The Frosh Boys fought their way to a 51-47 overtime win in an epic battle in the opening round of the Dougherty Valley Holiday Tournament, avenging an early season 68-30 loss to Foothill during Thanksgiving week. Both teams were short handed – the Dons missing a third of their roster with Holiday absences and Foothill battling a Covid outbreak sidelining…
The Chris Huber Memorial Basketball Tournament is this week at Acalanes Gym, starting Tuesday, December 28, and running through December 30. The tournament bracket is included below. Come cheer on the Dons and see some great basketball including some of the top-ranked teams in the Bay Area. St. Ignatius: ranked 2nd in the Bay Area and undefeated Monte Vista: 7-3…
The Lady Dons hosted 9 and 1 Casa Grande Wednesday night in a match-up of two NCS D2 squads. Coming in Maxpreps had Casa rated #2 in D2 which made this an important match-up for future playoff seeding. The Dons didn’t have their best shooting night, but relied on intense full court pressure to end the first quarter with a…
On Tuesday the Dons sloshed down 680 to play the Dons (hm…henceforth known as Amador). The squad was at full strength for this contest decked out in their road blues while the coaching staff sported matching gear as well. Theo Stoll opened the scoring with a nice bank shot and Noah scooped a lefty layup for a 4-0 lead and…
The Frosh Boys fell to 2-3 on the season losing a tough one on the road at Amador Valley on Tuesday. Missing the main point guards and a third of the squad due to the Holiday was a tough hurdle to overcome as sixteen man deep Amador Valley applied constant full court pressure forcing many turnovers. The Dons got out…
This week’s Hudl Highlights showcases a Girl’s Varsity Soccer victory over Rodriguez High School and a Boy’s Varsity Basketball win of Washington High School of San Francisco. Girl’s Varsity Soccer vs Rodriguez High School Boy’s Varsity Basketball vs Washington High School
It felt a little like starting the season all over again as this was the Team’s first game in 18 days as they had to take some time off due to Coronavirus exposures forcing them to miss the Campolindo Tournament. The long break plus not being able to practice as a team at all for part of the time and…
JV Boys ended their fall semester with a win on the road at Concord High and a loss to Fremont’s Washington High School in Lafayette. On Friday, the Dons ran away from Concord 71-36 in their most lopsided game of the season. After a 12-11 start, Acalanes went on a 27-2 run to blow the game wide open and take…
Easing into a back to back game one night after defeating Concord High School, the Dons took on the Washington Huskies, one of the earliest established California public high schools dating back to 1891. These Huskies donned in orange and black, were clearly a team of panache and finesse. Their warmups left the fans feeling slightly on edge that this was going…
After Friday night’s big win over Deer Valley, the Lady Dons had two more games Saturday versus Liberty and Weston Ranch. The girls jumped out to a 27 to 8 first quarter lead over host Liberty and coasted the rest of the way for a 56 to 28 victory. In the 2nd game the Lady Dons overwhelmed Weston Ranch for…
