Antonio Trujillo is one of the five Los Alamos High School athletes named on the district 2-5A all district teams. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Becca Green is one of the Hilltoppers named on the district 2-5A all district teams. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com By RJ Montaño
Los Alamos Daily Post
rjmontano@ladailypost.com
Despite a pair of tough season for the Hilltopper boy’s and girl’s basketball teams, five athletes were named to the district 2-5A all district teams for the 2017-18 seasons.
On the girl’s side, sophomores Becca Green and Natalie Gallegos were named first team all district 2-5A athletes.
The Hilltopper girls’ basketball team open the 2017-18 season with a pair of strong wins, including a come-from-behind victory at Farmington who participated in the 2018 state tournament. The ‘Toppers finished the season with a 6-21 record. Season stats were not available for Green and Gallegos.
Michael Naranjo, Antonio Trujillo and Roman Roybal were named second team all district 2-5A athletes for the boy’s hoops team.
The trio each played in 26 games this season and each averaged double figure scoring. Naranjo averaged 10 points and seven rebounds a game. Roybal held an average of 10 points and three assists a game. Trujillo lead the ‘Toppers averaging 12 points and four assists a game.
Los Alamos started the season winning five of their first seven games of the season. The Hilltoppers faced a brutal schedule that included 12 teams that went on to play in the 2018 NMAA State tournament, including three games against the teams who participated in the championship game, Española Valley and Belen.
The ‘Toppers finished the season with a 9-18 record.
Girls Basketball
1st Team School
Kaylee Chaves Española Valley (Co-player of the year)
Kelsey Christ Abq Academy (Co-player of the year)
Ethena Silva Capital
Amanda Burks Del Norte
Victoria Casaus Del Norte
Kaleen Martinez Española Valley
Becca Green Los Alamos
Savina Romero Abq Academy
Natalie Gallegos Los Alamos
Miranda Cortez Capital
Boy’s Basketball
2nd Team School
Isaiah Vigil Española Valley
Mike Naranjo Los Alamos
Antonio Trujillo Los Alamos
Chris Harvey Abq Academy
Malik Barton Del Norte
Aaron Garcia Capital
Seth Arroyos Capital
Ramon Roybal Los Alamos
Natalie Gallegos is one of the Los Alamos High School basketball players named on the district 2-5A all district teams. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Mike Naranjo is one of the Los Alamos High School basketball players named on the district 2-5A all district teams. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Ramon Roybal is one of the Hilltoppers named on the district 2-5A all district teams. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com