The Lady Don golfers finished the season with a strong showing at the North Coast Section Championships at Tilden Park on Monday. With only two returning varsity players, the Lady Dons managed a tie for 12th place out of 21 competing teams, a great finish in a rebuilding year leaving hope for an even stronger result next year. The Dons…
The Dons traveled to Walnut Creek on a brisk, Fall Friday evening to take on their second consecutive undefeated league opponent in the last two weeks. The Las Lomas Knights were 8-0 after beating Campo 45-42 the previous week. Both teams were 4-0 in league play entering the contest. The stage was set for an epic battle. Acalanes usually relies on their high…
Earning a 4th seed in the 2023 North Coast Section Girls Volleyball Championships allowed our Lady Dons to host at least one home game. Facing the Rancho Cotate Cougars for the second time this season, the Dons hoped the familiarity with the opponents would serve them well. It sure did. In set 1, #13 Addi Ames came out hot with…
Touchdown Tidings: The flag football regular season had us all on the edge of our seats, and it ended with a bang that would make even fireworks jealous! The Dons are marching confidently into the playoffs, but let’s rewind and relive the shenanigans from Walnut Creek. Wednesday, the Dons bravely ventured into the battlefield known as “Walnut Creek” to face…
Please come and support our Lady Dons this Saturday night at 7:00pm as the 4th seeded Acalanes Dons face off against the 12th seeded visiting Petaluma Trojans. The Dons, coming off an impressive win against Rancho Cotate, look to continue their season a little bit longer with a victory. The first 40 students who come to the game on Saturday…
The Lady Dons packed their bags and headed down to Atherton for the weekend to play in the 2023 NorCal Invitational Water Polo Tournament. The first opponent was Davis High School. The Lady Dons have not faced Davis this season. It was a slow start for both teams with lots of bar shots. Things began to pick up in the…
On Tuesday, the Varsity Girls Tennis team traveled to Northgate High School for the Diablo Athletic League (DAL) Division Championship tournament. It was a record turnout as 16 Dons participated, two in singles and 14 in doubles (7 teams). Sophomore Aamena Shipchandler was seeded #6 on the singles side and advanced to the third round, and some of the other…
Please come out on Tuesday night at 7:00 at Acalanes to watch the Lady Dons face-off against visiting Rancho Cotate in Round 1 of the NCS playoffs. This will be a rematch as these two teams faced-off earlier in the year. Tickets can be purchased here: Tickets: https://gofan.co/event/1182054?schoolId=CIFNCS (Please note that Booster passes will not work for NCS events) Hope to see…
The Dons headed to Orinda to take on the undefeated Miramonte Matadors on Friday night. Just when the Mats thought that the Dons were in reach…BOOM BOOM, out go the lights! The Acalanes defense shut the door on another opponent to record the team’s 5th win in a row. The boys have outscored foes 251-20 with 3 shutouts over the past 5 games. They…
In a bit of a rinse-and-repeat pattern that never gets old, the Dons showed up strong once again last Thursday with a dominating win over Menlo Atherton in a non-league game at home. In case you weren’t able to join us, here are some fun facts about the game… In the first half, the Dons had 5 offensive drives resulting…
