Thursday night the Lady Dons Varsity lacrosse team got an early lead against Alhambra Bulldogs and never looked back. Scoring came from 12 different players: Avery Bahl Ellie Ives Lulu Milnes Lyla Cox Lindsay Campbell Grace Imrie Grace Gebhardt Coco Fellner Leyna Machtmes Sammy Hess Tea Smith Even our goal Della Pascucci came into the game on offense and scored…
Varsity Baseball Tuesday, April 20/4pm Northgate (Away) Thursday, April 22/4pm Northgate (Home) Friday, April 23/4pm Concord (Away) JV Baseball Tuesday, April 20/4pm Northgate (Home) Thursday, April 22/4pm Northgate (Away) Saturday, April 24/11am Concord (Home) Frosh Baseball Monday, April 19/4pm San Ramon (Away) Saturday, April 24/12pm & 2pm Northgate (Away)
This football season which came to an end Saturday was an experience unlike any other, short, intense and wonderful. And the Dons will be back at it in a few weeks followed by their first FALL SEASON Football game in four months VARSITY: Div.3 Acalanes beat Div.1 Cal High 23-22. Record 5-1. Looking good for next year! JV: Beat Cal…
Acalanes football has always been about building a solid foundation for a young person’s life, based on principles and experiences that can only be taught through the game. It’s about cultivating genuine relationships between players, coaches and a community of fans and that is what Coach Floyd Burnsed and all the Acalanes football coaches do so very well, especially in this zoom school-crazy…
First year Head Coach Connor Hornsby is looking to get the Varsity team back on track after a rocky first week. Last year’s season saw a majority of the starters graduate but a talented group returns and is supplemented by at least 4 sophomores. Next week, a number of starters will be returning as well after football wraps up it’s…
The Dons started the week off strong with the 3-2 win over Northgate. The game was intense with high energy by both the Dons and Northgate squad, but Northgate could not stop the Dons Aidan Nelson. Aidan Nelson had a Hat Trick and performed quite a show. The defense was strong as well with many shots blocked at goal by…
The JV Dons have been eager to get back on the diamond and came out swinging in their season opener against College Park. They met a hungry opponent and the Falcons jumped out to an early lead. The Dons showed grit, turning some great plays, loosening up the pitching rotation and hitting the ball hard. Acalanes Dons JV watched the…
Baseball isn’t a timed game, but it is a game all about timing. Unfortunately, on Monday the Dons were on the wrong side of Father Time. Despite having many more base runners, the Dons couldn’t come up with timely hits, and fell 7-4 to a strong San Ramon Valley team. The Dons left six runners on base in the first…
Our Varsity Lady Dons visited College Park on Tuesday night. Freshman Grace Imrie and Senior Lyla Cox scored early, thanks to assists from Senior Grace Gebhardt. The Dons then struggled on both ends of the field for a while until Coaches Bill Fraser and Mark Rurka called a timeout. They had the girls run their own time out to “figure…
The 2020 ‘Dons Show Up’ Booster Bash was scheduled on May 2nd, 2020 at Contra Costa Country Club, but as everyone in the world knows Covid 19 hit and this event was canceled. Tuesday night we had our first Sports Boosters Meeting since March 2020 and at the meeting, Associate Principal, Andrea Powers and our Athletic Director, Randy Takahashi pulled…
