Soccer: LA boys get fifth seed, girls sixth seed in 4A tournament

Both the Los Alamos boys and girls soccer teams will host first round games this weekend to start the Class AAAA playoffs.

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Los Alamos' Amy Neal tries to wrestle a ball away from Aztec's Rikki Newland during Saturday's game at Sullivan Field. The Hilltoppers took a 2-1 shootout victory over Aztec's Tigers. The Hilltoppers will host the Kirtland Central Broncos in the opening round of the playoffs.

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John McHale

Hilltopper Paul Hemez watches a ball sail toward the goal during a Sept. 25 game against Santa Fe. Los Alamos will open the 2010 Class AAAA playoffs against Los Lunas.

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The state Class AAAA tournament will start Friday and continue through next weekend.

Los Alamos’ boys earned the No. 5 seed in the tournament and will host 12th-seeded Los Lunas in the opening round of the tournament. Meanwhile, Los Alamos’ girls picked up a No. 6 seed and will meet No. 11 Kirtland Central in the first round.

Los Alamos High School announced Monday morning that the boys soccer game will be played at 1 p.m. Saturday and the girls soccer game is set for 4:30 p.m.

For complete tournament brackets, visit www.nmact.org. For more information on the opening round, see Tuesday’s Monitor.