Every high school has their own homecoming traditions. It may, quite literally, mean a coming home of sorts, an opportunity for your school’s alumni to visit their old stomping grounds and see old friends, teachers, and underclassman they left behind. The Acalanes Homecoming theme this year is US cities: Seniors-Los Angeles, Juniors-New York, Sophomores- Las Vegas and Freshmen-Miami. The Acalanes…
The Freshman Dons do not play nice football. A tough game for the Dublin Gael’s, but for the Don’s Thursday’s game was a confidence boost for both offense and defense. Thursday followed a tough loss against the Redwood Giants. With a final score 12-14, the team battled against the Giants, the clock, and hard-hitting penalties: scoring a touchdown, forcing the…
Makena Chelemedos strikes a pose after crushing her tee shot on hole #1.
The merch delivery showed just in time for the JV girls match vs. Carondelet. The Cougars may have won the match but the Dons won the day in their Blue & White. Sco Dons!
With a 7-2 preseason record in the books, the Dons entered the Leaugue season with confidence. It showed in a 15-4 road blowout win at Las Lomas. The offense continues to gel and improve and the defense was suffocating. Offense was on fire as freshman Ella Del Rosario made 5 goals followed by seniors Sara Archer (3), Maizie O’Hare (3),…
9/21/22 The JV Lady Dons led the whole game at Las Lomas with a final score of Acalanes 8 – Las Lomas 6. Kate Roberts and Olivia Whipple each had 2 goals. Jenny Haugner, Bella Bundy, Adrianna Berloui, and Arianna Berloui all had 1 goal apiece. Acalanes took a decisive lead in the first quarter with 3 goals. Haugner scored…
The Don’s opened the 2022 DFAL league game on the road against the legendary coach Skip Mann and the Las Lomas Knights. The Dons fell behind early but seniors Austin Bishop, Christian Gotterup, Andrew Sappal, and Miguel Strittmatter led a ferocious charge that came up just a bit short! Final score: 12-10 Goals:Austin Bishop – 3Christian Gotterup – 3Andrew Sappal…
The Girls Varsity Tennis Team fought hard against Northgate on Tuesday and prevailed with a 5-4 win. Line 1 singles player Ari Ruczynski rolled over her opponent, 6-1, 6-1. Martha Burns at Line 2 singles hung on to win 6-4, 1-6, 10-5. Aamena Shipchandler had a tight 7-5, 7-5 win at Line 3, while Cate Condy (Line 4) smashed her…
CAMPO IN TOWN THIS THURSDAY (9/22). LET’S PACK THE HOUSE. GRAB YOUR FRIENDS AND COME CHEER ON THE DONS! Frosh – 4 JV- 5 Varsity- 6:30 Theme: Power Outage! Wear Black. Neon face paint will be provided Dons Debut League volleyball battle in Benicia: Acalanes punishes the Panthers x 3, Frosh, JV, & Varsity! Tuesday afternoon, 9/20, All 3 Dons…
The Boys and Girls Cross Country competed at the Farmer Invitational on September 17th. The course is the site for the NCS Championships for later in the season so both squads were eager to gain crucial familiarity with the course. The Varsity Boys were led by Junior Logan Farzan once again. Farzan completed the 3-mile course in 15:47, this time…
