Willie Keeler was born on March 3, 1872. Despite being only 5-foot-4 and weighing 140 pounds, “Wee Willie” had a 45-game hitting streak in 1896-97, the second longest hit streak in MLB history. He ended his career with 2,932 hits and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939. His plaque in Cooperstown includes the inscription “Best Bunter.” …
Our twelve-player squad arrived Thursday night in Fresno, got a good night’s rest and then started the tournament this morning with a first round match against Clovis East. Clovis East is the reigning 2022 CIF Central – Division 1 champions. This was also their home courts. None the less, we gave them a run. Though we lost the match 1-5,…
The Dons Varsity Lacrosse season started off last Tuesday with a fast-paced, intense game against the San Ramon Valley Wolves. Our boys came fired up and it showed in their first-half play keyed off a stellar Offensive performance driven by the strong shooting and scoring displays by Owen Estee (5 goals), Dylan Olson (8 shots), Cooper Olson (5 shots), Zach Appel (3 goals) and David Dapaepe (1 goal).…
Thank you to all who came out to Metro last night for the parent/coach mixer. It was a great time! Go Dons! – Coach Joe and Coach Bruno
I am starting to realize that writing for JV baseball is way harder than writing for Frosh baseball. Why? Not only do I have to get to the field by 3:30 two weekdays per week, but I also have to write twice as many articles since there are no double headers. All of this is my way of saying that…
It was a good day to be a Don and even a better day if you are a Softball Don, as they took down Salesian, 17 to 8 on Wednesday. The game was to be an away game, but as the Salesian field was underwater, the Dons played at home as the visiting team. It didn’t matter, home or…
The rain finally stopped long enough for the Dons to travel to San Francisco to take on Lick-Wilmerding in our first practice match. Acalanes accommodated their host’s match format which is 4 singles and 3 doubles. It was an extremely close match and Acalanes was up 3-2 in the latter stages. It came down to two of our singles lines. …
Wednesday, the Acalanes boys golf team played their first match of the season at the 6th annual Cowboy Classic at Wente Vineyards. The Dons battled the elements and a strong field representing 29 Bay Area high schools. Seniors Luke Dulik, Zach Murdin, Jackson Voogt, and Spencer Voogt, and junior Simon Werner teed it up for the Dons. The team played…
It was a Dons vs Dons matchup on Tuesday night with Girls Varsity Lacrosse taking on a tough, talented Amador Valley squad. In the end, Acalanes lost 10-16, but came away with excellent experience, lessons learned and comfort knowing that they played well against a top-notch opponent. Junior Grace Imrie led the offense with 4 goals and senior Maya Wang…