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Today's Sports

  • Girls basketball: Topper defense...

    Just three days after getting all 10 of its players in the scoring column, the Los Alamos Hilltopper girls basketball team got nine of 10 on the board.
    Friday against the Santa Fe Demons, Los Alamos turned in another excellent, team-oriented offensive showing. The team defense wasn’t too bad, either.
    Using a balanced scoring attack, the Hilltoppers dominated the Santa Fe Demons, picking up a 47-32 victory to improve to 2-0 in District 2AAAA play.

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  • Boys basketball: LA falls to...

    SANTA FE — Straight off the heels of its biggest game of the season, the Los Alamos Hilltopper boys basketball team had a shot at getting a share of the early District 2AAAA lead.
    Instead, the Hilltoppers again struggled to find their offensive rhythm and dropped its second district contest of the season.

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  • Wrestling: Toppers take 4th at...

    The Los Alamos Hilltopper wrestling team finished strong at the Aztec Tiger Duals Saturday.
    Facing some solid competition in their pool, the Hilltoppers pulled off a fourth-place finish at the 10-team meet, hosted by Aztec, one of the premier programs in Class 4A.

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  • Schedule for Jan. 24-29

    Monday

    Boys basketball: West Las Vegas at LAMS, seventh grade, 4 p.m.; eighth grade, 5 p.m.

     

    Tuesday

    Boys basketball: Española Valley at Los Alamos, C team, 4 p.m.; JV, 5:30 p.m.; varsity, 7 p.m.

     

    Wednesday

    Girls basketball: Los Alamos at Española Valley, C team, 4 p.m.; JV, 5:30 p.m.; varsity, 7 p.m.

     

    Friday

    Boys basketball: Los Alamos at Capital, C team, 4 p.m.; JV, 5:30 p.m.; varsity, 7 p.m.; LAMS Invite, seventh and eighth grade, TBA.

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  • Hockey: Toppers return to action...

    The Los Alamos Hilltopper hockey team returns to regular season action today when it takes on the Albuquerque OutKast.

    Los Alamos will meet Albuquerque at the Outpost Ice Arena. Game time is set for 10 a.m.

    The Hilltoppers (9-1-1) are currently sitting in second place in New Mexico Interscholastic Ice Hockey League standings, half a game behind league-leading Taos (9-1). Heading into today's game, the Hilltoppers are one point ahead of the Outkast, which are in third place in the standings.

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  • Sports update 01-23-11

     

    The Los Alamos Hilltopper boys basketball team wants all Hilltopper fans to "Green Out Griffith" Tuesday night.

    The Hilltoppers will be playing their arch-rivals, the Española Valley Sundevils, at home Tuesday. Game time is 7 p.m.

    Tickets for the Los Alamos-Española Valley game will go on sale at noon at the Griffith Gym box office. There are no re-entry privileges.

    Those wishing to purchase green T-shirts may do so at the gym. T-shirts are $15 each.

     

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  • Tennis: Nadal stops 18-year-old...

    MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Rafael Nadal overcame the much-hyped potential star of Australian tennis in his quest for a fourth consecutive major title.

    Despite a mostly parochial crowd of 15,000 at Rod Laver Arena, the top-ranked Nadal secured a 6-2, 7-5, 6-3 win over 18-year-old wildcard Bernard Tomic at the Australian Open on Saturday. Nadal advanced to a fourth-round match against Marin Cilic.

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  • Girls basketball: LA routs Santa...

    The Los Alamos Hilltopper girls basketball team held the Santa Fe Demons to just eight points in the second and third quarters to win Friday night’s District 2AAAA contest going away.

    Freshman McKenzie Logan had 11 points to lead all scorers as the Hilltoppers came away with a 47-32 victory at Griffith Gymnasium.

    The win improves Los Alamos to 2-0 in the early portion of its district schedule and sets up a big contest Wednesday against two-time district champion Española Valley.

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  • Football: The picks just keep on...

    Seriously, I don’t even know why I’m bothering.
    Picking these games ain’t done me a lick of good so far. Here’s a recap of last week’s picks: the Patriots went AWOL and the Falcons got defeathered.
    I went 2-for-4 picking the divisional round playoff games last week. Frankly, picking Pittsburgh over Baltimore was a coin-flip and picking Chicago over Seattle was like picking Larry Holmes over Gerry Cooney, only the most blind-faithed among us would’ve thought the Seattle Cooneys stood a chance.

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  • Basketball: Roswell, Gallup...

    Here are this week’s Class AAAA boys and girls basketball coaches polls. The polls are conducted by the New Mexico High School Coaches Association. First-place votes are in parentheses.

    Girls, Class 4A

        Team        Total pts.      Pvs.

    1. Roswell (5)        86    1
    2. Kirtland Cent. (3)    80    2

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