Playing against Campo in the DAL Championship game on Friday night was a tough assignment. Campo features multiple NCAA Division I commits, including their incredibly stingy goalkeeper, Haley Richards. The Cougars put their talents on display throughout the first half, outscoring the Dons 3-11. Unfortunately the Dons also lost star middie, Grace Imrie, to injury in the first half, making…
On April 27 and 28, the Diablo Athletic League (DAL) Foothill Division held its season-ending singles and doubles tournament. The winners move on to the NCS Championships on May 5 and 6. Thursday (Apr 27) was at Northgate and reserved for the first three rounds, while Friday was at College Park and for the semis and finals. Unfortunately, day one…
As we move from our regular Season and continue the celebration of our GIRLS DAL Foothill Championship win, we transition focus to the DAL Trials and Finals. Tomorrow, the DAL Trials are at Campolindo High School. Here is everything you need to know for the Trial Meet, the Finals Meet next Saturday and the Program/Schedule for both weekends. Lots of…
Video games have been a part of baseball since 1961, when “BBC Vik: The Baseball Demonstrator” was released on a IBM 1620 mainframe. The game lasted around 9 minutes with each play simulation being printed, letting the player know who hit the ball, when a base was stolen, when a ball was caught, and so forth. Since that time, there…
The Acalanes swim season is busy and compressed. Acalanes has had 5 meets in a month and a half, plus an invitational in Mission Viejo. The last 3 meets happened in quick succession: Miramonte away on March 30 , Clayton Valley at home on April 12 and then Northgate at home last Wednesday, April 19. The team saw good progress…
The Dons wanted a win against Miramonte Tuesday evening in their DAL playoff game, after their close loss to the Mats in their final regular season game, and a decisive win was exactly what they earned. The momentum swung back and forth in the first half, with the Dons edging out the Mats 6-5 at halftime. The second half was…
On Tuesday, the Dons wrapped up the 2023 regular season with a match against Miramonte at the difficult and often frustrating Orinda Country Club. The Mats’ home field advantage paid off, as they got the best of the Dons by 9 strokes. Spencer Voogt (’23) was the low Don with a 41. Pictured Above: Jackson Jones (’24) tees off on…
It started as a beautiful day for baseball on Tuesday in Lafayette. The Varsity Dons, on a two game win streak took on the #3 ranked North Coast Section team in Division 1, the Clayton Valley Charter Ugly Eagles. As usual the boys found themselves in another pitcher’s duel. Henry Souza started for Acalanes and pitched admirably for the first…
Sports gambling was introduced in the US in the early 19th century with horse betting, and took off when professional baseball began in 1876. By 1894, it was so commonplace that there was an article in the Washington Post that stated that the manager of the Chicago Colts bet $100 that his team would finish higher up in the race…
Acalanes Softball traveled to San Leandro on Tuesday afternoon looking to rebound from a couple of tough games recently. The Dons had tons of energy from the first pitch and were prepared to take on the challenge against this large Division 1 school. The Dons bats came alive in this game as every single player for the Dons got a…
