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Hilltopper Track & Field Teams Get 2025 Season Off To A Good Start At Albuquerque Academy Quad Meet March 8

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Jenna Montoya won the long jump with a State Qualifying leap of 16′ 10-1/4″. She also won the 400 m in a time of 65.65 seconds. Photo by Blake Wood

Raina Passalacqua completes the handoff to anchor Allie Holland in the 4×100 m relay. With teammates Evangelina Gutierrez and Colette Bibeault, the Hilltoppers posted a State Qualifying time of 50.22 seconds. Photo by Blake Wood

By BLAKE WOOD
Assistant Coach
LAHS Track & Field

Cold weather couldn’t chill the Hilltopper Track & Field teams, as they got the 2025 season off to a good start at the Albuquerque Academy Quad Meet on Read More

This Week In Sports: March 13-15, 2025

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This Week In Sports: March 12-15, 2025

Los Alamos High School Hilltopper games are covered by the Los Alamos Daily Post sports team of John McHale and Nate Limback.

This Week’s Hilltopper Sports Schedule:

March 13 Thursday

  • Baseball vs Sandia Prep Away 4 p.m.

March 14 Friday

  • Girls/Boys Tennis Santa Fe Quad TBA

March 15 Saturday

  • Girls/Boys Track and Field at Rio Rancho Rust Buster TBA
  • Girls/Boys Tennis Santa Fe Quad TBA
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Atomic Tumblers Compete At Boardwalk Meet

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Addy Archuleta on floor. Courtesy photo

Maddie Vallejo competing on floor. Courtesy photo

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The Los Alamos Atomic Tumblers competed March 1-2 at the Monopoly Meet in Belen, NM hosted by Boardwalk Gymnastics.

Tumblers top gymnasts at the competition were Addy Archuleta and Maddie Vallejo. Addy earned 1st place overall in the silver senior division with an all around score of 35.85. Individual event scores that led to her first place all around were two first place finishes on vault (9.5) and floor (9.0), second place on bar (9.1), and third on beam (8.6). Maddie had a great day scoring Read More

Weekly Fishing Report: March 7, 2025 

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By GEORGE MORSE
Sports and Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post 

The snowpack in Northern New Mexico is 34 percent of normal. The weather last week was warm and dry. Locally  the snowpack at the Hopewell measuring station was 55-percent of normal with a snow depth of 24 inches a week ago.

Two weeks ago there were two different  weather  patterns in New Mexico. Temperatures were bitterly cold in Eastern New Mexico, but much milder in the Central and Western parts of the state. This week temperatures are forecast to be above normal with possibly some snow in the higher elevations.

The snowpack in Southern Read More

YMCA’s Wildcat Basketball Team Ends Season As Number One!

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The YMCA’s Wildcat Basketball season ended in a lot of excitement with multiple buzzer beater shots, close games and overtime wins! In the inaugural season of Wildcat Basketball, the Pinon Panthers won the title as the first ever Wildcat Basketball champions! The Panthers will get to display the traveling trophy at their school for an entire year until February of 2026 when the five schools compete all over again for the title! Courtesy photo Read More

This Week In Sports: March 6-8, 2025

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This Week In Sports: March 6-8, 2025

Los Alamos High School Hilltopper games are covered by the Los Alamos Daily Post sports team of John McHale and Nate Limback.

This Week’s Hilltopper Sports Schedule:

March 6 Thursday

  • Softball vs Valencia Away 6 p.m.
  • Baseball at St. Pius Tournament Away TBA

March 7 Friday

  • Baseball at St. Pius Tournament Away TBA
  • Girls Basketball State First Round Playoffs

March 8 Saturday

  • Softball vs ABQ Academy Away 10 a.m.
  • Baseball at St. Pius Tournament Away TBA
  • Girls/Boys Track and Field at Chili Quad at Sandia TBA
  • Boys Basketball State First Round Playoffs
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Los Alamos Boys Wrestling Competes At State

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Los Alamos High School wrestlers Angel Fresquez (left), Brailyn Manzanares, Cooper Beavers, Adrian Oshel, Michael Fichtel and Nathan Duffield. Courtesy photo

Coach Rob Manzanares (left), Elias Lovato, Anjel Fresquez, Coach Trae Perez, Adrian Oshel, Frank Sheppard, Cooper Beavers, Coach Paul Wilson, Nathan Duffield, Ethan Obrey, Michael Fichtel, Matt Wehner, Stewart Miller, Brailyn Manzanares and Avalon Bullock at the state wrestling tournament. Courtesy photo

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The Los Alamos Boys wrestling team concluded a great season this year by qualifying six wrestlers for the Read More

Topper Wrestlers Compete In 2025 State Tournament

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The Topper Wrestling teams competed in the State Wrestling Competition held this past weekend in the Rio Rancho Event Center. The Los Alamos Girls Wrestling Team qualified five athletes for the State Tournament, Sophia Pacheco, Gala Nelson and Molly Castille all won one match at the tournament. Jade Blackhart finished her season as the runner up in the 152-pound weight class. Her opponent in the finales was a nationally ranked wrestler from Cleveland High School. Wendy Sheppard completed her impressive season with a record of 30-1 and became the 145-pound State Champion. The boys team qualified Read More