The Acalanes Freshman baseball team swept their doubleheader versus cross-town rival Miramonte High School, winning game 1 by a score of 8-2 and game 2 by a score of 11-1. In game 1, the offense started out slow as Miramonte quickly mowed down the first 6 Acalanes hitters, 4 by strikeout. All that changed in the top of the 3rd…
Special Olympics Unified Sports brings people with and without intellectual disabilities together to compete as teammates. Several Varsity athletes volunteer their time to coach the unified athletes. The Dons faced some fierce competition from Ygnacio Valley. There were lots of buckets, a few rebounds and tons of smiles and high fives on both sides of the court and in the…
The Acalanes athletic community is fortunate to have Bill Fraser coaching and mentoring so many of our student-athletes. Bill’s extensive volunteer work across the community for many years led the Lafayette Chamber of Commerce to recently honor him as Co-Citizen of the Year. As the city’s official proclamation declared, “Bill Fraser, through his coaching, creates community on and off the…
The Dons Varsity Baseball team has been infected with the Complete-Game-Bug. Unlike most viruses, this is one you want to catch. Prior to last Tuesday, Dons pitchers have only gone the distance once in the past 5 years (Benjy Braunstein (sr) did last year). On Wednesday, Benjy threw the Dons’ 3rd complete game in their last 4 games, and his…
The Dons watched the game slip away early and couldn’t recover in an 8-3 loss to Las Lomas on Thursday. The Knights scored on a double in the first inning, a error in the first inning, and a error in the second inning. Hailey Stripling started the game for Lady Dons. The righthander lasted seven innings, allowing 11 hits and…
The Lady Dons headed to College Park on Thursday night and walked away with a 12-3 win in an important league game. The defense shut down the Vikings, goalie Addie Martin led the way with 11 saves. #15 Megan Churchill got the Don’s on the board early and with Junior Haley Rurka directing the offense the Dons never looked back. …
The Boys’ Varsity tennis team played College Park for the second time this season and the results were the same as the first. The Dons won 7-2 losing only the #1 and #2 singles spots. Both were good matches and our boys played well, however, came up just a little short. Luke Brightbill, who has been sidelined with illness, returned…
Well… these ladies are almost unstoppable! Once again, they took the field for the last game before break and beat a previously unbeaten College Park team 11 to 6. Two new goalies played tonight, Claire Zimmerman and Taylor Mikalis who shut down College Park. Jenna Steele once again had four goals, Emme Cain had an amazing assist and grabbed three…
