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This Week In Varsity Sports: April 1-6, 2024

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This Week In Sports: April 1-6, 2024

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:

April 1 Monday

  • B/G Golf at Seery Invitational in Socorro

April 2 Tuesday

  • B/G Golf at Seery Invitational in Socorro

April 3 Wednesday

  • Softball vs Española Home – 4 p.m.
  • Baseball vs Española Home – 4 p.m.
  • Tennis hosts Taos at Los Alamos – 4 p.m.

April 5 Friday

  • B/G Track at APS Invite

April 6 Saturday

  • Softball vs Pojoaque Away – 10 a.m.
  • Softball vs Pojoaque Away – 12 p.m.
  • Baseball vs Pojoaque Away – 10 a.m.
  • Baseball
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Toppers Baseball Team Tops Santa Fe Demons

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The Los Alamos High School Topper Baseball Team played a double header Thursday afternoon at Bomber Field on North Mesa against the Santa Fe Demons. The Toppers won both ends of the double header winning the first game 21-11 in five innings and 7-6 in the second game. In the first game the Topper bats ruled, and the Santa Fe Demons struggled at the plate. In the second game the play evened out with the Toppers winning 7-6 in regular time. Pictured Dylan Marciano gets another hit for a single. He scored 4 runs for the game. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Catcher Terran Robertson makes an attempt Read More

Los Alamos High School Dual Athlete Melaki Gutierrez To Play Football And Track For UNM Lobos Beginning This Fall

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SPORTS News:

Los Alamos High School senior Melaki Gutierrez is signing to play football and run track for the University of New Mexico Lobos in Albuquerque.

The dual athlete will graduate in May and begin his football and track career this fall at UNM.

Gutierrez is the son of Daniel and Francine Gutierrez. Read More

Toppers Varsity Tennis Teams Battle Rio Rancho & Weather

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The Hilltoppers Varsity Tennis teams took on Rio Rancho High School Tuesday, March 19 at home when weather played spoilsport. With less than half the scheduled matches completed, rain and hail forced the teams off the courts. The Rio Rancho Rams were able to return Thursday, March 21 to play out the rest of the matches. The boys beat their opponents 8-1 and the girls fell 9-0. Pictured is Alea Kretz hitting a backhand against her opponent Alexys Catlin of Rio Rancho. Photo by Gowri Srinivasan

Aditya Viswanathan defeated Isaiah Barnett of Rio Rancho 6-1, 6-2. Photo by Gowri Srinivasan

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This Week In Sports: March 28-30, 2024

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This Week In Sports: March 28-30, 2024

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

Hilltopper Sports Schedule for March 28 through March 30:

March 28 Thursday

  • Softball at Rio Rancho Tournament
  • Baseball vs Santa Fe Away – 3 p.m.
  • Baseball vs Santa Fe Away – 5 p.m.
  • B/G Track at Bernalillo

March 29 Friday

  • Softball at Rio Rancho Tournament
  • Tennis Quad Meet in Española

March 30 Saturday

  • Softball at Rio Rancho Tournament
  • Tennis Quad Meet in Española
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Mike Lippiatt Briefs Kiwanis On Golf Course Construction

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Golf Course Manager Mike Lippiatt outlines construction work underway at the golf course. Courtesy/Kiwanis

By BROOKE DAVIS
Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos

At the March 12 meeting of the Kiwanis Club, Los Alamos Golf Course Manager Mike Lippiatt gave a presentation outlining the construction work in progress at the golf course.

The golf course was built and opened in 1947 and, other than an irrigation upgrade, the current renovation project is the “first facelift the course has had in 75 years,” Lippiatt said. The final design for this project was approved by the Los Alamos County Council in 2023. Read More

Los Alamos Jr. Roller Derby Team Cherry Bombs Goes Undefeated At ‘Shamrock Shake-Up’ In Fort Collins

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Los Alamos Jr. roller derby team, the Cherry Bombs competed earlier this month in Fort Colllins, Colo. Here, the  team poses with one of its opponents, the Boulder County Devil, after a bout. Photo by Debbie McCain 

Cherry Bomb’s jammer Jolene Martinez, aka Strawberry Jam, passes the Devil’s blocker to race against their jammer. Photo by Debbie McCain

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With great blockers holding the other team’s jammers and jammers getting through the other team’s walls, Los Alamos’ Jr. roller derby team, the Cherry Bombs beat three teams from Colorado during the “Shamrock Shakeup” held Read More

Weekly Fishing Report: March 19, 2024

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By GEORGE MORSE
Sports And Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post

Our neighbor to the North, Colorado, got absolutely hammered with snow last week. Some communities received 60 inches of snow and two feet and more were common throughout the Central Rocky Mountains.

It’s been a good year for snow in Colorado and New Mexico. This will likely result in a strong spring runoff with heavy currents and murky water. Fishing these swollen rivers and streets can be challenging. A good tactic is to fish the edges of the current. Dropping your bait or fly into pockets of slower water behind streamside rocks and boulders Read More