In a Saturday matinee at College Park, the Dons boys’ basketball team shook off a slow start to take down the Falcons 74-47. It looked early like the Falcons might control the tempo, as they held the Dons to just 2 points in the first four minutes and took an early five-point lead. A steal at mid-court by senior Scott…
The JV Dons took Friday’s game in dramatic fashion, with a 5-4 walk-off victory over Campolindo. Dons win two games out of the three game series this week over the Cougars. In the Friday match-up, Campolindo got on the scoreboard in the first, second, and third innings. Giving the Dons the edge to fight back. Acalanes then answered when Ellis Burger…
The Junior Varsity Dons notched their 6th straight victory on Thursday, corralling the visiting Northgate High School Broncos 25-10 and 25-15. Dons serving dominated the game, as the team recorded a total of 16 aces. The two teams started the first set evenly, sharing kills and errors to a 4-4 tie before the Dons began to pull away on kills…
Acalanes overcame a slow first quarter start, turning an 8-0 deficit into a a 29-16 halftime lead, and running away with a 51-29 win over College Park Wednesday in Lafayette. Logan Farzan got the Dons started by exploding for 8 points to lead the first quarter comeback, in his breakout game of the season. Calvin Kotarba contributed multiple steals and…
The JV Dons nabbed the lead late in the game in a 4-2 victory over Campolindo on Thursday. The game was tied at two with Acalanes batting in the top of the sixth when Nikko Woodson homered on a 0-1 count, scoring two runs. ‘Hard hit’ is not even the right phrase…blasted, crushed, boomed it (is that even a phrase?), whacked the…
The second match up of the year occurred Thursday evening in Walnut Creek between the Acalanes Dons and Northgate Broncos. The Dons were poised to execute their game plan which included inserting Bennett Dodge at center who was not present during the first meeting. Bennett won the tip, regained possession and passed to a cutting Eli Brent for two points over the…
The lady Broncos stepped onto our home court for the second time this season, with expectations of arepeat win; after having previously handed our Dons their only loss thus far this season. However, ourgirls had something else in mind. The anticipation was quickly squelched as the Dons got out to an earlylead on a Mika Bocobo 7-0 serving run, right…
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…