The Varsity Baseball team notched another win on Wednesday on a warm Spring afternoon in Lafayette. The boys improved their record to 8-0 with a runaway victory over the Piedmont Highlanders in front of another lively home crowd. The student turnout has been outstanding! The Dons offense kicked in after Piedmont tied the game at 1-1 in the top of…
Gavin Beers picked up the win Tuesday evening at James Logan, pitching deftly out of loaded bases in the first inning, and two on in the second, coasting the rest of the way through six innings of work, repeatedly sending Colts hitters staggering and teetering back to the dugout. However, a few hours prior, such a story seemed impossible, as…
The Acalanes Dons took on the Tamalpais Red Tailed Hawks late Thursday afternoon on a beautiful, yet blustery day in Lafayette. Fans witnessed a back and forth struggle that ended with Freshman Drew Asadorian smoking a ball into right field to score Benji O’Rourke and give the boys a 6-5 walk off win! It was Drew’s, “Young Bull”, first career…
In a neighborly battle in Walnut Creek on Monday afternoon, the JV baseball squad jumped to a quick 5-0 lead in the top of the first inning and never looked back, defeating the Las Lomas Knights JV team, 9-3. All of those first inning runs were unearned. Austin McManamon then took the ball for the Dons and provided yet another…
The Varsity Baseball team continued their winning ways on Monday against the Las Lomas Knights with a 10-4 win that pushed their impressive record to 6-0. The campus was buzzing with a Varsity Baseball came against a local rival and a Varsity Softball game against a league foe going on simultaneously. Both teams were victorious. It was a great day…
The Varsity Baseball team stayed smokin’ hot on Thursday with a 2-1, 10th inning walk-off win over the Vintage Crushers in Lafayette. This was the second consecutive 2-1 victory for the boys. It pushed their early season record to 5-0. Senior lefty hurler Henry Souza started on the mound for the Dons and threw 4 scoreless innings to get the…
After a flash downpour snuffed out the JV baseball team’s hopes for a game after just four outs were recorded on Wednesday afternoon, the team traveled Thursday to the terroir of Napa Valley to play the Crushers of Vintage High School. Despite a huge comeback in the top of the sixth inning, the Dons fell short, losing 12-11, in a…
The red hot Acalanes Dons took on the Petaluma Trojans in Sonoma County on Monday and came away with a 2-1 victory to improve their undefeated record to 4-0. Junior Jake Colaco took the hill and pitched an outstanding game to fuel the boys. Solid pitching, defense and timely hitting has been the early season recipe for success with the…
The San Ramon Valley JV put 8 batters to the plate in the top half of the fifth inning on a sunny Wednesday afternoon and turned a 1-1 pitchers’ duel into a 5-1 lead that they wouldn’t relinquish. Sneaking the game in before the biweekly “storm of the century” hit the Bay Area and wiped more games off the schedule,…
The Varsity Baseball team headed to Danville on Wednesday to take on the San Ramon Valley High School Wolves. West Coast Preps has the Wolves ranked as the #3 team in the Bay Area after they beat the Benicia Panthers 13-1 in their season opener. The stage was set for a stout early season test for the feisty Dons at…