Weather affects all sports in some shape or form. In some sports it just makes mental changes, in others it physically changes the entire sport or even cancels games. All of these changes affect athletes in the high school, college, and professional level. Not every game will be played under perfect sunny weather with a light breeze. Rainy cold weather is rather more…
Last Friday Night, the Boys Varsity Lacrosse team mauled the rival Campolindo Cougars. In typical fashion, the boys led by team captains David DePaepe, Owen Estee, and George Churchill brought the intensity and never let up. The boys in white pulled away quickly from the Cougars amassing an 8-1 lead at halftime. As their lead grew in the third quarter,…
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It looks like this could be a great season for the Acalanes Swim Team with returning coaches Nick Inserra and Brett Usinger, now joined by Donna Elliot, plus an impressive 95 swimmers on the team! Last Wednesday the clouds parted and the sun shone for our first challenge of the season at the Acalanes pool versus the Knights of Las…
The team came back from down 24-21 to win the first set against the Mustangs, and cruised to a 25-17 win in the second set behind a 10 point serving run by Eli Foster to take the match. The Dons’ defense was anchored by Brandon Rodriguez who stepped in as the libero, and the offense was guided by consistent serving…
It was a cold Friday night and the lady Dons were up in Moraga for their annual rivalry game. The Dons jumped out to a 5 to 1 lead. However Campo came back to make it 5 to 3. At that point Acalanes called time out. From that point forward the Dons outscored the cougars 11 to 0. It was a…
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The Boys Varsity Lacrosse team traveled to Mill Valley on Tuesday to take on the formidable Tamalpais High Hawks. The Hawks started off strong, capitalizing on our 2-minute man-down, and took an early 5-1 lead in the first Quarter. The Hawks managed to stay out of the penalty box, execute cohesively on both ends of the field, and widen their…
Last Friday night, the Boys Varsity Lacrosse team dominated the Las Lomas Knights 13-1. It became quite evident early on that the Knights were simply outmatched by the Dons staring squad on both sides of the ball, which yielded many opportunities for Coaches Lorne Smith and Paul Faust to allow our emerging talent to take center stage. Offensively, Juniors Marshall…
