This is a week to be thankful. Thankful for friends and family. Thankful for peace and prosperity. And it’s also a good time to be thankful for Acalanes Dons Football. We’re thankful for our fantastic coaches, who give so much of their time, patience, and knowledge to the program. Who help our boys become young men. We’re thankful for the…
Acalanes JV Hoops breezed past KIPP King Friday afternoon in San Lorenzo 76-47. Conor Hession, Ian Salmon, and Joe Reidenbach scored 13 points apiece to lead the effort, with Reidenbach contributing 8 rebounds as well. The Dons jumped out to a 20-10 lead in the first quarter, with Hession’s midrange game on full display and Salmon taking the ball end-to-end,…
Our Acalanes Lady Dons hosted the Lady Dons from Amador Valley in the semi-final round of the CIF-NorCal Championships. Acalanes and Amador Valley had meant once this season, with Acalanes the victor with a slim margin, 9-7, early in the season. Our Lady Dons came out strong in the 1st, setting the tone for the rest of the game. Our…
On a beautiful evening at the Heaston Aquatics Center, our Acalanes Dons hosted the San Ramon Valley Wolves in the 1st round of the CIF-NorCal Water Polo Championships. The Lady Dons started out fast when Heidi Heffelfinger (Sr) drew a power play 1:10 into the game and then Heidi scored 20 seconds later thanks to an assist by Olivia Williams…
The quarterfinals of Division 1 CIF for Girls Water Polo started yesterday with the Dons facing Dan Ramon Valley and the Dons came to play. On a chilly night at the Acalanes pool the home team struck first on a goal by Senior Heidi Heffelfinger, in what would become a familiar sight this night. SRV came right back with a…
Varsity Girls tennis had an epic run in NCS last week. The team made school history by becoming the only team EVER to reach an NCS Team Championship Finals!!! Seeded 9th going into the event, the Dons went on a 3 match winning streak taking out the 8th (Lick Wilmerding), 1st (Bishop O’Dowd), and 5th (College Prep) seeds en route…
The Girls Varsity Tennis Team is going on another notable and potentially historic run in the NCS Team Championships!! Tomorrow, the Dons will play against College Prep in the semi-finals at 9 am (Saturday, 11/13). Even though the team did a nice tour of the Bay Area playing in their first match against Lick Wilmerding in SF and then against the…
Acalanes is now in the championship game Saturday, November 13 at De La Salle HS, 12pm. In an exciting semi-final game on Wednesday, the Dons defeated Tamalpais HS 14-12 in 2 overtimes to move on to the NCS Division 1 finals game against Redwood HS.Come cheer on your Dons to an NCS championship win!!! PLEASE NOTE: Spectators must purchase tickets at gofan.co and present the tickets…
The JV Dons Football Team took on the Alhambra Bulldogs on Friday night and had an almost perfect game! There was some sort of transportation snafu with the Bulldogs bus, and they arrived 2 hours after they were supposed to be there, probably could have walked there in the amount of time we waited for them! After the JV team…
The Dons cross-country team had a spectacular finish to their league season on Saturday at the DAL championships at Hidden Valley Park in Martinez. Sophomore Olivia Williams again led the way for Acalanes with another decisive 1st-place finish in the Girls Varsity division. Olivia not only won the league championship but broke the all-time course record for the 3-mile trek,…
