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The Los Alamos Hilltopper football team is already well versed in all things athletic and all things fundraising, and summer vacation is just two weeks in.
Coming up this week, Hilltopper head coach Garett Williams and a posse of parents are hitting the greens while his boys hit the field.
The Hilltopper Gridiron Booster Club is working with Williams to raise funds for the program for the 2011 season with a golf tournament Friday. Registration for the tournament closes Tuesday.

ck from a rough outing in the preliminary round to win the beginning fencing class tournament last week.
Gulley topped his three teammates to win the tournament, held at the YMCA.
The tournament began with a round of pool bouts before the fence-offs. Pool didn’t go so hot for Gulley, but he turned his fortunes around quickly.
“After fencing poorly in the pools, Steve came back to take first on sheer grit and determination, despite being the smallest and youngest member in the class,” Los Alamos Fencing Club coach Tom Hill said. “That’s why his teammates call him ‘Mr. Scrappy.’”
Ben Barlow was second in the beginners’ tournament, Tom Barlow finished third and Marshall Dillon was fourth.

On a tough-to-predict course Tuesday night, Dan Rees was the top predictor.
The Atomic City Roadrunners hosted their weekly Pace Race Tuesday. This race was at the New Pipeline Gutbuster in Quemazon and featured a steep climb for both 1- and 3.2-mile racers.
The 3.2-mile race featured a challenging 750 feet of elevation change.
Rees finished with an error of just five seconds, nipping David Kratzer by two seconds and Daniel Romero by nine seconds.
The top finisher on the long course was Alexander Romero, who completed the course in 25:07. Katie Gattiker was the fastest finishing female with her time of 43:49.
On the 1-mile course, Ben Rees was the top finisher with a 7:58 and Marin Kelly finished in 11:39.

There are plenty of steep climbs for runners at the Valles Caldera, but the Run the Caldera has seen a pretty good climb in popularity itself.
For the second straight year, the Run for the Caldera will set a new record for participation. The races are set for Saturday at the Valles Caldera National Preserve.
The Run for the Caldera is now in its sixth year. In 2011, race coordinators are boasting nearly 800 participants in this year’s three races.
The event will feature the regular 26.2-mile marathon, a half-marathon and a 10K race.
The races will start at the Banco Bonito staging area, right off NM 4 on the caldera. Marathon runners will head on a path through Redondo Meadows and start an ascent toward the 10,800-foot Redondito.