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It’s surprising just how much a person is able to achieve, if she gives herself a chance. While participating in a yoga class, the instructor decided to present a different yoga position to the session, one unlike all the cobras, downward dogs, planks and child poses that had be executed for most of the time. For this move, the participants had to kneel, twist to one side, loop one arm across their back, circle the other arm underneath their leg, touch both hands, then slowly stand up and extend the leg slung between their arms.

The Los Alamos Hilltopper girls basketball team was nipped Saturday afternoon by the Aztec Tigers in the Four Corners area.

Los Alamos came back from a 28-15 deficit at the break, holding the Tigers (4-2) to just 5 points in the third quarter, but fell short in its rally, losing 41-40.

While the Hilltoppers outscored the Tigers 25-13 in the second half, they couldn’t overcome a slow first half.

Los Alamos head coach Tarah Logan said the team got into some early foul trouble in the first half which slowed it down considerably.

This week we look at Asset #33, Interpersonal Competence. According to the Search-Institute, “Youth are more likely to grow up healthy when they have empathy, sensitivity and friendship-making skills.”

I attended a presentation one time where a local scientist was watching fellow employees as they passed on the side walk to see if people made eye contact or spoke as they came upon each other. The truth was they didn’t even look up from their shoes.

JACONA — In the final two rounds of the Ben Lujan Invitational, Los Alamos had to fend off a pair of scrappy squads.

In the end, however, the Hilltopper boys basketball team kept the Elks and Warriors at bay to win the ninth annual tournament Saturday night.

Just one night after scraping its way out of a double-digit hole to knock off the host Pojoaque Elks, Los Alamos had to stave off numerous comeback attempts by Socorro.