On Tuesday September 28, the Acalanes Girls Varsity volleyball team traveled to Alhambra High School to take on the Bulldogs. In the first game, the Dons pulled away early: 4-3 Junior Ryann Jones’ kill gives the Dons the lead, which they never relinquish 5-3 Sophomore Jade Profilio passes to Monica Dikova who sets Senior Aly Kirke for the kill 7-5 freshman Maelin Mason kill 8-6…
In Wednesday's action… The girls water polo team pulled out a thriller defeating Campolindo HS 13-12 in overtime. The boys water polo team had another strong performance in defeat to Campolindo HS 8-5. The girls golf team dropped a narrow decision to Northgate HS 233-241. In Thursday's action… The girls volleyball team plays at Campolindo HS. Freshmen at 4:00, jv…
Dons v Cougars is always an intense rivalry no matter what the sport. Having beaten Campo 9 times in a row, it was particularly painful 3 weeks ago when the Cougars took down the Dons 13-5 in pretty convincing fashion. Wednesday was an entirely different story with a Dons team that has matured rapidly, in a season with only 1…
Dons lose a close one to the Las Lomas Knights, 4-5. Coach Drew is confident that we will beat them next time! In Singles: Analese Ruczynski fought hard at the one spot and played some of her best tennis of the season. Martha Burns had a tough opponent at number 2 singles. Like real tough. Ella Morris hit some fireballs out there…
In Tuesday's action… The boys water polo team played extremely well in defeat to a very good San Ramon Valley HS squad 13-11. Girls tennis was narrowly defeated by Las Lomas HS 5-4. The girls volleyball team shutout Alhambra HS 3-0. The jv team won in 3 games and the freshmen won in 2 games. In Wednesday's action… The water…
The JV Women’s Volleyball headed into Bulldog territory on Tues. evening to face Alhambra for league game #3. The first set was a satisfying 25-8 victory. The second set saw the Dons trailing the entire way. We saw some good serves by designated hitter/server Jasmine Frost and some strong rallies during setter Eva McGrath’s serving runs but the girls couldn’t…
In Tuesday's action… The boys water polo team hosts San Ramon Valley HS. Varsity at 4:00 and jv at 5:00. The girls tennis team hosts Las Lomas HS at 3:30. The girls volleyball team plays at Alhambra HS. Freshmen at 4:00, jv at 5:00 and varsity at 6:30.
Anyone interested in trying out wrestling is invited to join Dons Coach Greg Weitzman (pictured above) for “open mats” in the Acalanes Cafeteria every Monday and Wednesday from 5-7pm until the season begins in early November. This is a good opportunity for those who are new to the sport or interested in learning more to get some exposure, a good…
The Dons took care of business against Monte Vista winning by a score of 28-14. JAKE COLACO got his first start at quarterback and seemed comfortable immediately. COLACO threw two touchdown passes both to NIKO WHITE. WHITE AND KEEGAN GODDARD ran up and down the field all game long with WHITE finishing with 166 all purpose yards and GODDARD with…
In Friday's action… The girls water polo team defeated Presentation HS 14-0 and Heritage HS 14-3 in the Amanda McDonald Invitational at Menlo School. In Saturday's action… The girls water polo team defeated Los Altos HS 11-5 and was defeated by Miramonte HS 9-5 in the championship game of the Amanda McDonald Invitational at Menlo School. The girls volleyball team…