Today's Sports

Both Los Alamos Hilltopper diamond crews will open their District 2AAAA seasons at home Wednesday.

Wednesday marks the start of both the 2AAAA baseball and softball seasons for Los Alamos when both teams host the Taos Tigers. Both of Wednesday’s games are single contests.

While neither Hilltopper team is heading into the 2AAAA season with particularly good win-loss marks, neither sport has produced a clear district front-runner heading in.

Los Alamos’ softball team, for its part, has posted a record of 3-7 through the first month of the 2010 season.

The Los Alamos Hilltopper junior varsity softball team won three of four games at this weekend’s Green and Gold Invitational.

The Green and Gold Invitational, which used a round-robin format, was held Friday and Saturday at Overlook Park in White Rock.

Cleveland High School, from Rio Rancho, swept all four its contests at the tournament. Its closest game of the tournament was against Los Alamos, which it won 10-9.

Los Alamos, meanwhile, thumped Mesilla Valley Christian 19-4. It also knocked off Belen 10-4 and St. Michael’s 6-4.

TAOS — It was a small victory over Mother Nature, but one noteworthy enough to even catch the time.

At 6:21 p.m. Thursday, Los Alamos cleared the final piece of ice off the Mesa Tennis Courts in Los Alamos. While that means the Los Alamos Hilltopper girls tennis team has yet to get a full practice in this season, it seems it may now finally get that opportunity.

“These tournaments have been our practice,” Hilltopper head coach Bruce Cottrell said.

The Los Alamos Hillltopper girls track and field team earned five new state qualifying marks and a team victory at Saturday’s Albuquerque Public Schools Invitational.

Los Alamos edged out Class 5A power Rio Rancho at Saturday’s meet by one point. Los Alamos collected 75 team points, winning three events and taking runner-up spots in four other events to pick up its second team win of the season.