Playoff hoops! On Wednesday the Dons headed north to Benicia to take on the Panthers. Both teams got off to a bit of a slow start with Benicia on the board first with 2 drives and Jake Davis opening the Dons’ scoring with a FT. A 3 from Benicia got them off to a 7-1 lead and forced a timeout…
The Dons met Rancho Cotate High at home for their first NCS game. One goal in the first half ended up being the deciding goal of the game- Eli Roth’s cross from right corner delivered into the box where Riley Bonner put it away. The Dons got fired up the second half with 2 goals by Eli Roth, 1 by…
It’s the NCS Championships and the Dons are the top seed in the Division 2 playoff bracket with home field advantage. Acalanes hosted the Washington Huskies of Fremont Tuesday night. The Huskies employed an offside trap defense, catching the Dons off guard with early penalties. The strategy failed to take into account the speed and physicality of the Don forwards…
Saturday was a long arduous 14 hour tournament. Acalanes wrestlers persevered and 8 of our wrestlers moved on to NCS next week. Senior Hunter Goyert took 1st in the 140 bracket and went undefeated in league this year. Freshman Kirian Gracie took 4th place in the 115 bracket. Junior Dylan Potter took 4th and looked good in all his matches.…
First, much thanks to coach Thomas and Malm for their dedication, time and instruction! This year’s frosh team turned out to be tough, well organized and competitive. Thank you to the boys basketball team for all their hard work, dedication and an exciting season. It was awesome to see how the players grew over the past months and really came…
The JV Dons made the trek up the hill to face an outstanding Campolindo squad that came into this game 23-2 overall and 11-0 in league play. The Dons dropped the earlier meeting in Lafayette 40-64. Starters were Freshmen Gavin Dodge and Josh Elerts to go along with the Sophomore trio of JB Frolich, Drew McKenzie and Maddox Malm. The pace…
On Saturday the Dons traveled to Campolindo for their rescheduled battle with the Cougars. After many clashes with Campo over the years this one had a melancholy feel as it was the last league game for the many Dons seniors: Jake Davis who has started every available game of his HS career on varsity, Theo Stoll who is one of…
Editor’s Note: The JV Reporter was on assignment out of state. We apologize as today’s coverage will pale in comparison to the normal standards all our readers are used to. We value your business and will do our best to make it up to you in the finale against Campo. The JV Dons started and finished strong, winning the first…
On Thursday the Dons headed south to face the Miramonte Matadors on their senior night. Local MOL and CYO legend Ethan Conley was the lone senior honored by the Mats but could not play due to injury, so he got a moving speech from the Coach and an honorary tip-off. Both teams got off to a slow start after the…
Acalanes dominated Miramonte High School most of the game ending 54 to 41 Thursday night, 2/9/2022. Gavin Bears had a great night, with high scorer, contributing 13 points to the game and 2 offensive rebounds. His high energy and fearless drives to the basket motivated the team while dropping a great 3 pointer in the 3rd quarter. Arman Craig backed…
