What a great day Senior Day yesterday and great match against Miramonte! Thanks to Pam Dawkins for helping bring things together, all the parents for coming out, and to our Seniors Kayli Harley, Ella Morris, and Avery Bahl, for competing well and having a fantastic season! Cheers to them! Even though the Dons lost yesterday it could have gone either…
The Acalanes community welcomes Coach Bill Powers, who has agreed to lead the Dons’ boys basketball program! Coach Powers team had 30+ years of experience coaching basketball and has been teaching for 29 years. He is currently a social sciences teacher at Monte Vista High School. He coached at Acalanes in 2013-2014 and is thrilled to be back in blue.…
The Acalanes cross-country competed in two big meets in the past week starting with the 36th Annual Mariner Invitational in Hayward last Saturday, with over 40 schools from all over the Bay Area and beyond competing. With many upperclassmen unavailable, the Dons’ younger runners had a chance to compete at the Varsity division and delivered some strong performances. Varsity regulars…
The Lady Don golfers learned late last night that, based on the results of their season and performance at the DAL Championship, that they were invited to play in the NCS Division 1 Girls’ Golf Championship on November 1. A great season, a great journey and an incredible honor to a team that has resurrected a program. Congratulations to Makena…
Dons lose 2-7 vs the Cougars! Overall, it was a much closer match than the final score showed. In singles, Analese Ruczynski and Martha Burns brought home the 2 match wins for the Dons. Martha won her match 11-9 in the 3rd set tiebreaker with lots of cheering from both sides! For her efforts and focus, Martha Burns was named THE DONS…
It was just 3 weeks ago that Acalanes went to Campo and won a thriller in double overtime. On Wednesday night it was Campo’s turn to return the favor, beating The Dons 8-5 in another double overtime battle. Campo came out strong, seeking revenge and opened up a 2-0 lead in the first quarter on a rainy night in Lafayette.…
We are back!!! Acalanes High School is continuing to offer a Unified Sports Program in partnership with Special Olympics Northern California. Dedicated to promoting social inclusion through shared sports training and competition experiences, Unified Sports joins students receiving special education services and their general education peers on the same team. It was inspired by a simple principle: training together and…
Undefeated, beat Campo in two quick games and that’s all you need to know…FEAR THE BLUE!
The Dons honored seniors Emma Johnson, Aly Kirke, Gianna Manzone, Kira Wood, Bela Yanakieva and Rachel Zhang on Thursday, October 14, when they hosted Alhambra. The Dons got off to a shaky star and lost the first game but rallied and swept the next three games, 25-15, 25-20 and 25-12. Johnson, Kirke and Yanakieva recorded multiple kills, Zhang registered several assists from the setter position, Wood made multiple digs and Manzone’s serving led to multiple points for the Dons.…
The JV Women’s Volleyball team came out swinging tonight displaying a Think Pink attitude to raise awareness of breast cancer and a Cougar attack on their minds. At 1-0 Outside Hitter, Sophie Foster had her first a many kills during the match. Opposite Hitter, Chloe Lockwood showed up strong tonight with her first cross court kill at 2-1. Libero, Jasmine…
