Girls Varsity Tennis has gotten off to a valiant start with their non league pre season matches in the past two weeks. Veteran coach Drew Diefenbach has reached out to several new schools to get challenging matches on tap for his relatively young Varsity lineup. ( Three 2021 graduated seniors have left open opportunities for younger players in the current…
Acalanes ASB and Class leaders are sponsoring… .…“Ride the Blue Wave” night (beach theme). We are asking everyone to wear blue and beach-y! Student tailgate before the Varsity Football game in the quad…followed by The Acalanes Pep Band and DJ to get the student section & all fans pumped during time outs and down time. Good vibrations will be happening!…
After the exciting OT win over Rancho Cotate on Friday night, the Varsity Football Dons move up to #15 in the Bay Area News Group Top 25!
After a relatively pain-free victory over Sierra of Manteca, on Friday night the Dons received a rude early awakening, courtesy of Rancho Cotate. It all happened seemingly in the blink of an eye, as the Cougars completed four straight passes on their opening drive, the last one a 46-yard TD bomb for a 7-0 lead. After the Dons went 4…
The Freshman Dons played great defense against Rancho Cotate and picked up their first win of the season. Final score was an impressive 46-7. A number of defensive players burst on the scene with outstanding performances. JONAH RIVERA at defensive line was a force to be reckoned with. He stopped the run, he sacked the quarterback, he forced a fumble…
It’s a Great Day to be a Don! All three football teams beat the Rancho Cotate Cougars for a Win-Win-Win! Varsity: Dons 42 Cougars 41 (overtime) JV: Dons 41 Cougars 0 Frosh: Dons 46 Cougars 7 Game highlights will be posted on Monday Next Game: Friday, September 10 (HOME) Acalanes vs Balboa It’s COWA-DON-GA! Beach Night next Friday! Ride the…
Freshman Haley Chelemedos (pictured above) led the Varsity golf team’s 240-258 taming of the Alhambra Bulldogs with an impressive 40 over 9 holes at Diablo Creek golf course. Makena Chelemedos, Kendal Geddes, Hana Chelemedos all went low in the victory, and Juliette Becker finished strong with her best round of the season! Go Lady Dons!!
The Dons’ boys varsity water polo team took on Foothill on Wednesday and came out with a 14-6 victory. Leading the way in the scoring were Andrew Sappal and Austin Bishop with three goals apiece, Kyle Rosenblatt and Christian Gotterup with two each, with Warren Cooper, James Gordon, Tommy Gallagher, and Aaron Vasserman also contributing goals. Gotterup is shown in…
On Tuesday, the Acalanes Dons varsity volleyball team hosted Archie Williams (formerly Drake) HighSchool in the Dons’ first preseason match. With senior Rachel Zhang serving, the Dons got off to a 1-0 lead. After a sideout, senior Emma Johnsonserved up on ace for a 2-1 lead. The Dons fell behind but juniors Ryann Jones and Katelyn Olin had backto back…
The Acalanes Freshmen Women’s Volleyball team kicked off their pre-season with an impressive win over Archie Williams. In the first set, Archie Williams jumped out with a 2-0 lead, which came to a screeching halt after Addie McShane’s monstrous hit. The Dons were then off and running with an impressive number of aces from Mimi Maycock, Emma Seelenbacher, Fiona Roux, Campbell Evans, and Emme Cain. The defense also…
