Sports

McClellan Has Perfect Prediction in Weekly Pace Race

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Courtesy photo
 
Courtesy photo
 
ACRR News:
 
Laura McClellan had perfect prediction of 26:15 on the 3 mile course of the Atomic City Road Runner’s weekly pace race Tuesday on American Springs Road up in the Jemez. Other top predictors were Tom Sandford at 6 seconds off, Roxana Candia and Linda Vance tying with a 13 second differential and Tamara Jurado at 14 seconds.
 
Reid Rivenburgh was the top finisher on the 1 mile course with a time of 10:31 and Sue Elkins was the first female at 15:37.
 
On the 3 mile course Nikol Strother was first overall recording a 22:17
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Los Alamos Hilltopper Girls Golf Team Wins Overwhelming Victory at District Championship!

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Members of the Los Alamos Hilltopper girls golf team with their coaches after winning the district championship Monday at Marty Sanchez Links de Santa Fe. Courtesy photo

By Mike Lippiatt
LAHS Girls Golf Coach

The LAHS girls golf team won the district 2-4A championship Monday but it was more than a win, they beat the district qualifying target score by 35 shots!

Here’s how it went down:

1. Emma Haines 84 1st team all-district district medalist champion
2. Jennifer Necker 86 1st team all-district 2nd place medalist
3. Faith Koh   91 1st team all-district 3rd place medalist
4. Emily Read More

North Mesa Vibram Birdie Bash May 17

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SPORTS News:

The North Mesa Vibram Birdie Bash is set for May 17 at the North Mesa Picnic Grounds in Los Alamos. Come one, come all … We are bringing Disc Golf fun to Los Alamos.

Join us in the first ever North Mesa Vibram Birdie Bash. This is a fun-based tournament intended for all ages. You get the discs you need to play just by registering and the $30 entry includes a sweet player pack.

There will be male and female divisions. Everyone has a chance to win.

Event sponsored by LOS ALAMOS DISC GOLF.

Checkin Time: 8 a.m.

Player’s Meeting: 9:30 a.m.

Average Hole Length: Less than 250 ft.

Registration Read More

Hilltopper Baseball & Softball Games Set for Weekend

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SPORTS News:

The Hilltopper games are set for this weekend for baseball and softball. Softball got the 12th seed and will play 5th seed Valencia. Topper girls 5th seed will travel to Valencia to play at 6 p.m. Friday.

Baseball received the 7th seed and will play 10th seed Centennial.

Friday’s game will begin at 5 p.m. and then at 11 a.m. Saturday and if a third game is needed, that game will be at 1 p.m. Saturday.

Games will be played at Bomber Field. Read More

Runners Took on Hilly Course at Caldera Run Saturday

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Half Marathoners take off for the 8th Annual Caldera Run Saturday. Photo by Heather Hughes
 
Tad Hughes finishes the Half Marathon. Photo by Heather Hughes

SPORTS News:

The 8th Annual Caldera Runs took place Saturday. More than 300 runners tackled the challenging, hilly terrain in a Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K.

To read the race results published Monday, click here. Read More

Hilltopper’s LA Slam Boys Are 14U Champs!

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The Hilltopper’s LA Slam boys 14U basketball team won the first annual Jaguar Jam LA Slam 47 NM Heat 39 score championship game last weekend in Santa Fe. Front row from left, Brandan Duran, Cid Rice, Ramon Roybal and Kirk Peterson. Back row from left, Preston Brown, Andreas Runde, Sean Rau, Jack Stewart, Ivan Balakirev, Troy Hammock and Michael Naranjo. Hilltopper Basketball Academy (HBA) is a nonprofit organization that sponsors LA Slam teams of various age groups for boys and girls. Courtesy photo Read More

Los Alamos Girls Athletic Program in Running for USA TODAY High School Sports Contest

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LAHS News:

The USA TODAY High School Sports is hosting a contest of which the Los Alamos Girls Athletic Program is in the running. 

To vote for the Los Alamos Girls Athletic Program, click here.

Helpful tip when voting:

Step 1: You will see a map of the United States and you have to click on the state of New Mexico
Step 2: The website will take you to another screen then find LAHS to vote (the system will make you type in a verification code)

USA TODAY High School Sports launched a new contest Thursday to determine which high school boasts the best girls sports – the overall strength of all the Read More

LAHS Graduate Cory Miller Ranks 5th Overall at 2014 National Junior Olympics

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Cory Miller of Los Alamos shooting at the 2014 National Junior Olympics in Colorado Springs. Courtesy/USA Shooting

SPORTS News:

Los Alamos High School graduate Cory Miller wins the finals match and finishes fifth overall at the 2014 Junior Olympics April 22-23 in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Miller is one of 105 shooters from all over the nation who qualified to compete this year in the Air Rifle category at the Junior Olympics. Miller qualified 65th but after a good first day of competition, ended up in 13th place. The second day of competition went better and Miller finished in 7th place and earned Read More