The Dons hosted Oakland Tech on Wednesday on a beautiful sunny day at Acalanes and finally showed what their bats are capable of. Coming off a 1-0 victory in 12 innings last week against Concord High, the Dons put 16 runs on the board yesterday. It was a 5-4 game with 2 outs in the 4th, when the Dons bats…
Today might have been the swiftest victory we’ve seen since coaching at Acalanes. Dons go 9-0 vs College Park. Singles lines 1-4 (Eliza Bates, Analese Ruczynski, Jasmine Toni, Martha Burns) and 6 (Lauren Williams) won rather quickly today with Ruczynski bringing home the first win for the Dons in record time at line 2. Line 5 singles, Anna Scheirer brought…
Wednesday saw the Lady Dons’ most anticipated game of the season as local rivals, the Matadors of Miramonte, visited the Heaston Aquatic Center. Miramonte, like the Dons, boasted an unbeaten record coming into the game and brought a strong, experienced team. Over the last two seasons the Mats had given the Dons some of their toughest games and expectations were…
All home matches streaming live (and free) on YouTube Dons Girls Volleyball is finally back. The program is coming off a historic season way back in the Fall of 2019, when they finished in 2nd place in the NCS Division III, and qualified for the CIF State playoffs. Although there are no playoffs this year, coaches Haley Glass, Alan Go…
At the Senior Night match the Acalanes Dons Crushed Campo 3-0. What a Shut Out, the fans and parents filled the stands to cheer the Dons to a great victory over Campo. The game started off with the Dons dominating the field. Charlie Peacock with his fancy footwork wanted that goal and took a shot! The defense was strong and…
The Knights batted first and some how squeaked in one run. Dons exited out of the first inning of the game with a double play by Nikko Woodson. In the bottom of the first, the Dons started out with Paul Kuhner with a hit to shortstop, followed by a walk by Mason Michlitsch and the first run on a single to…
The Dons picked up their 2nd win of the year, undetterred by unfavorable windy conditions. Five lines of singles ( Eliza Bates, Analese Ruczynksi, JasmineToni, Martha Burns, Lauren Williams) swept with 2 set victories. While Anna Scheirer took down her opponent in a hard fought 3 setter. In Doubles, lines 2 (Ashley Donner & Marcela Wisniewska) and line 3 (Olivia…
On Saturday the Freshman Dons traveled to deep Walnut Creek to take on the Northgate Broncos in doubleheader. Game One was a back and forth affair, with both teams trying to break out offensively. Jack Giorgianni was in command on the mound for the first five innings, striking out 5 Broncos and walking zero, and allowing three runs. The Dons…
With the 2020-2021 school year being not so normal, Acalanes was fortunate to have a group of seniors rise to the occasion to participate in a swim season when they were needed most. It would have been much easier to throw in the towel on a shortened season with only one meet, but these seniors challenged themselves to bring their…
In their first home game, the Dons Varsity Boys Water Polo team jumped out to an early 3-0 lead, and beat the Northgate Broncos by a final score of 8-6 on Saturday. Jay Mills led the scoring with 5 goals, and Eli Berkowitz, Liam Stevenson and Warren Cooper each added one, while Andrew Sappal had a team-high four assists.
