Sports
The Tiger athletic teams have had modest success through the years in terms of winning championships, but are nearly always competitive. LLHS teams have often been placed in districts alongside some of the top programs in the state.
One of the more consistent teams at the school in the early 2000s was the girls basketball program, led for four seasons by Paige Powers.
In 2005 the Football team toppled the Las Cruces Bulldawgs for the first time since 1992. However, in recent years, the school's football program has been mediocre. The numbers of football athletes have dropped off, due in part to the 2006 opening of nearby Valencia High School. In a four-year block set to begin with the 2010-11 school year, Los Lunas drops down to Class 4A in most sports.
In 2008 the Lady Tiger Soccer finished second in District 5-5A, its best performance in the 23-year history of the program. They were undefeated in district until their second match against Highland and Eldorado. The season record for 2008 was 6-2 in District. The Lady Tigers then made it to pool play in the State Championships and beat Mayfield 1-0.
In the spring of 2009, the victorious Lady Tiger softball team reached the state tournament for the fourth straight season. The girls track and field team finished half a point away from a third-place trophy at the Class 5A state championships, aided largely by a spectacular performance by senior Lesly Torres.
The tiger wrestling team has had many success stories thought its years including numerous state championships, Along with many notable athletes in College including Travis Lopez who went on to wrestle for the all Marine wrestling team and eventuallty the Olympic trials.
Also in the spring or 2009, the LLHS Tigerettes dance team traveled to the USA National Dance Competition. They took 7th in the jazz dance division and twelfth in the hip hop division, beating out several professional teams. Later that spring they placed fourth at state. The dance team holds the second largest number of trophies, second only to the LLHS wrestlers.
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Point to rich ends.”
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