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Golf tourney to benefit BBBS

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern New Mexico will host its third annual Drive For Matches golf tournament July 26. The tournament will be at Los Alamos Golf Course.
The tournament, which is a best ball scramble, will start at 11 a.m.
Price for participation is $100 per individual, $400 for teams. The entry fee includes golf cart and post-tournament dinner, as well as a chance to win one of several available prizes.
For more information, contact Dawn Brown at dawn.brown@bbbs-nnm.org or 614-4231.

Y hosts wrestling skills clinic

The Family YMCA of Los Alamos is offering a wrestling skills clinic starting July 28.
The purpose of the course is to help youth participants develop wrestling fundamentals.
The clinic is for boys and girls ages 5-12. Wrestlers will be matched with other wrestlers who have similar abilities. Price for participation is $40. The clinic continues through Aug. 1.
For more information, call the YMCA at 662-3100.
Splash and Dash set for July 23

Los Alamos standout baseball player Jared Mang picked up his second big national recognition of the year last month.
Mang, who pitches and plays infield for the Hilltoppers, was named to the USA Today All-USA Baseball Team for the 2014 season. Mang was the only junior from the 2014 season named to the team.
During the 2014 prep season Mang posted a .605 batting average and drove in 44 runs on offense, while earning an 8-2 pitching record with an ERA of 1.01.
He led Los Alamos to a berth in the Class 4A quarterfinal round. Los Alamos fell in the quarters to the Goddard Rockets.
Earlier this year, Mang was also named the Gatorade Player of the Year for the state. He was also named to the second team All-Class 4A.

The Los Alamos County majors All-Star softball team was eliminated from the state tournament Monday after dropping a loser’s bracket game to Westgate Little League.
Westgate took the elimination contest 10-2 over Los Alamos.
Los Alamos, which won the District 1 tournament last month to qualify for the state tournament, couldn’t get past its first two games of the double-elimination playoffs.
The tournament continues this week in Las Vegas.
Los Alamos had a solid first three innings of defense Monday to limit Westgate to just one run, but Westgate got its offense rolling in the top of the fourth to put some distance between it and Los Alamos.
Savana Luster went the distance for Los Alamos, giving up just one walk in six innings pitched.
Following Westgate’s fourth inning rally, the team brought in its strongest pitcher to close out the contest. Los Alamos managed only one run in the final two innings.
Los Alamos opened state play Saturday, but lost a tight 11-10 contest to Mile High Little League, dropping it into the elimination bracket.

9-10 softball team dropped by Coronado

The Los Alamos County All-Star majors baseball team sailed through the District 1 tournament last week, culminating in a crushing victory in the tournament championship.
Los Alamos’ majors — a division composed of 11- and 12-year-olds — blasted Española’s All-Stars in the final Saturday morning. Los Alamos jumped out to a huge lead after one at-bat and cruised the rest of the way to win 20-0 in Santa Fe.
With their win, the All-Stars will now advance to the state majors Little League tournament, which starts this weekend in Carlsbad.
There wasn’t anything magical to Los Alamos County’s tournament win, said manager Alex Garcia.
“Our offense hit the ball very well,” Garcia said. “We put ourselves in a position where our pitchers could work ahead…the coaches and I are very pleased with our pitching staff and our sticks were on fire. I’m very pleased with the way the kids performed.”
Los Alamos jumped out to a 13-0 lead after one inning and tacked on six more runs in the third inning. Los Alamos’ first two batters hit home runs to give the team a 2-0 lead just four pitches into Saturday’s final.