On a beautiful Friday night Acalanes took on Las Lomas on their home field donning colorful socks for the Matt Lynn Memorial Game. The Knights came out hot and scored 2 quick goals against the Dons. But after settling in after the first few minutes, the Don’s offense gained steam with Griffin Rotundo scoring the first goal of the…
In the second of two games against Campo this season, the Dons were hoping for a better showing than their first match up earlier in the season and to play spoiler for Campo’s Senior Night. The good news is that the Dons looked much stronger than the first match up and played with heart all game long, but the bad…
The Varsity Baseball team lost their first game of the season on Thursday against the College Park Falcons in Pleasant Hill 5-1. The loss ended a 17 game winning streak this season that is actually a 19 game winning streak for the program, counting the last 2 games won at the end of the 2023 campaign. Both of these benchmarks…
The JV Dons were forced to play another 7v7 match against Piedmont on Wednesday night, but what Piedmont lacked in numbers they made up with in size and physicality. But, our Dons were not swayed one bit as they matched their physical play and dominated on the defensive side. The Dons attackers and middies did what they always do… attack…
Nine down, one to go. With the win today, Acalanes improves to 6-3 in league play. The match Tuesday now gets interesting as we host Northgate at home while Campolindo (8-0) hosts Miramonte (6-3). A Dons win on Tuesday secures at least a tie for second place. However, a loss doesn’t necessarily mean we slip to third place. We have…
The Dons took the field on Wednesday night at home this week in hopes of extending their recent winning streak. And they came out firing, scoring the first 2 goals of the game. An opening goal from Simon Appel (his first of four on the night) and the next from Griffin Rotundo, had the Dons quickly up 2-0. But two…
What a beautiful day it was at the Las Lomas pool as the Dons faced off with the Knights. Again, our team was just finishing their “Hell Week”, so not many time improvements – the swimmers are tired! They are starting to taper now, in preparation for the DAL Championships late next week. Avery Tanimura won the JV girls…
The final regular season meet of the years saw the Boys Varsity team dominate the Cougars, with a decisive 87-49 victory to finish the season undefeated and winning the league championship. While the girls team did not prevail predominantly due to a lack team size, there were incredible performances across the events…where the girls competed, they were strong! Fitting for…
The Varsity Baseball team beat the College Park Falcons 4-3 in 9 innings on Tuesday before a raucous crowd, under Acalanes blue skies! It pushed their League record to 3-0 and their overall season tally to 17-0. It was the 19th consecutive win for this impressive Division 1 program. The Dons withstood their first significant headwinds of the season against…
The Varsity softball team brought their bats to Moraga and scored a season high 19 runs on a season high 16 hits in the game while also collecting 10 walks as the Dons defeated Campo 19-8 on Tuesday to bring their record to 11-4 on the season. The Dons got on the board in the top of the first inning…