10/5 The Dons started the game looking tough in the first quarter playing tremendous defense. Olivia Whipple had two steals and the Dons defense forced the Campo shot clock to run out several times. Unfortunately in the second quarter, the Cougars seemed to take it up a notch and they scored five goals. Whipple had another steal. Goalkeeper Hanna Mirzai…
Lady Dons Rule in the Matadome! Dons showed up to Miramonte with a desire to win. Impressive setting by Mara and Emme secured multiple kills by Katelyn, Hanna, and MaeLin in the first set. Strong defense from Jade, Georgia, and Lyanne in the back line ensured each point was hard-earned. In a set that could have gone either way, the…
The Girls Varsity Tennis Team had a soaring victory over the College Park Falcons on Tuesday winning 8-1. Leading the charge was Ari Ruczynski with a dominate 6-0, 6-0 win. Martha Burns also easily took care of her opponent winning 6-0, 6-1. Line 3 singles player Aamena Shipchandler stayed strong with a 6-4, 6-1 victory. Ashley Donner fought a hard…
Coach Paul Curtis invites anyone interested to join Open Field “Kick-Arounds” beginning this week. It is at the stadium every Tuesday and Thursday, October 4th-27th from 7:30-9:00 pm as well as in the Open Weight room 7:00-7:30 pm. Bring your cleats and shinguards. Tryouts are from October 31st-November 2nd at the stadium. The first tryout is Monday, October 31st at…
In their last regular season match before the DAL Championship, the Lady Don golfers put on an exhibition, beating Campo by 44 strokes, 227-271. The Lady Dons will enter the league championship match (to be held on October 17 at Contra Costa Country Club, home of the Dons) in first place with a 6-1 record in DAL, 7-1 overall. Haley…
It has been said that there are three parts to a high school football season. The five games before league games start, the five league games, and, hopefully, the playoffs. Many schools choose to schedule easy games during the pre-league schedule, especially in leagues that are very competitive, like the DAL Foothill. However, this was not the case with our…
Acalanes Ladies Varsity Volleyball: Dons knocked out the Knights! Last Thursday evening 9/29, the Dons hosted the Las Lomas Knights at Acalanes. A couple fun facts about this match up: Coach Haley is an alumni of our competitor, Las Lomas…AND, 9/29/22 marked Haley’s 25th Birthday! The Dons did their best to make it a happy one from the start of…
Acalanes Mens JV Water Polo went into the brutal game Thursday knowing the odds would not be in their favor against the 44 deep Miramonte Water Polo lineup (Acalanes has just 12 JV players this year, 8 of whom are Freshmen without prior playing experience) And as expected, the Dons lost. But what Miramonte did NOT expect was the fierce…
The Acalanes JV football team was planning to play one quarter against the Oakland Varsity team on Friday. If that had been the case, the team would have only played one full game and a total of 50 minutes of football over 50,400 total minutes from the end of the Bishop O’Dowd game on September 2 until kickoff against Las…
The Acalanes men’s water polo team hosted the defending North Coast champion Miramonte at the ‘Beast’ Thursday night. The first half was an absolute battle and the crowd was the loudest it has been in years! The waves of players Miramonte threw at the Don’s in the end was just too much! Shout out to Harrison ( the wall) Labrosse…
