Atomic City Runners Pace Race held July 8 are as follows:
 
Three runners in the 2.8-mile race had almost perfect predictions; Nikol Strother missed by only 1.5 seconds, Nick Parra-Vasquez by 2 seconds and Katie Gattiker by 3 seconds. Many runners were within a minute of their predictions.
 
Tuesday’s Pace Race was held on paved roads in Pajarito Acres between rain storms, and started on Acoma Lane. The best predictors for the one-mile course (and the time that they were off their prediction adjusted to 3 miles) were
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Jereme Santistevan Overall Winner of 2014 Firecracker 5K

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Corrected results: 1, 17:39.19,303, Jereme Santistevan, “Los Alamos” 03:32/Km to the Men 18-22 race results. Santistevan was the overall winner.

SPORTS Results:

The Los Alamos Family YMCA hosted its annual Firecracker 5K Fun Run Friday at the YMCA, 1450 Iris St.

Prizes went to the top runner in each category and every participant received a t-shirt and were eligible for many great door prizes from local businesses.

Many participants ran, jgged or walked the race, then hung out for free food, games and the children’s parade.

The annual YMCA Firecracker 5K Fun Run is made Read More

Los Alamos & White Rock Little League Teams Play District 1 Tournament at Espanola Today

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SPORTS News:
 
Los Alamos County (Los Alamos and White Rock Little Leagues combined) will be represented by two teams at the District 1 age 9-10 Baseball post-season tournament with play beginning today, July 7.
 
The tournament is at the Lucero Center Fields in Espanola.
 
The Green Team consists of:
  • Logan Capon
  • Sammy Castille
  • Carson Dickson
  • Taylor Drake
  • Matthew McNiel
  • Tommy Oldham
  • Lance Rivera
  • Wesley Stanfield
  • Charles Steinkamp
  • Ty Swavely
  • Caden Thornton
  • Cal Wimer
  • Gus Yeager
 
The Gold Team consists of:
  • Gavin Bluhm
  • Stephen Boone
  • Andy Corliss
  • Mario Fernandez
  • Owen Geiger
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Heath Wade Creates Two New Los Alamos Companies To Make Golf More Accessible

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Heath Wade playing the Tournament Players Club at Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. Courtesy photo

Sprinkler design rendering. Courtesy/Heath Wade

 

By MANDY MARKSTEINER
Los Alamos

Imagine, on your lunch break in Los Alamos, taking a 10-minute drive, and stepping into a New Zealand golf course. As you play, you get analytic data on your swing, such as which rate and direction your ball is spinning.

Chameleon Golfing is bringing state of the art golf simulators to Los Alamos. Owner Heath Wade is a golf professional who teaches lessons and owns a landscaping business in which his team specializes Read More