Two days of water polo for the girls team at the very competitive NorCal Girls Water Polo tournament in the Palo Alto area. Dons finished 5th beating out Scared Heart in their final game 10-6. Tournament started off strong with a win over Gunn High School 19-1 but then had a tough loss to Davis 6-9. Saturday morning girls fought…
A White Elephant gift exchange is a holiday tradition where participants vie to walk away with the best present by either picking a wrapped gift or taking a previous participant’s unwrapped gift. The game between the Acalanes and Benicia JV football teams seemed to follow a similar format given the number of gifts exchanged in the form of penalties, fumbles,…
On a hot October evening, with the temperature a sweltering 86 degrees at kickoff, the Acalanes Dons freshmen football team welcome the Matadors of Granada to Acalanes Stadium. Handshakes are exchanged, a coin is tossed, and the Matadors defer the ball to the second half, giving the Dons the first crack at putting points on the board. #22 Illias Kaplanes-Jones…
Acalanes Ladies Varsity Volleyball: Dons take on the Knights at Las Lomas This past Tuesday night, 10/18, the Dons played Las Lomas on their home turf, also celebrating the Knights’ Senior Night!The Knights were so thoughtful to honor our 9 graduating seniors with a bouquet for each player tied with blue and white ribbon! Love the camaraderie and sportsmanship of our…
The Acalanes Girls Varsity Team ended their regular season play at home Tuesday with a loss to Miramonte. The Dons solo match won was by Senior and Captain Analese (Ari) Ruczynski in a thrilling three setter. After going down 1-6, she flipped the script against her opponent and won the second set 6-1. That took it to a narrow 12-10…
The JV Girls Tennis team wrapped up a successful season on Tuesday against Miramonte winning the top 6 matches of the day. After beating Northgate last week with some amazing singles and doubles play, Tuesday was a day of all doubles matches and the Dons came out strong once again. At Line 1, Tea Smith and Georgia Wilson took the…
Please join us in the gym this Thursday, October 20th, at 6 pm for a short Senior Night presentation honoring the players of the Class of 2023. Stay to cheer on Varsity against MIRAMONTE @ 6:30 pm. The last league game of the season! Let’s Go Think Pink! A HUGE thank you to all who contributed to a successful Think…
The Dons traveled to Soquel to compete in the 2022 JV NorCal Invitational on October 14 – 15. With some players out due to sickness, the depleted team finished in 8th place. The team started the tournament looking strong. They won their first game against St. Francis. The final score was Acalanes 6 – St. Francis – 3. They lost…
Can’t say enough about the senior Lady Don Golfers! Outstanding golfers, outstanding representatives of Acalanes High School, and finished their varsity season with best record at Acalanes in 20 years. Nice to go on top! Honored at the DAL Championships were seniors Makena Chelemedos (4 year varsity golfer, 4 year all-league honors), Kendal Geddes (4 year varsity golfer, 4 year…
Capping a stellar 9-1 season, the Lady Don’s took on a tough golf course and stiff competition to finish in second place by a mere 11 strokes to earn an almost certain birth to the North Coast Section Championships. As usual, all of the Lady Dons contributed and the day was especially noteworthy as the DAL Tournament was dedicated to…