Three quarters of intense play wasn’t enough Thursday nights as the Los Lomas Knights shut down the Dons boys basketball team in the final stanza to earn a 59-51 victory. A competitive and quick paced first quarter saw the Dons knotted 18-18. In the second, each team upped the defensive effort, with the Knights holding a slight offensive edge and…
Acalanes girls varsity soccer team played Northgate, Thursday, May 13th at 7:30pm. The Dons prevailed with a final score of 3-1. Senior Emily Keeler started the scoring with a great shot in the first half. Junior Lauren Yee scored a beautiful goal from a free kick. The Broncos’ only goal came from a questionable penalty kick. Senior Maddy Rogers scored…
Your Dons headed up to Martinez to take on Alhambra High on Wednesday night, and despite scoring more points than the Bulldogs, dropped two sets out of three. The Dons were a little short-handed for the match, with a few regulars missing due to injury or conflicts. In set one, the Dons found themselves in a 20-20 tie thanks to…
Lady Dons took on Alhambra in a hot Acalanes gym. Sophomore Emily Du got off to a great start with a quick six points and finished with 11 points. Alhambra kept fighting and tied up the game 24-24 at half time. The Dons slowly pulled away in the second half as Senior Grace Gebhardt scored 26 points. Acalanes won 51-38. …
In their last home game of the season, the Dons Varsity Boys Water Polo team fell to Campolindo, 9-15. The Dons had it tied at 3-3, and were down by only one after one quarter, but were outscored by 3 in each of the 2nd and 3rd quarters. Senior Jay Mills led all scorers in the game with 6 goals,…
In a game they controlled from the tip, the Dons Boys Basketball team beat College Park 79-45 at home on Wednesday night. The first half was a three-palooza for the Dons, who nailed ten 3-point shots in the half to take a 44-24 lead. Senior Graham Smith hit four, while junior Noah Bloch and freshman Marcus Robinson nailed two apiece.…
Wednesday saw the Lady Dons return to action at the Heaston Aquatic Center in a DAL matchup with fierce rivals the Cougars of Campolindo. The Dons had won earlier in the season at Campolindo and were expecting another tough game. Campolindo won the sprint to start the game but their first attack was easily stifled by the Dons and in…
In Wednesday's action… The boys basketball team defeated College Park HS 79-45. The jv team won 44-38 and the freshman team pulled out a victory. The girls basketball team defeated Alhambra HS 51-38. The girls water polo team defeated Campolindo HS 13-7. The boys water polo team was defeated by Campolindo HS. The boys volleyball team was defeated by College Park HS…
The Acalanes Junior Varsity Women’s Volleyball team finished the first half of the 2020-21 Season on Wednesday night, May 12, with a win against the Alhambra Bulldogs in two sets 25-15, 25-21 at Alhambra’s home turf in Martinez. The Lady Dons are undefeated thus far with five wins and five more matches left in the season. From the start, the…
