Los Alamos High School Secret City Esports Wraps Up Another Successful Season

Congratulations to the LAHS Secret City Esports team who placed second in the Class 4A Team State Championship. Courtesy/LAPS

Splatoon competitors N. Stringfellow, Virgil Szinger, Miles Iverson (Captain), Zane Kretz, Kaden Colson, Alice Thieme, Maira Finn and Quinbee Sintay (not pictured) placed 1st. Courtesy/LAPS

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Congratulations to the Los Alamos High School Secret City Esports team took 2nd place overall in the Class 4A Team State Championship. The Rocket League, Splatoon and Mario Kart teams took first place, white Heathstone garnered a second-place finish.

Street Fighter and Smash Bros both placed fourth. The team was recently ranked the number three program in the United States by USA Today. This is the second year in a row making the top 25. Last year, they came in third overall at the state finals.

Esports became a New Mexico Activities Association (NMAA) sanctioned activity in 2019. That year, teams from Los Alamos placed 2nd at the state competition. In 2021, they were named 4A state champions.

“Our students did an amazing job at the state competition,” LAHS teacher and Esports sponsor Libbi Lovejoy said. “Everyone contributed to the success of our program.”

Tony Sims is the head coach for Secret City Esports. Additional coaching staff members are Blake Hovde, Splatoon; Jacob McRoberts, Street Fighter 6; Colin Kruse and Magenta Bronson, Smash Bros.; Krispy Pantanilla and Mike Dolejsi, Mario Kart; and Donald Poston, League of Legends. Sims and McRoberts coach Rocket League. Sims also coaches Madden and Hearthstone.

Mario Kart team members CJ Smith, Joe Dale, Fortis Brown, Penny Doebling (Captain), Miles Iverson, Philip Smith, Jay Doebling and Sirena Quezada earned a first-place spot at the state competition. Courtesy/LAHS

Rocket League competitors Eric Mecham, Max Cannon, Henry Stidham (Captain), Darius Patton, and Freddy Broyles sport first place medals. Courtesy/LAPS

Representing the Hearthstone team are Jacob Castro, Ruben Diaz-Jimenez, Luke Patterson (Captain), Neal Sanders and Ralston Hoffer. They finished in second place. Courtesy/LAPS

Earning a fourth-place finish were Smash Bros: competitors Marshall Brunette, Semih Zeytun, Zane Kretz (Captain), Jasmine Heft, Kaden Colson, and Avery Conn. Courtesy/LAPS

Street Fighter team members Trent Ogas, Jacob Castro (Captain), Ruben Diaz-Jimenez, Lucas Price and Tony Mishler also garnered a fourth-place finish. Courtesy/LAPS