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Today's Sports

  • Health & fitness: Building a...

    Glutes, bottom, rear end, backside or butt. Call it what you like but we all have one and we all want a good one. And to have a good one you must have a strong one.No one wants a saggy or flabby bottom and having muscle is the key to having great glutes. With the right exercises you can get that muscle and that butt you’ve been wanting.Many exercises work the gluteus maximus, gluteus medius and hamstrings.

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  • Softball: Little League ump to...

    For several years, Kerry Coffelt has moved up the ranks in Little League umpiring.Now, he’s made it to the highest level.Coffelt, a longtime local umpire, was selected to call this year’s Little League softball World Series. The World Series will be held in Kirkland, Wash., in mid-August.“It’s a really long process,” Coffelt said. “You just don’t go to the World Series. It’s a coveted honor to go as an umpire.

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  • Track and field: Los Alamos...

    Here are Los Alamos’ results from last week’s Albuquerque Public Schools junior varsity meets. The boys’ meet was held Thursday and the girls meet was held Friday in Albuquerque.

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  • Health & fitness: Injury...

    Skiing injury prevention begins with athletic conditioning, proper equipment and technique.

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  • Baseball: LA picks up first win...

    The Los Alamos Hilltopper baseball team picked up its first win of the season at the St. Pius X Invitational sandwiched in between a pair of losses.Los Alamos pounded out seven extra-base hits on its way to an 18-8 rout of Sandia Prep to grab its first win of 2008 Friday.Jack Russell and Michael Helland, playing in their first game of the season after joining the team following the end of the basketball season, went a combined 5-for-7 from the plate and drove in five runs between them.Los Alamos finished the St.

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  • Girls tennis: LA ties for second...

    The Los Alamos Hilltopper girls tennis team opened its season with a solid showing this weekend.Los Alamos finished in a tie for second place in team competition at the Carlsbad Invitational, knotting with El Paso (Texas) Burgess.

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  • Softball: Toppers score 29 runs...

    In just two games, the Los Alamos Hilltopper softball team nearly quadrupled its run total for the season, scoring 29 runs in the final two rounds of the St. Pius X Invitational.Los Alamos pounded out 24 hits in five innings Friday against Bernalillo and scored seven runs in a big fourth inning Saturday against Albuquerque Academy.“They exploded,” Hilltopper manager Randy Burditt said of his squad.Los Alamos took its final two games of the St.

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  • Boys tennis: LA takes top team...

    Even through the dust, things were sunny in Carlsbad for the Los Alamos Hilltopper boys tennis team.The Hilltoppers took top honors at the Carlsbad Invitational this weekend, placing all six of their singles players and all three doubles teams in the top three to earn top team honors despite sustained winds of 40 miles per hour Friday and gusts that reached upwards of 60.The wind actually delayed the tournament for about four hours Friday afternoon.“It was especially hard,” Hilltopper No. 1 single Patrick Raichur said of the gale.

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  • Girls track and field: Trujillo...

    Getting three distance runners into the state Class AAAA meet Saturday might not have been all that surprising, but getting a young hurdler in may have been.Amanda Trujillo, running the 300 meter hurdles for the first time in a varsity event, finished with a time of 48.66 to win her heat and make the cut at Saturday’s Albuquerque Public Schools meet.Trujillo, a junior, snuck under the AAAA qualifying mark of 48.80, was one of four Los Alamos Hilltoppers to pick up a state time at the meet, held at Milne Stadium.Los Alamos finished third in team co

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  • Boys track and field: LA grabs...

    When someone says they had a “great day at the track,” they’re not usually talking about track and field.In this case, however, Larry Baca was.Baca, head coach of the Los Alamos Hilltopper boys, saw his squad grab eight new state qualifying marks at Saturday’s Albuquerque Public Schools Invitational. Saturday’s meet was held at Wilson Stadium.Los Alamos finished second in team competition in its meet, grabbing 82.33 team points.

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