Saturday, December 30, 2023Record: 11-2 The JV Boys played an epic game to win the JV Dougherty Valley Tournament. The Dons defeated the Amador Valley Dons by a score of 63 to 61. The JV team improved to 11 and 2 for the season! Not only did this game have two teams with the same mascot name, Dons, but it…
Friday, December 29, 2023Record: 10-2 The JV Boys continued their magical season by winning their second JV Dougherty Valley Tournament game. The Dons defeated the California Grizzlies 62 to 53 and with this win moved onto the tournament championship game. This game started with both teams exchanging baskets. Truth be told, this reporter was a bit tardy to the game,…
Friday at The Holiday Classic in San Diego saw our beloved Dons (5-7, 469th in CA) up against Vista (9-7, 288th). Lots of rumors out there, but I was hearing Vegas lines on this game for the underdog Dons were somewhere in the +5 neighborhood. It was a back and forth first quarter with Brady Quinn coming off the bench…
The great Bob Uecker once said “I have seen enough to know that I have seen too much” and that is what comes to mind when digesting this one. The Dons came in at 4-7 overall, having dropped 5 of their last 7 and coming off a lackluster second half against Santa Fe Christian, so badly in need of a…
Thursday, December 28, 2023Record: 9-2 “Our best win of the season.” Stated Coach Thomas about his teams’ win against the Foothill Falcons. The victory was the first game in the JV Dougherty Valley Tournament. The Dons improved to 9-2 for the season. This game featured two talented teams. The Falcons came into the game with a 10-1 record while Dons…
The Varsity Boys took their show on the road for the second year in a row to The Holiday Classic in Torrey Pines. First round was a tough matchup against a very hot and much higher ranked Santa Fe Christian team. I’ll be working overtime the next four days so take it easy on me if the reporting just isn’t…
Thursday, the fourth of January at 6pm Acalanes rematch with St. Mary’s-Our House Acalanes Girls basketball is ranked #11 in California. To date, they have lost only one game to the St Mary’s Rams (of Stockton) by five points. St Mary’s is ranked a tad higher in California than the Dons. Oh…here is the exciting news, the Dons will…
Friday, December 22, 2023Record: 8-2 Christmas came early for Coaches Eric Thomas and Matt Thomas. The Junior Varsity basketball team gifted the brothers a season high 82 points in their victory over the Concord Minutemen. The win improved the young Dons to 8-2 for the season. The Dons love to start each game with a Lorenzo Cangini three pointer, and…
After a grueling finals week before the winter break, the Las Lomas Women’s Varsity traveled across town to the Dons’ home pitch for a much anticipated match up. From the start it was non-stop high level play from the very talented Knights. That said, Acalanes showed up ready to fight, and seemed almost unphased after Las Lomas scored a goal…
Twas two nights before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was scoring, not a Knight or a mouse. The stockings and shinguards were put on with care, in hopes that a victory would soon be there. When late on the field there arose such a clatter, The Dons scored again and the rest didn’t matter! As they…
