Sports

Hilltopper Track & Field Qualifies More Athletes At Rio Rancho For The State Championship

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Ensley Jorgenson ran a State Qualifying time of 5:30.18 to place 3rd in the 1600 m. Photo By Blake Wood

Iris Purtzer easily clears 4′ 8″ in the high jump. Photo By Blake Wood

By BLAKE WOOD
Assistant Coach
LAHS Track & Field

Despite the cold, blustery weather at Rio Rancho HS last Saturday, the Hilltopper Girls and Boys Track & Field teams qualified additional athletes for the State Championship in May. The Girls team won the meet over 4A rival Albuquerque Academy, 140-121, and the Boys took second to Academy, 93.5 to 83. There were 13 teams competing.

The Girls qualified Ensley Read More

Weekly Fishing Report: March 18, 2025 

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By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post 

The snowpack in Northern New Mexico  is  still well-below normal. Despite more beneficial snow that fell this past week, the measure of snow water equivalent, which is the amount of water you will have once the snow is melted, is below 50-percent of normal in the Upper Rio Grande, Jemez River and Pecos River basins. The Chama River Basin improved somewhat and is now 57-percent of normal. 

The snowpack in Southern Colorado, including the headwaters of the Rio Grande, is also below normal.  Snow water equivalent in the Rio Grande headwaters Read More

Los Alamos Hockey Association Coaches Team Up With Los Alamos Fire Department For ‘Stop the Bleed’ Training

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Los Alamos Hockey Association President Chantielle Hanson and 18U Head Coach Lyle Grove participate in ‘Stop the Bleed’ training provided this season by the Los Alamos Fire Department. Courtesy/LAHA

LAHS News:

Ten Los Alamos Hockey Association (LAHA) volunteer coaches and staff as well as some Los Alamos County Ice Rink personnel join the more than 4 million people trained globally to become certified to perform “Stop the Bleed” techniques after training provided this season by the Los Alamos Fire Department. The training represents an extension of the LAHA’s commitment to player safety, Read More

Topper Softball Wins Home Game 22-2 Against Timberwolves

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Topper pitcher Malaya Haynes was the lead-off pitcher and she pitched the entire game Thursday at Hope Field in White Rock. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com

Abagail Deherrera slides into home plate as Catcher Emma Winn applies the tag but without the ball, so Deherrera was safe. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Sports News:

The Los Alamos High School Hilltopper Soft Ball Team hosted the East Mountain Timberwolves in a nonconference game Tuesday afternoon played on Hope Field in White Rock. 

The Timberwolves struggled with their pitching and the Toppers took full advantage, running Read More

Los Alamos High School Boys 2000 State Title Team Celebrated At Basketball Championship Tournament

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Celebrated Saturday at the Pit in Albuquerque for their Class 3A State Championship win, from left, Antonio Vigil, Chris Jackson, Damian Ebanks, Jake Sena, Jason Grimes, Scott Willerton, Travis Jones, Ken Martinez, Mark McGregor and Head Coach Terry Hiller. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

SPORTS News:

The gang showed up in good numbers for the 25th anniversary of one of the all-time highlights in Los Alamos High School (LAHS) sports history. 

In 2000, the Hilltopper boys basketball team earned the Class 3A state championship, the most recent time the Hilltopper boys won it all.

The Read More

Los Alamos High School Varsity Hockey Team Wins 2025 New Mexico State Championship!

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2025 State Champions, front row from left, Goalies Abigail Sena and Oliver Henzl and back ror from left, Head Coach Lyle Grove, Thomas DeVargas, Aryn Ward, Rowan Mowrer, Assistant Coach John Dunwoody, Adrienne Burrows, Tyron Pietryga, Gavin Mitchell, Maddox Martines, Jack Dunwoody, William Nettleton, Milo Naes, Angus Smith, Logan Nolen, Luke Johnson, Jaxon Kelley, Aiden Alley, Assistant Coach Liam Keeley and Assistant Coach Greg Casados. Courtesy photo

Winning Coaches from left, Assistant Coach John Dunwoody, Head Coach Lyle Grove, Assistant Coach Liam Keeley and Assistant Coach Read More

Topper Baseball Tops Sandia Prep Sundevils 6-2

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Kyle Evenhus is the lead off pitcher in Thursday’s game against the Sandia Prep Sundevils. He pitched the entire game, making 13 strikeouts. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Catcher Brandon Walker behind the plate in Thursday’s game against the Sundevils. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Sports News:

The Los Alamos High School Hilltopper Baseball Team traveled to Albuquerque Thursday to play the Sandia Prep Sundevils on their home field. 

The game was very close for the first five innings with lots of good baseball by both teams. In the 5th inning the Toppers put up three unanswered Read More

LAHA Teams Finish Season Strong In Colorado Tournaments

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Team 1 players and coach at 8U Durango Jamboree, front row from left, Hunter Beddeson and Korbin Parton. Back row from left, Luka Henzl, Beckett Morrison, Coach Chris Jeffery, Lincoln Disterhaupt, Luke Miller, River Regis, James Mcatee, Owen Jeffery and Owen Keenan. Courtesy/LAHA

Team 2 players and coaches at 8U Pueblo Stampede Jamboree. Front row from left, Gurmukh Khalsa, Maxton Wooten, Amber Martinez, Edwin Smith, Eddie Artnak. Back row from left, Coach Joe Artnak, Ray Waters, Bella Villarreal, Coach Josh Mietz, Arthur Zerr, Teddy Jennings, Rosie Demas, Not pictured, Luke Mietz. Courtesy/LAHA Read More

Los Alamos NJROTC Cadets Demonstrate Discipline, Teamwork, Physical Endurance At SF Capital City Drill Meet

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Members of the Los Alamos NJROTC Personnel Inspection Team placed 2nd at the March 11-12 Santa Fe Capital City Drill Meet. Courtesy/NJROTC

Members of the Los Alamos NJROTC Unarmed Regulation Team placed 2nd at the March 11-12 Santa Fe Capital City Drill Meet. Courtesy/NJROTC

By c/LTJG Melanie Weekley
Public Affairs Officer
Los Alamos NJROTC

The Los Alamos High School NJROTC unit competed March 11-12 at the annual Capital City Drill Meet in Santa Fe. Cadets did an absolutely outstanding job in everything they competed in and gave it their all.

Facing tough competition from teams across the state, Read More