Los Alamos High School senior Charlotte Leonard signs a National Letter of Intent Wednesday. She will be moving on to play soccer at the collegiate level at Western State Colorado University. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
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Little League Season Planning Meeting Is Feb. 7
SPORTS News:
The Los Alamos County Little League season kicks off soon and community members are invited to a planning meeting at 7 p.m., Feb. 7 at Zia Realty on Central Avenue at 15th Street.
This season’s registration opens in mid February. Late registration ends Friday, March 27 and incurs a $10 late fee. Teams will be formed by the end of March/beginning of April with practices to begin soon thereafter. Opening Day is set for April 25 with the season running through June 13.
The Los Alamos County Little League is a 100 percent volunteer organization and volunteers are urgently needed Read More
Ahead of Super Bowl 50, Udall And Others Lead Bill To Protect Young Athletes From Concussions
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall From Sen. Tom Udall’s Office:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and U.S. Representatives Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) and Tom Rooney (R-Fla.) introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at protecting young athletes from the dangers of sports-related traumatic brain injuries.
The Youth Sports Concussion Act would help ensure that safety standards for sports equipment, including football helmets, are based on the latest science and curb false advertising claims
Read More NMAA Announces ‘Compete With Class’ Honoree
NMAA News:ALBUQUERQUE ― The New Mexico Activities Association is proud to announce that the Lovington High School Volleyball Team has been recognized as the Compete with Class award recipient for the month of January 2016.
Jal’s head coach for girls’ basketball and softball, Jimmy Samaniego, nominated the Falcons. He sent the following nomination to the NMAA – “I wanted to share with the NMAA what the Loving volleyball team did at our home game in late January. They presented my wife with a check for $1,000 for breast cancer awareness. My wife was diagnosed with Stage
A ‘Must Win’ Win For The Toppers!
By MORRIE PONGRATZ
Voice of the Hilltoppers
Tuesday night, at home and tied with Espanola for second place in District 2 AAAAA, the Hilltopper girls faced the district leading Del Norte Knights. A “must win” game if there ever was one. And win the Toppers did, but it was not easy.
The Knights protected the ball against the Toppers full court press and took advantage of their height on the boards. It was not a good shooting night for the Toppers as they missed many layups, probably because of the Knights height.
Senior Ashlyn Trujillo carried the Toppers in the first half Read More
Scenes From CIP Public Outreach Listening Session
From left, Los Alamos County Councilor Pete Sheehey, Vice Chair Susan O’Leary and Councilor James Chrobocinski at the public outreach listening session on CIP projects Jan. 19 at Fire Station 3 in White Rock. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
County Manager Harry Burgess discusses the CIP process with White Rock residents. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Community members listen as Los Alamos Hockey Association President Susan Oldham speaks about the ‘desperate need’ for building improvements at the County Ice Rink. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Register Now For Jemez Mountain Trail Races
Race start. Courtesy photoJMTR News:
The 11th Annual Jemez Mountain Trails Races are scheduled for Saturday, May 21, 2016.
Registration for the 15 mile, 50 kilometer, and 50 mile options are now open. These races fill up quickly. The half-marathon event has been changed to a 15 miler due to trail re-routes and improvements along Guaje Ridge.
Register here, soon.
The Jemez Mountain Trail Races are a wonderful community event that takes full advantage of our beautiful mountain trail running network around town, up Pajarito Mountain, and
LAPS Cancels All Afterschool Activities
LAPS News:
All afterschool activities and sports are canceled today due to the winter storm. Read More
Good Weekend For Hilltopper Boys’ Basketball Team
By MORRIE PONGRATZ
Voice of the Hilltoppers
Faced with the loss of two of his team’s upperclassmen, Hilltopper basketball coach Mike Kluk, turned to his sophomores to carry the day in two games this past weekend. With 6’5” junior Adam Paulson out with a knee injury and 6’2” senior Isiah Espinosa out sick, the Toppers rallied behind their super sophomores.
Friday night against district foe, Bernalillo, Michael Naranjo led in scoring with 17 points, 15 of them coming in the second half. Jack Stewart had 15 points and Troy Hammock and Antonio Trujillo each had 13 points. These four sophomores Read More
