With Community’s Help … Los Alamos Can Become Hockeyville USA!
LAHA News:
Fans of Los Alamos can help the Los Alamos Hockey Association (LAHA) make our community the next Hockeyville USA.
The association is participating in a contest, sponsored by Kraft, to show the Los Alamos ice rink embodies the spirit of Kraft Hockeyville USA with a grand prize of $150,000 in rink upgrades and the opportunity to host an NHL exhibition game.
With help from the Los Alamos Historical Society, the hockey association has prepared an entry story for the contest about the long, compelling history of hockey in Los Alamos, which dates to the days of the Los Alamos Ranch School.
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Los Alamos Hockey’s History Of Energetic Volunteers
Los Alamos Ranch School students playing hockey on the pond. Courtesy/Los Alamos Historical SocietyHockey has been part of Los Alamos for more than 100 years.
One of the most iconic historic pictures in the community’s history is of a match at the Los Alamos Ranch School, with the students at the prestigious all-boys prep school playing hockey on a pond—in shorts, which they wore year ‘round. The Los Alamos History Museum proudly displays a set of hockey shin guards from those active boys.
Los Alamos, of course, is most famous as the site Read More
Preparations For Dreamcatcher Gymnastics Invitational
Parents and gymnasts gathered last weekend to make final preparations for this weekend’s Dreamcatcher Gymnastics Invitational, hosted by Los Alamos High Flyers. Parents created shout-out candy and toy gifts and will be selling flower bouquets to help support the competitive program. The Dreamcatcher Invitational will be held Friday through Sunday at the Santa Fe Convention Center. Nearly 800 female athletes ranging in age from 5 through 18 including 45 from High Flyers, and 3,000 spectators are expected. Twenty-five teams from Texas, Colorado, and throughout New Mexico have registered Read More
Lady Hilltoppers Narrowly Fall To Sundevils
The Toppers are welcomed onto the floor Saturday night at Griffith Gymnasium to play a game against the Espanola Sundevils. This was the second meeting for these teams, and the first game was played in Espanola and the Toppers won. The Toppers were looking to repeat that win, but the Sundevils came out with a fierce defense, which caused the Toppers to miss shots and led to many turnovers. The game was close throughout, but in the end a Sundevil score in the last few seconds of the game gave them the win 46-44. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Natalie Gallegos hits for two in the first quarter,Toppers Fade In Fourth Quarter
The Toppers parade onto the court in the Edward Madenia Gym in Espanola to face the Sundevils last Friday night. This was the second meeting for these teams and the Toppers were hoping to reverse the outcome this time but that was not to be, as they lost 63-81. In spite of scoring the most points all season it was not enough for a win. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Gavin Campos was the high point man for the Toppers with 19 points. Here he goes up for a layup and is closely guarded by Justino Rascon and Gabriel Serrano. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com