In Friday's action… The girls lacrosse team defeated Ygnacio Valley HS 11-1. The boys lacrosse team defeated College Park HS. The baseball team was defeated by Foothill HS 11-8. The jv softball team was defeated by Encinal HS. In Saturday's action… The track & field team competes in the Marsh Creek Invitational. The frosh-soph girls lacrosse team hosts College Park HS at…
It was a game that featured the new players who excelled on offense, defense, and in the midfield. New attack player Katherine Leamey scored two goals and, along with some of the Dons starting middies, new midfielders Reiney Fish, Lucca Dibiasse, Audrey Peatros controlled the ball almost the entire game. The defense shut down Northgate and was led by…
The Dons JV boys volleyball team garnered two more straight-set victories this week to extend their undefeated start to 5-0 and 3-0 in league play. On Tuesday, the boys traveled to College Park to take on the purple Falcons. The first set was a back-and-forth contest but the Dons emerged with a 25-17 victory. In game two, the Dons rolled…
The JV Lady Laxers beat Las Lomas 11-2 last night and it was not that close! 39 JV players played (all that were in attendance and not injured). Highlights include 3 goals scored by Leyna Machtmes and Maggie Palmer and five different players combined for five additional goals. One important statistic in Lacrosse is Loose Balls Controlled. Ella Easley had…
It’s a busy schedule for the girls varsity lacrosse team this week, with three games packed into their schedule. Monday they started with a “fizzle,” last night brought a “bang!” and today? Well… we’ll have to wait and see(!). Monday they faced Pleasanton’s often strong Amador Valley – – it’s a big school and their athletes leapt to an early…
The varsity boys’ team put up a valiant effort versus Northgate but unfortunately came up a little short. We had a little bit of everything out there yesterday. There were some great highlights. Ace played #6 and had a tight win over a fellow football player. They were evenly matched, but Ace pulled off the right shots during the critical…
Hello Dons! We are fired up for the 2022 Luck of the Dons Booster Bash at Contra Costa Country Club on Saturday March 19th! Our online auction is now OPEN…hit that link and do some shopping! You will find lots of cool stuff donated by the Acalanes community, and some AWESOME pay to play parties as well! Are you a Dons…
Riding a 6-game unbeaten streak, the JV baseball Dons hosted the Foothill Falcons on a perfectly mild Thursday night. The Dons certainly did their part to make the evening a pleasant one for their fans by dominating on both sides of the ball and making it look easy. The Dons got right down to business in bottom 1st, with Mason…
In Thursday's sports… The softball team defeated Encinal HS 14-5. The boys lacrosse team defeated Las Lomas HS 20-6. The jv team was defeated by Oak Ridge HS. The boys volleyball team rallied for a 2-0 deficit to tie the match at 2-2 against Las Lomas HS, but in a wild 5th game they fell 16-14. The boys tennis team was…
On Wednesday, the Varsity Dons Baseball team traveled to Brentwood to take on the highly ranked Liberty High team. Liberty got off to a quick start and put up 3 runs in the first two innings, while the Dons bats remained largely quiet. Ethan Rowland (Sr.) shut Liberty down in the 3rd before giving way to Benjy Braunstein (sr), who blanked…